The morning of our anniversary trip, we hiked to Dream Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. We drove in the main gate and stopped at the Ranger station. Jack, the Ranger staffing the desk, is the most helpful and nicest NPS Ranger I have ever met. He gave us some suggestions about the trails. We…
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Our anniversary weekend in Estes Park, Colorado
Plan a weekend in Estes Park and escape to the Colorado mountains. Hike Rocky Mountain National Park, explore the downtown area, and take in the views.
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Flying with a cat
File this under “We’ve officially lost our minds.” We are fairly crazy cat parents, and Mac felt extraordinarily guilty after we boarded Purrburger during our trip to Alaska. So the solution to guilt? Take a twelve-pound animal who associates the car with the vet or groomer, zip her in a carrier for hours, and bring…
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A year of home ownership
A year ago today, I boarded a plane at 5:30 am to buy a house. Things didn’t go as planned, and I wound up in Colorado 14 hours later and an hour after we were supposed to close. The Lord was good, as always, and we were able to close after hours. I signed my…
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Honoring Officer Swasey
As most of you know, a police officer at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs was killed in the line of duty last week responding to a shooting off-campus. I work and am a student at UCCS, so our campus has spent the week grieving as a community. Yesterday, Officer Garrett Swasey was laid to…
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Seven Falls
Since Veterans’ Day was a Wednesday, Mac has a four-day weekend last week. The weather was really nice (and yet it snowed yesterday morning), so we headed over to Seven Falls. Seven Falls is a natural waterfall in a box canyon on the western edge of town. It was privately owned for decades until a…