Vagabonding around Colorado and Elsewheres
Posts tagged Camping
Chicago Basin (Windom and Sunlight) (14er)
Jul 19th
Chicago Basin
The weekend of July 4th, I scrambled to get my work done after some catastrophic failures in the office. This allowed me to venture off into the wilderness and test my mountain survival skills in the Chicago Basin. More >
Shelf Road Adventures
Sep 22nd
Shelf Road and Surrounding Area
For the long Labor Day weekend, everyone decided to do their own activities Friday and eventually meet up Saturday for some camping and climbing activities. In the morning, I aimed to go fishing at Skagway with some random gold mine stops. I stopped alongside the road outside of Victor and found some abandoned mines, I decided to get artsy with it and the following pictures ensued. More >
Yarmony: Hippy Festival
Sep 14th
Yarmony
In the Middle of August, the banks of the Colorado River ran heavy with the presence of a hippy commune. Lured by the aspect of music performance, camping, and tubing down the Colorado River while listening to a floating band – a group of 5 adventurers wandered deep into the lifestyle of the gypsy hippy. More >
Mount Lindsey (14er)
Aug 2nd
Lindsey and Mount Lindsey (hiding in the clouds)
One of the last weekends in July, everyone (Lindsey, Alison, Jimmy, Z, Dave and myself) finally had a flexible enough schedule for us all to climb Mount Lindsey (14,042 ft) together. Although the drive to the mountain was a great adventure on its own, we all were able to meet up at the same location around the same time (even though some left hours ahead of the others). The first dirt road was a lot of fun driving in at night. Not knowing how steep the dropoffs were or how deep the streams were added to the excitement. On a couple occasions, I needed to get out and wade though the water to make sure the Blazer would make it.
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Wayback Wednesday #2
Apr 28th
Exploring Moab
Wayback in the spring of 2009, Paul and I took a trip out to Moab, Utah to join Ben and Amanda on some desert adventures. The trip out to Utah from Colorado Springs was a very grueling drive, which caused us to make an emergency nap-stop in Fruta, Colorado on the top of a dinosaur mountain. Once crossing into Utah the next morning, we were greeted by the “Eagles on Highway” sign, which Ben had first hand experience with the previous night by almost running over one in the dead of night. More >