Adventures Articles

Just a Darn Good Day Paddling near Telluride

One of my favorite new things to do in the summer is paddle board!!  When we first got ours, about a year or two ago, I could barely actually stand up on it ... LOL.  Fortunately, I've gotten much better at it, which was needed for this paddle day near Telluride....

It’s All Going to be Okay

The woman we rescued in the below story wrote a book about her experience.  She asked me to write a chapter for her book, which I happily did. Sadly, it didn't make the final cut, so I'm adding it here for your reading pleasure. I was three quarters the way to...

The Fifteen Hour Friend

“How did you meet” seems to be a question reserved for the happenstance that led to one being coupled. True friends, so the thinking goes, are the ones you've known so long that you cannot even remember not knowing them, much less how you met. The Life Bus is...

Awesome Blogging Moment: The Life Bus was Nominated for the Mystery Blogger Award

So what does this mean?  We are truly honored to be nominated by Lana at Cole Campfire blog for an award that recognizes blogs for being captivating, inspiring, and motivating.  I would recommend checking Lana's website out as well as she and her family...

Les, In Remembrance

The Olympics always make me think of Les. I wrote this a few years ago and wanted to share it on the Life Bus. The fascinating--and frustrating--aspect of inspiration is that you never know when to expect it. Sometimes, when you most need it, when you're digging the...

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Rock Climbing Italian Style

Rock Climbing Italian Style

The biggest challenge with the whole language barrier is, when someone says something that doesn't entirely make sense, deciding if one should laugh, ask for clarification, or offer up a withering glare. For example, when I asked the bus driver which stop was for my...

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A Crusty Butt Weekend

A Crusty Butt Weekend

"Don't worry, I'll make solid steps." It wasn't exactly the solidity of the steps that worried me. It was the fact that the width of the snow onto which we were stepping was more narrow than my feet. The fact that I have pretty big feet didn't help my feelings. The...

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Zion Not Zion

Zion Not Zion

“I’m just here to see what it takes,” he says, the look of disbelief spilling into the tone of his voice. I’ve completed four one hundred mile races and I'm still not sure how to answer that statement.  What does it take? It takes friends. That I have learned.  I have...

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High Lonesome Trail, Day Four (Aug 8)

Wes and I scratched our heads in puzzlement.  Nothing made sense.  We had to call a mulligan on the GPS and get our exact point, but it still didn’t make the maps mesh with what we saw around us.  We pointed this way and that, wandered over one edge of the ridge and...

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Road Trippin’ Colorado a la France

One of my favorite aspects about living in Colorado is the ability to share it with others. Sometimes, the fun of the Life Bus is waiting at the stop for someone else. When I first moved to Colorado, my friends lovingly (I think) referred to trips here as "Lynda's...

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