travel

  • Go outside

    Colorado is known as one of the more healthy and active states in the country. When the whole state is just beautiful, it’s not hard to see why. Now that the soggiest 6 weeks in recent memory are past us, we’re starting to have warm, sunny weather just in time for summer. Mac has a…

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  • Colorado Springs hometown tourist

    Y’all, I am all about being a hometown tourist. I tried to explain this to my husband and many friends from Northern Virginia who hadn’t explored DC since middle school. If you can explore and do fun things around your town, you might as well. Guide books and your local paper are great resources to…

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  • My summer bucket list

    Mac’s block leave dates have been confirmed, so we’re actually planning our vacation. Our last proper vacation was two years ago, and we’re excited for another trip. And it’s one of the things on my summer bucket list. 1. Enjoy the sunshine, if it ever stops raining. 2. Try the new smores Oreos. We don’t…

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  • Red Rocks

    The weather this past weekend was spectacular, so Mac and I decided to go exploring. We headed up to the Denver area to explore Red Rocks. Red Rocks is a park containing monolith red sandstone formations very similar to Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs. It sits above Denver at over 6400 feet above…

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  • Serenity Springs Wildlife Center

    The weather this weekend was perfect, so I dragged Mac out of the house for an adventure. We love big cat rescues and found one east of town in Calhan called Serenity Springs Wildlife Center. They have around 120 animals (mostly big cats) and do several tours on the weekend. Calhan is at least a…

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  • Growing up Coloradoan

    I have the unusual but awesome opportunity to live in the great state of Colorado twice. More unusual because the first time I lived here, I was an Air Force brat, and my second time is as an Army wife. When people ask me where I grew up, I tend to say Colorado if only…

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