Estes Park, Colorado
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Estes Park is located in Larimer County, east of Steamboat Springs, along the Thompson River. It’s about a three hour drive from Steamboat, over the Rocky Mountains Trail Ridge Road and from Denver it’s about an hour and a half. A trip worthy of making despite the price of gasoline. Estes Park from the [...]
Watching Wildlife
Monday, July 21st, 2008Colorado is one state you will always have the ability to enjoy watching wildlife. It doesn’t take the average person very long to locate any deer, antelope, or elk. Just drive along any county road late in the evening and look for the right elements, water, food, and shelter and you’ll find them. Of [...]
A Guide for Elk Hunting
Monday, July 7th, 2008Elk Hunting in Colorado is one of the most ultimate dreams of any hunter. Many fortunate hunters every year from out of state pay big bucks to outfitters to make this dream come true. While that is one alternative to fulfilling your dream, another is a ‘do it yourself’ hunt.
One of the first things [...]
Routt National Forest Camping Weekend
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
What do you get when you put a 50 year old woman in the woods without any modern conveniences??? One tired, bug chewed, broken nailed, dirty old blond. Would I do it again?? You betcha!!
We left Friday after Dalton got off work. I had everything packed and ready to go. But there are a [...]
Rocky Mountains
Monday, June 16th, 2008
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The Rocky Mountains, also called by the Cheyenne “Rock on the Horizon”, stretch more than 3000 miles from Canada to New Mexico. The highest peak, Colorado’s Mount Elbert, rests 14,400 feet above sea level.
The Continental Divide is located in the Rocky Mountains, which define the line at which waters flow either to the [...]
The Longest Hike I’ve ever had…
Sunday, June 8th, 2008I’m beginning to feel like my youngest son, who’s an MP in the Army. I keep telling myself this is not PT, as he calls ‘his long hikes’. On Saturday, Dalton and I decided to take another hike. We went to the Routt National Forest near Kremmling. For the most part, we were on [...]
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