Blogs from Rocky Mountains, Colorado, United States, North America - page 4

Waking up in Rocky Mountain National Park is a wondrous thing. The Glacier Basin is surrounded by mountains so clouds are over some with other peaks visible. The basin campground has campsites are on ½ of the area with a large glassy area around the entry. A river runs along one end of the campground from the mountains on thru the valley. Kids woke up and informed me that they had already had 2 hikes, one just after I left and one yesterday. They really wanted for us to go back to Sprague Lake a 1-1/2 mile hike each way. This sounded great as I’d been sitting for way too many hours. We packed up a picnic lunch complete with tablecloth, wine, cheese, meat and breads in our picnic backpack and took off for the lake. ... read more

We’d planned to spend 3 days in Rocky National Park but having never been there before were unsure of what exactly we would do. Then in Minnesota, Crawford called asking me to please attend a workshop in Dallas, they would pay all expenses. This would occur during our Rocky Mt. time. I thought that Dale and the kids could still enjoy the mountains and I could make a quick trip from Denver. When we got into the park we found that all of the National Park campgrounds were full except one another hour away with a pass of 12,000’. We found a private campground nearby instead for the night. Early in the morning Dale and I got up and went to Glacier Basin, the one nearby campground that takes campers on a stand-by basis. We got ... read more

Now you should've known if there was a casino within a hundred mile radius Tim was going to find it and of course he did. We woke up this morning in Black Hawk, CO in the parking lot of the Isle of Capri somewhere around 10:30. I was still a little upset because we lost some money last night but I guess I'll get over it since it wasn't that much. It was kinda hard getting ready this morning because we had to crawl over the bed to get to the shower and master bath because there wasn't enough room to let the slides out. Somehow we managed and were soon on our way over to Idaho Springs, CO in search of another water fall and water wheel. Tim drove us over the mountain and through ... read more

Soaking in some hot springs We had read about several hot springs in the Rocky Mountains and were eager to sample some. We followed the highway 50 through the mountains following the path of the river and through some spectacular scenery to which words cannot explain. Every colour you can imagine, not a cloud in the sky, clear fresh air and the sounds of birds and flowing water, now is the perfect time why I like travelling so much. We stopped in a lay by and paddled in the freezing cold river water and then continued on to the town of Salida. After a recommendation from a Salida local we headed to the nearby hot springs, I was determined to be in a hot spring by 2pm (present time 12.15pm!) We found a campsite that was ... read more

Hiking the Colorado Trail, Segment 12 (and a quarter), Fall of 2009 This hike across one-and-a-quarter segments of the Colorado Trail (of the 28 segments between Denver & Durango) was done on Sept. 23-26, 2009. Distance covered was about 25 miles. Making up the expedition were John (or "JJ",) Terry & Nick, and Kevon, the author here. This was the first backpack by John in almost 7 years, and was the inaugural overnight bp for Terry & Nick, father and son. This hike was "Plan B" for the group. And a back-up plan is always an essential piece in planning any backpack. Like when sailing, having that back-up has you ready with an alternative, since in the latter case you have to go where the wind blows you. In late September in Colorado, though, for hikers ... read more