We’ve driven past the South Platte Park and reservoir many times. It’s right off of a main road so we’ve seen it from the car each time and have had it on our list of places to check out. It’s a nice easy walk by the reservoir, lakes, and along the South Platte River. You…
Roxborough State Park is located just southwest of Denver. We were able to jet over there after work one evening and get a hike in before the park closed. We had looked at a neighborhood nearby since we’re currently starting our home buying search, and although those houses have amazing views, they are wedged in…
Rocky Mountain National Park is within a couple hours drive of where we are living now. We recently went for the day over a weekend, first checking out the visitor center and park video, and getting some tips about good snowshoeing trails. The week before we bought our own snowshoes with some Christmas money (thanks…
2013, you’ve been a great year. We bid you a fond farewell! Reflecting back on this past year, it’s amazing to think about everything we’ve seen and done and the move that we made from VA to CO. The memories and experiences of this year will stay with us forever and will be something we…
We’ve really enjoyed going to South Valley Park the couple times we’ve been there so far. It is set in the gorgeous Ken Caryl valley. It is an incredibly scenic park with views of the foothills, craggy cliffsides, and dramatic red outcroppings. It is so pretty I think we’ll find ourselves going back there again….
Christmas was so nice. My Dad came into town to celebrate with us. A couple weeks before Christmas, we looked around the house and realized that not decorating was just not going to work. The past few years we’ve used my Mom’s wreath stand to put up a decorated advent wreath, put out an antique…
This year we spent Thanksgiving in El Paso, Texas visiting my sister and her fiancé. Originally they were going to come to us in CO, but unfortunately her company would not grant her the time off. That is a whole other ridiculous story in and of itself, but suffice it to say that we changed…
We recently adopted a local shelter dog who has made herself at home with us and fits right into the family. Her name is Maggie, which is short for Magnolia. This is the name that she came with, and because she responded so well to it and we couldn’t think of anything we really preferred,…
At the end of October / beginning of November, we took a trip back to Virginia. There were a lot of things that we fit into this one trip. We hadn’t been back to VA since leaving on our grand adventure, so we wanted to make sure we got a chance to see some folks….
We’re planning on having some of my relatives here for Thanksgiving, so of course we wanted to have some home-brewed beer on tap. Since we have other things going on over the next few weeks and due to the amount of time it takes beer to ferment and then condition in the keg, we had…
