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Megan’s Take Today we got up by 6 am, hoping that we could get parking at the Bear Lake trailhead in Rocky Mountain National Park, but it was full when we arrived before 7:30 am. That worked out best for Emilia and Emmett though, because they love riding the shuttle! We hiked up to Emerald […]

Megan’s Take Today was our first day in Rocky Mountain National Park. I was originally worried about a rainy forecast, but it ended up being a really pretty day – slightly cool with a high in the 60s but mostly sunny. We got to the park around 7:30 am, and while we had plenty of […]

Megan’s Take We started our day with mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Colorado Springs, and then we packed up and headed to Golden CO to see the Colorado Railroad Museum. It was a very cool detour and worth the stop. There’s a large train yard with various cars, model railroad sets, children’s […]

Megan’s Take Today was more of a day for the kids, although I got joy from their excitement. We went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, which was voted #5 Best Zoo in North America by USA Today Readers’ Choice Awards. I figured we had to check it out since it is rated that highly. Emilia […]

Megan’s Take Today was a longer travel day as we had about 3.5+ hrs of driving from our campground in Glenwood Springs area to Garden of the Gods RV Resort in Colorado Springs. The highlight of the day was stopping at a small but well-known barite mining claim in a very small town named Hartsel. […]

Megan’s Take Today we got up about 5 am so that we could be out the door at 6 am, driving 1.5 hours to the Maroon Bells Scenic Area. We had a parking pass for the trailhead, and you have to arrive before 8 am. After that, it’s shuttle bus only. I thought it would […]

Megan’s Take Today was more of a low-key travel day. We slept in until about 7:45 am, so we must have really needed the extra sleep. We hiked a fairly easy 1 mile trail on Dinosaur Hill near our campground. It was a well-maintained trail with good views of the surrounding valleys, and there was […]

Megan’s Take We had another busy day in the Grand Junction area today. We started at Colorado National Monument so that we could hike the trails before the heat was too intense. We hiked the rim trail, Otto’s trail, and the coke ovens trail, totaling 2.5-3 miles. The kids must have slept well last night […]

Megan’s Take Today was a busy day, starting with rock hounding for geodes near Whitewater CO. I had a tip for an approximate location on BLM land, so we decided to check it out. The hills were very crumbly shale, and the kids and I weren’t finding much when we started to randomly dig. Phil […]

Megan’s Take Happy Father’s Day! It’s always weird to celebrate holidays on the road because we’re out of routine. In any case, today turned out to be a low-key day. We were supposed to stay in Moab until tomorrow (Monday) morning, but we ended up changing our plans. After 2 days in Arches and 2 […]