Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park is famous for being the “highest continuous paved road in the United States” that traverses 48 miles from Estes Park to Grand Lake. It reaches an altitude of 12,183 feet, although the…
When you are on a road trip the food options are sometimes somewhat difficult. And of course everyone has their opinions of where you MUST stop to eat along Historic Route 66. There are also places that nobody seems to…
Here it is: 2,448 miles; 8 states; 3 time zones; 9 days; 2 National Parks; 18 muffler men; dozens of abandoned gas stations; dozens of abandoned roadside motels; 1,628 pictures – 63 of them abandoned gas stations, 44 of them…
The Five Lakes Loop Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park is probably the most popular trail among visitors to the Park. It begins in the area of Bear Lake and takes you on a trail that ventures to Nymph Lake,…
When having a conversation about things we miss from the New York City area, someone who claimed they too originated from NYC, overheard our conversation and said that a place in Fort Collins had “the best egg cream sodas in…
Okay…we admit it…we have been complaining about the food and, specifically, the lack of New Jersey style pizza, since making our move from New Jersey to Colorado. But I will say this…EUREKA…we found it! The first time we were here…
We have done our share of beer tasting around the country, and Colorado has some great establishments for doing just that. But there are also a lot of places for root beer tasting as well. Melissa is not so much…
We are always looking for something to do, a place to explore. It’s always nice to be out in nature, but sometimes nature doesn’t cooperate and you have to make your own path, and sometimes that path is indoors. Well…
As a result of a report seen all over social media, family and friends reached out knowing that we were hiking in the area on New Year’s Day. And while we were hiking on Anne U. White Trail in Boulder,…
We decided to celebrate the ringing in of 2026 by getting in 3.5 miles for a First Day Hike on the Anne U. White Trail in Boulder. The First Day Hike is a national tradition, tracked by America’s State Parks,…