http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Breckenridge/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Colorado , Breckenridge en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:35:00 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:35:00 UTC Well I'm here I packed my life into suitcases again and shipped myself across the United States to Colorado where I'll be living through May 31 2009. If you read my last post forget what I said about where I'll be living. That changed rather unexpectedly. I'm still in Breckenridge for the ski season but my friend Steve changed his mind about coming West and I had to adjust my housing pla http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Breckenridge/blog-344913.html You know travel blogs are typically about people going somewhere and rarely about leaving places. This is the first year in five years that i won't be leaving the country. Instead i'm leaving friends and family behind to start a new way of life in a new town with the hopes of publishing a book and making enough to get me back out on the road. But i felt it necessary to pay homage to the pe http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Breckenridge/blog-309880.html All apologies to our avid blog readers that were disappointed in our slowness recently but we'll try to get caught up here. So...back to yesterday....Our choice for our third day on snow was good ol' Breckenridge. It's only about 15 miles from our hotel so it didn't take us very long to get there. Once we parked the car in the free parking lot..yaayy we grabbed all of our gear and headed to th http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Breckenridge/blog-255977.html Attention all travel blog loversIt's now 1015pm here in Colorado and we just got back from a day filled with fun and adventures but we're too tired to do the entire blog tonight But don't worry we'll fill you in on all the details as soon as we can Byyyeee http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Breckenridge/blog-255611.html So last summer i had the briliant and completely unreasonable idea that we max and i would hike a 14er a week. For those who don't know a '14er' is a mountain that is over 14000 feet high Well turns out we've actually averaged about one a summer. Not quite once a week but i'll take it. Anywho our friend Whit was out and was eager to climb so we decided on Quandry peak since it's only abo http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Breckenridge/blog-180243.html After traveling 900 miles it makes it difficult to wake up and get going. It helps with the beautiful mountain view in Colorado. We started at I70 to I76 getting lost along the way and then to flat boring Nebraska. We had lunch at Taco Johns which was the worst Mexican food we ever had. Steak burrito without salsa tasted weird. As the weather changed from sunny to raining right at Nebraska so http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Breckenridge/blog-106884.html On Saturday September 16 2006. Brandon my cousin two of his roommates Joe and Dean my buddy Ryan Jones and I climbed 14256 ft. Mt. Quandary. Our plan was to wake up at 3am and be on the trail by 4 but I didn't here my alarm so we slept in until 430.The morning was cold and clear so our hopes were high for a nice day on the mountain. Little did we know a summer blizzard was heading our http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Breckenridge/blog-89651.html After returning to the States I journeyed to Colorado for a few days of snowboarding and skiing at Breckenridge and the Arapahoe Basin however before I could enjoy the snow I needed to get my dilapidated vehicle from the Florida Panhandle to Atlanta Georgia. I stopped in Tallahassee to have lunch with a friend who generously provided me with directions from Mapquest.com. Now Mapquest and I ha http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Breckenridge/blog-54841.html This is one of our early family vacations that really stands out in my mind. I had never really been around mountains and snow before this vacation. It wes a big change coming from Texas during summer vacation 100 deg weather to Breckenridge Colorado at an altitude of 9603 ft above sea level and 3040 deg weather. There was even snow everywhere though now I realize it was not much compared t http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Breckenridge/blog-50639.html