Blogs from Boulder, Colorado, United States, North America - page 8

Motoring through Kansas and into Colorado, we again saw how each individual state appears to have it's own distinctive physical landscape. Within an hour of crossing the state line into Colorado, the barren plains were replaced by the fragmented foothills and uncountable mountain peak silouettes contributing to the Rocky Mountain range which stretches over 3000 miles to form the physical spine of America. If you think of the furthest distance possible between two points in the UK (i.e. Lands End to John O'Groats) you end up with 874 miles so the Rockies is some expanse of wilderness in comparison. For the last week or so, we've abstained from Youth Hostels (through necessity rather than choice), so when we found from the Internet that Denver had two hostels, we penned down the details and went on a ... read more

Sorry for the lack of entries, Dillon's been keeping me exhausted! I'll just give a quick run-down of what I've been up to since I left Heather's and I'll fill in the details and add pictures later. Monday: Spent the morning in the Estes Park Library playing on the computer and getting my electronic life sorted out. Dillon came and picked me up after class and we went to the creek to watch people playing in the water. We went for dinner at BJ's and stole some beer tasting glasses. Then we came back to Dillon's place and proceeded to exchange marching band music and discuss marching band for a few hours. Dillon's roommate Jake really wanted to see Transformers so we hit up the 11:30 show and didn't get back until 2am...good movie though! ... read more

Fourth of July North America » United States » Colorado » Boulder By RegisJuly 4th 2007RegisWe visited Dillon's parents in Conifer and then went to see Blues Traveler at Red Rocks. Good times!... read more

UntitledSteveJune 2-Leave Colorado for Virginia; visiting the Gossers June 7-to Washington D.C.; visiting Greg & Amy. Only they won't be there! June 10-to New York; visiting the Petrocellis June 12-to New Hampshire; visiting other Margolins June 18-to Dublin June 21-to Galway June 22-to Doolin June 23-back to Dublin June 24-to Amsterdam June 28-to Athens July 1-to ?... read more

Distance: 4 miles Rating: strenuous Nice spring weather continued into the end of March and early April along the front range, so I seized the opportunity to get in another hike. With this time of year, you never really know what kind of weather is going to be thrown your way, so its best to take advantage every possible sunny day. I was just getting over a particularly nasty cold, so I figured it would be a good idea to take it relatively easy on this hike. Well, this hike may be fairly short, but relatively easy it certainly isn't. For anyone planning on doing this, be prepared for a bit of leg burner. I would compare this trail to Hanging Lake (see my entry): it may be only one mile up, but it is a ... read more