Buffalo Pass, Colorado
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008Colorado has many passes climbing over it’s multitude of mountains. My favorite still remains Rabbit Ear’s Pass, with the twin rock pinnacles sitting on top. But I love to explore new ones as well. Dalton and I often will search for new roads in which to travel and have yet to fail finding something new [...]
Here at last….Snow in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008I sat last week, gazing out onto the mountains, with only a month left before the grand opening of Steamboat’s Ski Resort, and no snow. Sure, there was a scattering of snow on the mountaintops, but truly not enough to strap on skis or grab your snowboard and have some great winter fun.
Today proves to [...]
Discovering Northern Routt County, Colorado
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Routt County was created out of the western portion of Grand County in 1877 and named in honor of John Long Routt, the last territorial and first state governor of Colorado. Last weekend Dalton and I decided to take a long drive throughout the northern part of Routt County for a look see enabling us [...]
Strawberry Park Hot Springs
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008Strawberry Park Hot Springs is located 7 miles north of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. It is on my list, ‘I want to visit’. The hot springs consist of three pools, each varying in temperature and are open year round. Five water falls are incorporated into the rock architecture creating one of the most attractive mineral [...]
Steamboat Campground
Sunday, July 27th, 2008Open year round, the Steamboat Springs Campground is THE place to stay if you’re RVing. They are the only full-service campground just outside of Steamboat Springs. They also have camp sites available across the Yampa River. The campground is located at 3603 Lincoln Avenue in Steamboat.
Steamboat….traffic everywhere!
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008On Monday while Dalton and I were lazily trying to make our way through Steamboat, which seems to be only on Lincoln Avenue, we were stopped at a red light. Pedestrians were waiting on either side to cross when the little hand turned green. A latecomer on a bike towing his leashed dog started to [...]
Steamboat Springs and the Yampa Valley Curse
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008The French Trappers were the first to come to Steamboat back in the 1880s and they called the area, ‘Big Bend’, mainly because the Yampa River turns west at this point in the valley. Later after hearing the chugging of the natural springs sounding like a steamboat, Steamboat Springs was born. Steamboat evolved from [...]
Hiking Rabbit Ear’s Pass
Saturday, July 19th, 2008You often hear the phrase, ‘A picture is worth a thousand words,’ and also the phrase, ‘The picture does not do it justice.’ Both those phrases comply with hiking Rabbit Ear’s. I could never in a million years express the view from the top of Rabbit Ear’s, nor do any of the pictures I [...]
Denver and The Blue River Parkway
Friday, July 11th, 2008In May when you reach the Rocky Mountains you can’t predict the weather. A late spring snow storm can catch you unawares quickly. In Denver the temperature could be in the mid 50s or even higher, but when you reach the higher altitudes of the Rockies, it drops as quick as you’re ascending. As [...]
Rabbit Ear’s Mountain Range
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Look familiar? It should because it’s the picture I used to make my header. Dalton and I traveled over Rabbit Ear Pass to get to Steamboat Springs, Colorado back in May, before we moved here.
Rabbit Ear’s Mountain Range runs east and west just south of Steamboat and is a spur of the Front Range [...]
