Art, culture, travel and adventure in Northern Colorado.
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 […]
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Besides visiting Canyonlands and Arches National Parks, Dan and I had one other goal for our Utah workcation: get the bikes dirty. Of course, that means something different for me than for him. Dan found a rental house parked right on a paved bike trail, so I had two different options for quick 7-mile spins […]
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You know what they say about the best-laid plans… We had to cut our Moab trip a little short due to “an historic winter storm” rolling into Colorado. (Some snow at home is not a big deal, but driving through the mountains on the other hand…) Since this was a working trip for me, the […]
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Greetings from Utah! Dan and I are in Moab or a work-cation: we’ll both work our regular hours during the week but spend the weekends in the nearby National Parks. Dan will also spend some bonus time mountain biking. Though our rental is a stone’s throw from Arches, we spent Saturday driving around Canyonlands NP. […]
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It feels so incredible to have a story to share! Dan and I decided to take a few days off and slip away to Salida, Colorado during my Thanksgiving break from grad school. It has been a long time since either of us has had a real break from responsibilities — even when we visited […]
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Happy birthday, Dan! Dan’s birthday is one week after mine, and we almost always travel as our gift to one another. This year is a little different of course, but we managed a socially-distant trip to Grand Lake, Colorado and spent his birthday paddling Monarch Lake in our packrafts. Perhaps you can tell from the […]
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Life has been so busy lately that this post is a full week overdue — I nearly skipped posting it altogether, but there is a good chance that my grandmother may be able to access the internet soon for the first time in months, and I know she’ll want to see a few pictures from […]
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We went back! And why not? Our rental is less than a mile from the Monument entrance, and we have a National Parks pass burning a hole in our pocket (thank you, Jan and Phil!). If you missed the first round of Colorado National Monument pictures, you can see those here. P.S. We drove the […]
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Dan and I take social-distancing very seriously, only venturing out for groceries, exercise, and the occasional curbside pickup. However, as we pass the three month mark of our quarantine, we are finding the need to shake things up in a way that feels safe but sanity-restoring. Dan and I both work remotely, so this week […]
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Dan and my anniversary has come around again! (In 2020: 11 years together, 4 years married.) In this bizarre year, we celebrated in a few different ways. The night before, we made the lasagna that we usually save for Christmas. On our proper anniversary (June 6), we hit the road to the northwestern corner of […]
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