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 [...]
Back to Flat Tops Wilderness Area
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008I can’t think of a better way to spend a Sunday evening as we drove throughout Routt County and into Garfield County. It had been some time since we went down Forestry Road 910 off Hwy 131 outside of Toponas, Colorado. When out in this area, we love to stop at the Toponas store [...]
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 [...]
Yampa Valley Botanic Park - Part Two
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
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Yeah…say that title three times fast! LOL
What better way to spend a Friday evening after dinner, walking down landscaped paths, smelling sweet fragrances, feasting your eyes on gorgeous floral arrangements and swatting mosquitoes every two seconds? So what if our pace was a little quicker than we wanted in order to avoid getting [...]
Yampa Valley Botanic Park
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
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Stroll down the path or pedal your bike on the paved paths filled with grassy knolls, benches, and spectacular flowers. Sit for a spell, bring a picnic basket, watch native birds, butterflies, and smell intoxicating fragrances here at the Yampa Valley Botanic Park.
It’s open dawn to dusk until those fluffy snowflakes begin to [...]
