I was reviewing my blogs here and goodness… i’ve been doing this for, a, very, long time. I listened to a pod cast about having a brand… and so i decided i needed to redo this site to match where i wanted to go professionally. But i also want to keep my hikes and stories…
Ramblings
South Beach Diet – I tried it!
I had been gaining weight and pretending to be doing all the right things to get it off to no avail. Then we decided to remodel the kitchen which led to an even less ability to cook and eat the best kind of meals. At my annual exam I was complaining about my plight and…
Second 5K
We can now repeatedly run a total of 5k (3.1 miles) at a time. We run together about once a week in the parking lot across the street. Sometimes we do better, sometimes not so much. We decided to sign up for another 5k, our first was last fall. As long as there is a…

Camping on the Poudre
Yup – it looks french, but here in Colorado we call it – the “Pooder” Whatever you call it, it’s a great river that runs from the rockies out toward Fort Collins and Beyond. We have camped at different places over the years and this year I decided to get us closer to a hike…
Cow Creek South 4th Annual Camping Trip
There was shift in participants this year, some of the original crew and some new attendees! A great time was had mostly by all! We seem to have been remiss in taking photos, but we have a couple! The campground seems to be getting popular and it was hard to get our double site, but…
Camping at Lake Granby
One of things i do when picking camping locations is to find some place we have not ventured to or somewhere where the hike i want it would be a 2 hour or more drive to get there and then back. This time it was the fact that we have never been up the 40…
Alamosa Weekend for Rails and Ales
For a couple years i’ve been trying to get a trip down to Alamosa for Rails and Ales. Basically a long drive, for a train ride to the middle of nowhere, for beer, enh food, and hill billy music! Sounds fab, eh? I thought so! And it was!!! Can’t wait to do it again! Basically…
Rails and Ales
What a beyond super duper fun event! I had heard about this event a couple years ago. Coloradotrain.com is where to get the info. Obviously the event just happened, so i can’t get a link in there right now – but here is the FAQ Basically – train to no where, beer and music. Um,…
A graduation and a wedding
This last may was a celebration of Emma! My niece. She graduated college, with super duper honors, commissioned into the navy and then just for fun, also got married! VMI where she graduated from does a huge pomp and circumstance for the event, 4 days of events, parades, concerts and more! I didn’t take many…
Day trip to Fort Collins
For a while the hubby and I have been talking about a day trip up to Fort Collins, see some sights, drinks some beer, and relax in a different part of the state. Ok, so it’s only an hour away, but it’s just far enough… As we all know, road side america is a big…