Blogs from Colorado, United States, North America - page 181

We are now just two days out from beginning our Guatemalan adventure! We have spent the last six weeks in Aurora, Colorado with Kevin and Jaime (Drew’s sister and brother-in-law) and their daughter, Gwyneth. It has been great to spend time with some of our best friends. It’s an added bonus that we’re relatives. To those who haven’t yet heard, we are also part of a new family—our church family at Aurora Alliance Church. After praying about it and spending time with Jonas and Beth and many of the folks from the church, we have decided to make it our church home and Drew’s place of employment once we return from Guatemala. We will come back from Guatemala in the middle of January, and Drew will start working at the church as the worship pastor. It’s ... read more

Happy Birthday Leigh!! Well since today is my last day with Heather we decided to have an awesomely girly day. We were planning on going horseback riding in the morning and then possibly climbing in the afternoon, but we got a bit of a late start. It was also WAY too hot to be doing any strenuous approaches for climbing. Instead we decided to check out the Scandinavian Festival in town with Robbie before we had to get to our 1pm horse ride and she had to get to work. The Festival took up this big park in the middle of downtown and they sold all sorts of stuff like pastries, wool clothing and tons of jewelry. After that we wandered around downtown a bit and stopped for lunch at a tourist-y little place that ... read more

Every summer there are a lot of festivals and events in downtown Denver. During this summer before traveling, I had an opportunity to enjoy one, the Cherry Blossom Festival. This is in Sakura Square, kind of a Japanese block. The event of course is a Japanese cultural festival. Overall, I was able to see some really interesting things. The festival actually took place partially inside a Buddhist Temple, which allowed for further exploration. As all festivals, this one had food, drinks and numerous things to buy. Being a Japanese festival, there of course was sushi for sale, but they also had green tea ice cream. This seemed to be pretty popular, and unfortunately I forget to try some. Besides that, numerous crafts, culture books, toy swords and of course, anime for sale. In fact, you ... read more

Day Two, Part Two, Friday, June 29, 2007 Funny, we can keep in contact through the internet at a rest stop in the middle of who knows where… says Elan, in reference to our previous observation of calling while on the road to AK and to MA. Crossed the border into Colorado. Scenery is still the same. Elan is rather disappointed that we are not seeing mountains yet, he wanted them to be there as soon as we crossed the border. Oh well, the 75 MPH speed limit has made up for it he says. Maine license plate is mine! Indiana is mine too! Though to be fair to Elan he does spot more than I do as he is driving and I am enjoying the scenery, which as you know by now still has not ... read more

Distance: 10 miles Rating: difficult-strenuous For the second hike of my “Wilderness Area Tour,” I headed to the southeastern part of the Eagles Nest Wilderness above the towns of Dillon/Silverthorne and Frisco. At 133,688 acres, Eagles Nest is one of the larger wilderness areas in Colorado. Running through the area are the impressive mountains of the Gore Range, several of which are visible to drivers heading west from the Eisenhower Tunnel. One of the most recognizable peaks is dome-shaped Buffalo Mountain above Silverthorne. The I-70 corridor and the Blue River Valley segment the area around Eagles Nest into several distinct mountain ranges. After leaving the Continental Divide, the Williams Fork Mountains rise to the north, while the Gore and Ten Mile Ranges climb to the west of the Blue River. The Eagles Nest Wilderness encompasses much ... read more