Estes/RMNP – Word from the West

May 10, 2021May 9, 2021 Erica ReidLeave a Comment

Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch

We needed a night off. I just finished the last week of the semester, and I’m beat. We decided we need a small road trip, so we loaded up the van.* *I can’t believe I haven’t introduced you to the van yet! I’ll do another post about the beginning of this beautiful project, which will […]

July 8, 2019August 13, 2019 Erica ReidLeave a Comment

Allenspark

I know this doesn’t look like a Cincinnati weekend… but in a way, it was. Our friend Danny hails from Cincinnati; he moved out to Boulder a few weeks after Dan and I moved to Fort Collins. Danny and his partner Russ (born in Dayton, Ohio) invited us to stay in a cabin they were […]

Camping in Moraine Park

June 22, 2018June 22, 2018 Erica ReidLeave a Comment

I’m gettin’ too old for this sh*t. ??? Months ago, Dan snagged a campsite at Moraine Park in Rocky Mountain National Park. (I always say if you can camp at Rocky on a Saturday, go for it… if you can camp on a Wednesday night, even better!) That night finally rolled around, so we mounted our […]

In which Erica falls into Bear Lake

January 25, 2018January 25, 2018 Erica ReidLeave a Comment

It happened just after this picture was taken, actually. I was standing this way and then suddenly I was a few feet shorter, one leg having plunged into Bear Lake. Mom and Dan assumed that I was up to my hip in snow — the lake was completely covered in snow and there were many […]