Since I was out of commission due to my wisdom teeth all weekend, sadly I did not get to do any skiing. I did, however, make it to Rocky Mountain National Park on Sunday afternoon! My mom came into town for the weekend – sort of to visit, sort of to take care of me … Continue reading »
Category Archives: hikes
Peace Out ATown
“It takes a heap o’ livin’ in a house t’ make it a home.” This quote, courtesy of Mr. Edgar Guest, was the answer to a question at the latest trivia night at The Albert in Atlanta and fittingly the sum of my experiences in Atlanta. I’ll explain. To be honest, I was a reluctant … Continue reading »
georgia / hikes / running / trail running
Fall into the GA
I would like to preface this post by saying that if you don’t like fall foliage this may not be a very interesting blog entry to read. If you do like fall foliage we should probably be best friends. My schedule thankfully allowed me to go for a trail run this afternoon, so I headed … Continue reading »
adventures / atlanta / georgia / hikes / tbp
TBPG: Blood Mountain
If Georgia and I were in a Facebook relationship it would be complicated. I’m divided because while I’m not a huge fan of Atlanta, other parts of Georgia are great. Honestly life in Atlanta just generally stresses me out. I think it has a lot to do with the traffic and driving everywhere. However, every … Continue reading »
adventures / friends / georgia / hikes / mountains
Troop Beverly Paula Georgia Chapter
The Troop Beverly Paula Georgia Chapter was started in style today. For our first activity, we went big: the Appalachian Trail! Two of my friends and I went to Amicalola State Park, the site of the Southern Terminus Access Trail to the Appalachian Trail. We left Atlanta around 6 a.m., because of course any good … Continue reading »
colorado / denver / friends / hikes / life / summer / the real world / trail running
Staycation lessons learned
Due to a variety of circumstances, I recently had about five weeks during which I had absolutely nothing to do. I decided to embrace this free time and I dubbed it my “staycation,” pledging to take advantage of my surroundings and enjoy my time off. Tomorrow I look forward to again becoming a contributing member … Continue reading »
JB in CO: Part I
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 »
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 »
