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Category: Great Outdoors

A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY WEEKEND IN BOULDER

For Marla’s birthday we drove to Boulder to celebrate. Experiencing a false spring day, we took a little hike at Chautauqua Park west of town. Hiking is way up toward the very top of Marla’s favorite activities list! The iconic “Flatiron”mountains looked majestic…

A DAY TRIP TO HERM…A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE ISLAND…JUST OFFSHORE FROM…ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL LITTLE ISLAND

On our many family visits to the Isle of Guernsey in the Channel Islands between England and France we could see the tiny island of Herm in the distance. My brother-in-law Vic said we should visit historic Herm as it is an easy ferry ride from St. Peter…

FAVORITE PLACES TO CYCLE NEAR AND FAR…FUN JOURNEYS ON 2 WHEELS, PART 1

I’ll take you on a tour of some of my favorite cycling routes in Colorado and around Northern California. I know many of you have your own special places as well and I would love to hear about them. Cycling during these COVID times have been almost more…