I know I have greatly neglected my duties as a blogger recently, but I have been really busy! I never knew that staycationing would be so much work. For example, for the Fourth of July, I flew home to KC for a long, relaxing weekend with friends. I just got back into Denver on Monday … Continue reading »
Category Archives: adventures
adventures / colorado / hikes / mountains
RMNPaula: Bluebird Lake
Today I discovered another way to avoid Rocky Mountain National Park tourists – hiking at Wild Basin. Wild Basin is the southeastern entrance to RMNP and provides a completely different experience than hiking at the main park. On another positive note, Wild Basin is about 20 minutes closer to Denver than the main park. Anyway, … Continue reading »
adventures / colorado / hikes / mountains
RMNPaula: Sky Pond
I don’t normally wake up before 5 a.m. voluntarily, however I make exceptions for hiking at Rocky Mountain National Park. After another successful staycation weekend, I decided to hike Sky Pond today. My family actually hiked Sky Pond a couple of years ago when we were Midwestern tourists in Colorado (sorry) but for some reason … Continue reading »
adventures / colorado / hikes / mountains / summer
RMNPaula: Flattop Mountain/Hallett Peak
The staycation continues to be in effect, so today I went for a long overdue hike at Rocky Mountain National Park. The last time that I was at RMNP was in April when I snowshoed there with my best friend Ashley and I have been ready to experience RMNP summer style for awhile now. After … Continue reading »
adventures / colorado / denver / mountains / summer
Colorado staycation: Day 8
Yet another excellent Colorado weekend under the belt, although really every day is like a weekend when one is on staycation! After my rafting adventures on Day 5 I decided to go for a fairly low-key Day 6 activity and so I dragged my friend Melissa, who has been a great sport about my staycation … Continue reading »
adventures / colorado / mountains / summer
Colorado staycation: Day 5
Day 5 has so far been the best day of my staycation. The Day 5 plans originated on Day 2, when I was hiking with my friend Melissa at the Flat Irons in Boulder. Melissa’s boyfriend works for a white water rafting company out of Clear Creek and so while we were hiking I mentioned … Continue reading »
adventures / colorado / denver / mountains / summer
Colorado staycation: Day 4
My life is slightly ridiculous at the moment. I have been done with school for almost two weeks and I am in paperwork limbo waiting for my summer job to start. This means that, like a 75 year old retired woman, I have absolutely no obligations or responsibilities in my daily life. So I have … Continue reading »
adventures / colorado / denver / summer / trail running
Trail spotlight: Apex Park
Apex Park was one of my early trail finds in Denver, and consequently I have had the chance to watch the scenery evolve from a slushy, muddy mess into the beautiful green trail it is today. Actually, I remember going for a trail run at Apex the day after my first snowboarding experience during the … Continue reading »
adventures / colorado / races / summer
Sea level is for sissies
I have the Bolder Boulder 10K tomorrow and I am actually a little nervous! I signed up for a qualifying division of the race, which just means that I estimated my finish time and submitted proof of a race that I ran in last summer. I signed up for the 48 minute pace group and … Continue reading »
Trail spotlight: White Ranch Park
In the past 24 hours I have turned in two 20 page papers. This means that the past few days of my life have been filled with paper writing and zero fun. Although last night I did catch the end of the Suns and Lakers game and watching the Suns beat the Lakers definitely counts … Continue reading »
