Wound up our visit to Denver with a stop at the Art Museum - if you’re ever in Denver, don’t miss this one. The Native American and Asian exhibit floors were breathtaking! The new wing, which is architecturally stunning, will open next year - sorry we had to miss that. We walked around the LoDo district and enjoyed a gelato in the heat of the afternoon. The weather in summer is great - lots of sunshine, low humidity, and cool evenings. Denver surprised us - it is a wonderful city with lots of cultural amenities. I would definitely come back here [View Full Entry]

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I’m retroactively blogging a trip my brother and I took around to some of the National Parks in the US in August of 2005. I wanted to put some information out about these amazing places, as they are, in my opinion, the highlights of the US. The drive from Moab to Rocky Mountain National Park, north of Boulder Colorado, takes you straight through the heart of the Rockies, and some of the highest peaks in the continental U.S. Driving through the park you constantly see huge herds of elk, some beautiful birds, and the occasional moose. We did a few small [View Full Entry]

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Kathy's nephew,Forrest ,told us about a place up in the mountains where he hunts. We have spent the last two weeks enjoying the area. We went off route 34 and took a small dirt Arapaho National Forest road, 139, and about two miles back we found a campsite near Keyser Creek. It was a perfect outdoor spot with the rushing waters bubbling over rocks to keep a constant music playing. Will fixed the awning that had blown off in a sudden wind burst in NM; it now rolls in and out like new with the instulation of the $40 piece we [View Full Entry]

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I am new to this process so bear with me. I wanted to kick off my first journal by highlighting some great experiences I am having in my hometown of Aspen, Colorado. The summer has been non-stop with an eclectic amount of entertainment, music, and events. If you have not travelled to Aspen/Snowmass or the Rocky Mountains before, here are a few tips. Consider driving via highway 82 via Independance Pass. This route offers majestic views from the floor of the Roaring Fork Valley of the Maroon Bells, several peaks over 14,000 feet and beautiful mountain streams. If you intend to [View Full Entry]

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Well, I have my location as Rocky Mountain State Park, but we're really in Rawlins, Wyoming, and I still have to post about yesterday at Pike's Peak. Sooooo here it goes :) Yesterday, we got up early and headed up Pike's Peak. We couldn't have asked for a prettier day. It was gorgeous. Jesse saw his first elk on the way up, and he was sooo excited. We survived the drive up the mountain, and every one of us got light headed and sick at the top, which made for the rest of the day being quite miserable, haha. Anyway, we [View Full Entry]

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On Saturday we played in the snow at 11,000 + feet in flip flops, walked on a tundra, drove on the highest continuously paved road in the USA, crossed the continental divide, drove through immense thunderstorms, saw 3 rainbows, went from 90 degrees to 47 degrees in less than 2 hours, drove through an authentic old west town and saw a spectacular sunset...whoa...lol. I mean, where do I even start??? And that was Saturday....here it is Tuesday....a lot has happened since I last wrote! Saturday was truly the most scenic experience of my life. I don't know what was more amazing.....walking [View Full Entry]

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Here are pictures from Breckenridge, Vail and Glenwood Springs, Colorado taken yesterday, June 20th. Enjoy! Des & Ape [View Full Entry]

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Hello from a Starbucks in the Mile High city of Denver, actually Littleton located 18 miles south of Denver. We last left off in the wonderful city of Nashville, TN. We departed Nashville on Monday morning on our voyage to Denver, Colorado for the Alison Krauss & Union Station concert at Red Rocks Amphitheater. We drove north through Tennessee, across Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas. The scenery was nothing short of spectacular. I will never understand how people could say the great plains are "boring" -- especially Kansas. April and I disagree wholeheartdly. Kansas is beautiful. It is [View Full Entry]

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Because Colorado is so beautiful I am making this seperate blog entry to list some of my favorite pictures from my Red Rocks experience (no cameras were allowed inside however) and Colorado so far -- Enjoy! Des [View Full Entry]

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It's been while since our last update - no excuses really - well problems finding reasonably priced internet access is about the best we can come up with... After Park City we went for a complete change of scene and went to Moab - in order to visit the Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. Once again we were cursed with bad weather on the day of the long drive and by the time we got the Arches - it was very wet and very windy - so our visit involved jumping in and out of Chuck to get a few snapshots.... [View Full Entry]

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