When we got back to our condo after hiking Hanging Lake, the weather actually got worse but that didn’t stop us from hitting the hot tub…..in blizzard type weather. It was awesome! When I talked to the front desk they said that there would likely be 3-5 inches of snow in the morning butContinue reading “Lower Mohawk Lake (Repeater), Hiked 9/28/13”
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Spruce Mountain Trail, Larkspur CO (Repeater) 9/26/13
A couple of weeks ago I had the best visitor in town….my sister! While we were planning her visit, she let me know she wanted to see more of Colorado and to see it the way I have been seeing it, by hiking. We only had 5 days to visit and hike, so likeContinue reading “Spruce Mountain Trail, Larkspur CO (Repeater) 9/26/13”
Some times it is just hard to keep it together……
Hiking is awesome and makes everything ok for me, but sometimes even hiking can’t make reality better. It has been a REALLY bad couple of weeks for me in areas I will never talk about here, but needless to say I made it out hiking every weekend and I haven’t gained any weight (I haven’tContinue reading “Some times it is just hard to keep it together……”
White Ranch Park – Rawhide Trail, *Repeater* Hiked 9/2/13
When I have a long weekend ahead all I can think about is how I get to hike 2 times in the course of the weekend. A hike we haven’t visited forever was the Rawhide Trail ( Click the link for hike details) at White Ranch Park. It is now an easy hike for us butContinue reading “White Ranch Park – Rawhide Trail, *Repeater* Hiked 9/2/13”
Catching up – 2 posts in 1. Weigh in and my 8/17/13 hike
It has been a weird and crazy couple of weeks, as a result I have been very neglectful to my blog so I am going to catch it up with this combined post. I have been fighting really hard to not give in to my bad eating habits and it paid off….I managed to takeContinue reading “Catching up – 2 posts in 1. Weigh in and my 8/17/13 hike”
Chicago Lakes Trail #52, Arapahoe National Forest – Idaho Springs CO 8/10/13
The Chicago Lakes Trail #52 Starting Elevation: 10,650 ( Lowest point of the hike 10,320) Highest Elevation: 11,740 ( Lower lake at 11,420ft. Total elevation gain approximately 2000ft) Trail Length: Officially I saw everything from 9-10 miles, my fitbit said we went 11 miles but we did walk around the upper lake a lot. TrailContinue reading “Chicago Lakes Trail #52, Arapahoe National Forest – Idaho Springs CO 8/10/13”
Finch Lake – Rocky Mountain National Park – Allenspark trailhead, Allenspark CO 8/3/13
The Finch Lake trail Starting Elevation: 8526Ft Highest Elevation: 10,165 ( Total Elevation gain around 1900Ft) Trail Length: Officially 8.2 miles but we wandered around the lake a lot so we ended up with 9 miles total, it took us approx. 4 hours total Trail Uses: Hiker only Degree of difficulty: Moderate Bathrooms: None Pets:Continue reading “Finch Lake – Rocky Mountain National Park – Allenspark trailhead, Allenspark CO 8/3/13”
Meyer Ranch Park- Jefferson County Open Space 2nd Official Girls Hike , Conifer CO Hiked 7/28/13
Owls Perch > Lodgepole Loop > Sunny Aspen Trail > Old Ski Run Loop > Sunny Aspen Trail > Lodgepole Loop > Owls Perch Starting Elevation: 7900 ft Highest Elevation: 8770 ft ( total gain was around 900 feet in elevation gain) Trail Length: 5 Miles Trail Uses: Hiker, Biker & Horses Degree of Difficulty:Continue reading “Meyer Ranch Park- Jefferson County Open Space 2nd Official Girls Hike , Conifer CO Hiked 7/28/13”
Elk Range Trail, Centennial Cone Park- Golden CO Hiked 7/27/13
Elk Range Trail> Travois Trail>Juniper Trail>Mayhem Gulch Trail> Travois> Elk Range Trail Starting Elevation: 7750 ft Highest Elevation: 7900- ish ft ( Lots of ups and downs gave us a total of 1100 feet in elevation gain) Trail Length: The whole park can get you around 12-15 miles of hiking but we hit up 9Continue reading “Elk Range Trail, Centennial Cone Park- Golden CO Hiked 7/27/13”
Weigh in day 7/26/13 +.6, 56.8lbs down 33.2 left to go
This small gain is not a surprise to me and I am not overly concerned about it. With my inability to exercise for almost two weeks and break from counting calories last week, I am surprised it wasn’t more. I will take this little gift and turn it into a challenge for my weigh inContinue reading “Weigh in day 7/26/13 +.6, 56.8lbs down 33.2 left to go”
hiking to healthy 