Tag Archives: Hiking

Hiking Dawson Butte Ranch

Sundays during the fall are normally days I reserve for one thing and one thing only: football. On this particular Sunday, though, I was making an exception. When I went to bed Saturday night, content after my hike at the Lair o’ the Bear, I anticipated having some reservations about this the next morning, but […]

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Hiking the Lair o’ the Bear

Unlike most other Americans, I did not spend the Thanksgiving holiday holding hands around the table with family, nor did I spend it passed out on the couch with football flickering on the television. I was one of the minority who had to work on those days. Granted, it was a shorter work day, but […]

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Strolling Through Meyer Ranch Park

The weather has been abnormally warm for Colorado at the end of October and the beginning of November. As such, I’ve been trying to catch up on as much hiking as possible since I was off to so many places this summer that I missed my time out on the trails. To help me on […]

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Remembering the Sand Dunes

After a long drive, it was still relatively early in the morning at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. I was entertaining guests from London, England two-and-a-half years ago, and they wanted to see something scenic in Colorado. So, since I had taken them to Rocky Mountain National Park on a previous trip, […]

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Hiking Mount Galbraith

It was a beautiful, sunny day, and it seemed foolish not to go out and enjoy it. I’ve been wanting to get out on a hike again before the season ended, so I gladly seized the opportunity to do so before the snow falls. I had solicited for some suggestions on Twitter, and a virtual […]

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Hiking to Native Lake

It was getting late in the season, despite some snow on the ground in pockets along trails, and I hadn’t been out for a good, solid hike yet. I was so busy running around to New York and Rwanda that I’ve missed out, in a manner of speaking, on some opportunities to explore my own […]

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