With the Cherry Creek running through it, Castlewood Canyon sits just south of Franktown, Colorado, a distant suburb of Denver. And while it’s possible to hike from one end of the canyon to the other, the park is split into two separte areas, east and west, with their own entrances. I found the views along […]
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Hiking Mueller State Park
Mueller State Park, just south of Divide, Colorado, is my new favorite spot in Colorado. For a very long time that spot was held by Rocky Mountain National Park, but in my visit yesterdaythe beauty of Mueller trumped it. My only disappointment is that we only had a limited period of time to visit the […]
Hiking the Florissant Fossil Beds
I’ve lived in Colorado for nine years and just today finally went to see the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. I’ve been wanting to go for so long, but just never really took the time to do so until now. I picked up a friend early this morning and we made the two hour drive, […]
Hiking Cherry Creek State Park
I’ve lived in the Denver metropolitan area for nine years and had not set foot in Cherry Creek State Parkuntil today. The park, which is popular with water sports enthusiasts, hikers and bikers, sits right in the middle of the greater metro area, and I’ve drive by it tons of times, but it’s always been […]
Hiking Eldorado Canyon State Park
I’m going to make it a point to get back up to Eldorado Canyon State Park this summer to do another couple of hikes. I was there just this past week with a friend and a visiting journalist from Germany to do a hike and I really enjoyed it. But one hike in there seemed […]
Exploring the Black Canyon of the Gunnison
When I woke up Thursday morning I had an extreme itch to get out of town and see a bit of nature. I had been interested in seeing The Black Canyon of the Gunnison for a while so I decided to head southwest. The Black Canyon is about a four hour drive southwest of Denver […]
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