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Big Trip #3 Catch-up #2

I’m not doing a very good job keeping you all (Uncle Jim, I think it’s only you at this point)[…]

We did this on our first Big Trip: camped in the Airstream beside our friends’ house in Northeast Denver. Like, in[…]

I have a strange personal attachment to Ft Collins. I had never been there, didn’t know much about it other[…]

We really wanted Estes Park to be a charming little mountain town. It’s the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park,[…]

We have intentionally skipped big cities on this trip, but we made an exception to see some friends in Denver,[…]

We visited Rocky Mountain National Park on our first Big Trip, in 2016. Due to road closures and trail conditions,[…]

Buena Vista, a pretty little town with a special flair for river activities, sits in a valley surrounded by some of the[…]

Where we stayed We kind of ended up visiting Black Canyon by accident! Read about our time in Montrose, CO[…]

Originally, we had wanted to spend a couple nights at Ridgway State Park, exploring the trails there and around Black Canyon[…]

We did two fun and insanely gorgeous hikes while staying in Grand Junction, both near Fruita in the McInnis Canyons[…]