Colorado, Hiking, National Forests, Roosevelt National Forest, United States

Colorado Hiked: Mount Margaret

It is not often you hike to a summit that is lower than the trailhead and one that shares a name with a princess that has been recent obsession in the friend circle! Taylor, Janice, and I loaded up our packs with freshly brewed British black tea, whiskey, twenty pounds of trailmix, and headed south… Continue reading Colorado Hiked: Mount Margaret

Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, Hiking, National Forests, Roosevelt National Forest, United States

Colorado Hiked: Mount McConnel

Sometimes you just need a wee lil' mountain to climb! Luckily there was such a mountain tucked up Poudre Canyon in the Cache La Poudre Wilderness Area: Mount McConnel. With a summit elevation of 8,008 feet, Mount McConnel seemed to me like a great way to gain some elevation without committing to a longer drive, logistics, early… Continue reading Colorado Hiked: Mount McConnel

Backpacking, Camping, Colorado, Cycling, District of Columbia, Hiking, Maryland, Microadventures, Montana, National Parks & Monuments, State Parks, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, United States, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Waterfalls, Work Travel Life, Wyoming

2023 Adventuring Year-in-Review

In the past I'm not sure how I've felt about year-in-review posts, but I think of all years, it is needed for 2023 for personal reasons. It is so easy to get bogged down in the minutia and mundane of every day life that one forgets exactly how awesome things were! January For many years my… Continue reading 2023 Adventuring Year-in-Review

Hiking, National Parks & Monuments, State Parks, Timpanogos Cave National Monument, United States, Utah

40th Birthday Adventure Day 5: Timpanogos Cave National Monument

A chilly mountain morning greeted me long before sunrise... happy birthday to me! 'Twas the final day of the adventure to send out my 30th/start my 40th decade in style, and we had a 7am lantern tour of Timpanogos Cave to catch (hence the dark-o-clock alarm). Established in 1922, Timpanogos Cave National Monument is tucked… Continue reading 40th Birthday Adventure Day 5: Timpanogos Cave National Monument

Camping, National Forests, Nevada, Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, United States, Utah

40th Birthday Adventure Day 4: Annular Solar Eclipse

The big event of the trip (aside from my actual birthday) was upon us - the annular solar eclipse that would be happening over a big swath of the western United States! So what is an annular solar eclipse? Unlike what some sources and popular beliefs state, it is not an eclipse that happens annually,… Continue reading 40th Birthday Adventure Day 4: Annular Solar Eclipse