Adventures Articles

La Isla Bonita: Holbox, Mexico

Ok, I'm not going to lie, re-entry after 5 days on Isla Holbox, has been very, very challenging for me.  I wake up remembering that oh yeah, I actually do have to wear shoes, and, no I can't just walk everywhere barefoot.  I'm bummed that I can't just order a...

Favorite Place: Family Cabin

In thinking about the Favorite Place challenge, I thought immediately about this humble little place in the Rockies.  The roots that bind me to this little old miner's cabin near Boulder, CO run very deep.   My father's family has been in the Boulder area since the...

HIKING THE NARROWS!!! Everyone Has to Do this One!!!

Maybe you can tell by the generous use of exclamation points and ALL CAPS in the title, I loved every minute of hiking the Narrows.  I can't say it enough, this is one of the coolest, most beautiful, jaw-dropping adventures I have ever experienced.  I am not sure how...

Fat Biking Adventure at Devil’s Thumb Ranch: Keeping the Wheels Rolling in the Winter

Due to the lack of snow for most of this winter in Colorado, our fat bikes have been sadly collecting dust in our garage.  Every time I would drive in to the garage, I would see my neglected, forlorn fat bike.  It was making me nuts that I couldn't ride it.  Finally,...

The Long Lonesome Trail – Day 2

It took us over a month to let the memory dull of the steep descent that would become our first ascent.  But a cool morning in June found us back on Highway 6 at the random trail sign that marked the end of Day One, heading back up.  As seems to be usual, the...

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Grand Mesa 100 – The Redemption

As I sat shivering in the front of the truck, the heat barely cutting through my drenched clothing, snow began to mix with the rain.  I was having a hard time feeling too bad about dropping from the race, but I knew the feelings would come. Stick it out and the misery...

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The Long Lonesome Trail – Day One

I love trails. I love everything about them.  To where they take me: tops of mountains, deep forests, sometimes nowhere in particular.  From where they take me: people, troubles, worries, life. I love them for the challenge: the rocks, mud, roots, stream crossing and...

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When Shopping Nearly Kills

Without a doubt, one of my husband Todd's least favorite things in life is shopping.  Every time I try to get him to go with me he breaks out in a sweat and mumbles something about "shopping being the death of him."   During a quick shopping pit stop in Norway, he was...

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Frost Bit Butt

Frost Bit Butt

"You're slightly less incompetent than my last partner."  This adventure was equally the most amazing and most awful experience of my life. I never thought i would actually climb Denali (Mt McKinley to many), but there I was, at 14,200ft, being berated yet again by my...

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