The name Utah comes from the Native American Ute tribe and means “people of the mountains.” MOUNTAINS: 12 weeks ago we shoveled ourselves out of Breckenridge and headed towards to the Utah border. Because of the state’s inland location, Utah has unusually dry snow and is known for having great powder, …
The High Rockies became home. We absolutely loved living in Summit County and are already feeling homesick for Breck. It’s definitely been a winter I will never forget from witnessing some of the world’s best athletes, to knocking things off my bucket list left and right, to hands-down experiencing the best …
More Denver I love Denver…what an excellent city. I always knew I was supposed to like Denver, because it’s the cool thing to do. But I never really knew. It’s the only city that’s smack dab in the middle of the country where I could absolutely, positively live. It’s like a big-city-breath-of-fresh-air in the …
Home for the rest of the year! “A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it’s better to be thoroughly sure.” -Czech Proverb Fort Collins Our first Colorado stop was Fort Collins…where we did a whole lotta beer drinkin’. We love good beer. We love good beer so much. And …
Grand Teton National Park: We got into our campground around 10PM on a Saturday. It was nothing but darkness and a thick blanket of stars. We fumbled our way around in the dark trying to get set up not knowing which way was was north or south. The lady that took …
Yellowstone, the first national park in the world. Home to one of the largest high-altitude lakes in North America. Acres upon acres of half of the world’s smoking and bubbling geothermal features. This place is gurgling, erupting, steaming, and sprawling. By sprawling, I mean 3,468.4 square miles of land, animal, and ecological …
“When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard.” – Lakota Indian Proverb 18 days after leaving Richmond we officially made it to undisturbed nature and designated wilderness – 244,300 acres of it. It took until the day we left for the astonishment of our surroundings to wear …
We could not quite put our finger on Chattanooga. We didn’t really know what to expect but I think we were prepared to see more Wranglers and cowboy boots than we did. Chattanooga is actually super urban (don’t get me wrong, you drive 5 minutes outside the city and you find yourself …