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.
Fort Collins lies to the north of Denver. We had never been there before so we took a day trip recently. The drive up is nice as you continue to have great mountain views all the way. Although the city lies next to the foothills, we felt like they weren’t quite as striking here as…
Usually, our blog posts don’t center around the campground we went to, but rather the destination the trip was planned around, but in this post they both deserve equal measure. The reason being, it was Memorial Day weekend and since we planned our outing kind of last minute, the general agenda was mostly just get…
If you only have one day at North Cascades National Park, you may not have time to do a long hike or get on the bright blue lakes like we showed you in our last two blog posts. Instead, you may want to spend your time doing several shorter walks, overlooks, and scenic driving. If…
When we finished at the Grand Coulee Dam, we decided to take a side trip over to Dry Falls, which was nearby. Even if Dry Falls itself hadn’t been worth it, the drive alone from the dam over to Coulee City was. The drive took us along the length of Banks Lake, past Steamboat Rock…
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…
North Cascades National Park lakes will stun you with their bright blue water surrounded by rugged mountain peaks. The turquoise of the lakes is almost too bright to believe. It will wow you as you drive through the park and stare at it from amazing overlooks. If you can, you should also take some time…