Our initial adventure into the San Juan Mountains was coming to a regrettable close. Elizabeth and I had loved every moment of our Memorial Day weekend (except maybe for the last mile of the Ouray Perimeter Trail) and were already talking about coming back to the San Juans on a skiing trip that winter. We …
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Colorado 2024: Telluride
Ouray lied when it called itself the Switzerland of North America. There was nothing wrong with it – it’s truly a beautiful town – but it’s at at the foot of long, slopey mountains with bright-red colors. It feels like you’re in Colorado when you’re in Ouray, even when you’re walking the city streets. Telluride. …
Colorado 2024: Bridal Veil Falls
They say that nobody shows as much zeal for their new faith and traditions as much as someone who converts to Catholicism. I’m not sure how true that is; it sounds good though. And I sort of get it. Maybe this isn’t a one-to-one comparison, but John Muir became one of the most respected wilderness …
Colorado 2024: Ouray
Colorado has a well-deserved reputation for being overrun by tourists. I’ve seen it before – after all, you haven’t lived until you’ve coordinated a wedding with 170 guests in the heart of Colorado’s tourist belt. Memorial Day marks the opening of the summer season across the state, and the San Juan Mountains are no exception …
Colorado 2024: The Million Dollar Highway
Tornadic supercells capable of dangerous tornadoes and extreme hail are expected to develop from northwest Texas into much of southwest and southern Oklahoma through evening. Those are sobering words that you don’t want to read as an Oklahoma resident. And so I didn’t! It was May 25, 2024, a day right at the back end …
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Colorado 2024: Ouray
May 25, 2024 dawned beautifully in Montrose. I don’t think I could have asked for anything better – there was a mix of clouds and sun, the temperature must have been right around 50, and on the far side of the RV park, the Uncompaghre River was roaring with fresh snowmelt. The whole world was …
Colorado 2024: East Portal
If you have three days in a spot, you’d better make them count. Elizabeth and I were halfway through our first day in southwest Colorado, and it really felt like there was more to see from the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. Somehow over the last few years, I’ve become kind of a travel/parks snob, …
Colorado 2024: Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Before I jump into it: this post covers my trip to my twenty-first American national park. That’s insane to me. When Elizabeth and I first conceived of our trip to Guadalupe and Carlsbad 6 summers ago, I’d been to 9 of them with my family. Even as recently as the middle of 2020, my count …
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