City Mix We visited our friends R&D in downtown Denver and enjoyed lots of walking & bicycling to great food for a couple of days. I was inspired by the city’s impressive bicycle infrastructure. We visited  Red Rocks, had a lovely afternoon hike at Maxwell Falls Trail, and spent our last evening there checking out … More West: Denver and Boulder

September 13, 2016 Car Camping Mode, Aspenglen Base Camp How we love crisp mountain air! Our reservations were for 3 nights on east side of the park in Aspenglen Campground. Campsites were about 200 yards from a parking lot and restroom area. Lovely setup complete with bear boxes. Just as we arrived the ranger and … More West: Rocky Mountain National Park

September 11, 2016 From the Grand Canyon South Rim, we took US-160E and US-191N to Moab, Utah. Loved seeing the landscape change over the course of 320 miles and all of that sky. We arrived late afternoon and checked into Hotel Moab downtown and then took off for Arches National Park just north of town. … More West: Moab & Arches

Days 2 and 3 in the Grand Canyon – September 9th and 10th 2016 SHADE N’ SNAKE We packed up and left Bright Angel Campground well before sunrise for our next destination, Indian Gardens Campground ~3.5 miles away on the Bright Angel Trail. Pretty gentle hike relative to first day. Bats still flying prior to … More West: Indian Garden to South Rim