Buena Vista & Leadville, CO
Buena Vista has become one of our new CO favorites, especially for K. He absolutely loves this area and I can’t disagree. It is in the Arkansas River valley, with views of the Collegiate Range and many other 14ers.
Buena Vista has become one of our new CO favorites, especially for K. He absolutely loves this area and I can’t disagree. It is in the Arkansas River valley, with views of the Collegiate Range and many other 14ers.
Two other things that happened this fall that are worth a definite mention because they were so fun and are a must see for anyone who is in the area of their show circuits, are the Cavalia Odysseo Horse Show and Chihuly Sculpture Exhibit. Cavalia Odysseo, if we had to describe it in just a…
East Coast Visit Going back to the east coast was somewhat surreal to us. Since we had spent so much time making our way west, it was strange that we simply hopped on a plane and were suddenly transported into the part of the country we had left from. Well, it was all for a…
Back by popular demand! 🙂 These are various plants we saw while in North Dakota. For your viewing pleasure: K knew the name of this one – juniper berries! (K kannte den Namen dieser Pflanze, Wacholderbeeren!) A cactus this far north? We didn’t expect that! (Ein Kaktus so weit im Norden? Das hatten wir nicht…
After not having gone caving in awhile, it was so good to get underground again! A fellow caver that we met at a local caving club meeting set up this day of caving. We approached the cave by walking down into a canyon, following the river down into the canyon, then back up again to…
Originally we had planned to stop at the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert after the Grand Canyon. Due to the government shutdown, those plans were thwarted, so we directly moved on to El Paso, TX, with plans to return to the Grand Canyon and Petrified Forest in the future. My sister, V, lives in El…
Colorado National Monument is near Grand Junction and Fruita in Western Colorado. This area of high desert is on the Colorado Plateau. It was established as a National Monument back in 1911. From Grand Junction you will see the towering walls, spires, and a maze of canyons beckoning travelers to take a closer look. Though…