I looked at my boys, and they were rolling with laughter. We were sitting on aluminum bleachers on a cloudy, cool night in the Colorado mountains at a rodeo and the rodeo clown had just struck a home run. As a rather ornery and recalcitrant bull refused to leave the arena the clown let him […]
Hiking
Keep Family Hiking Fun
This post was recently published as an Adventure Moms blog at Women’s Adventure Magazine! In addition to tips for making the most of family time on the trail, there are recommendations for short hikes in California, Colorado and Pennsylvania. It’s timely, and I hope you enjoy it. Keep Family Hiking Fun! When the boys were little, […]
For Hiker’s Of All Ages….Moab’s Corona Arch
Just as most people think of biking Slickrock when they go to Moab, most people also think that to hike to an arch, they have to go to Arches National Park. While Arches is incredible and well worth a visit (the Visitor’s Center is outstanding and just moments off of Highway 191), one of the […]
Fish, Bike, Golf: The Granby Ranch Triathlon
In an ideal world, you wouldn’t have to complete the Granby Ranch triathlon in one day or even over one weekend. In an ideal world, you and your family would have a least a week at Granby Ranch, in the Fraser River valley of North Central Colorado. And, if not a week, at least a […]
Family Getaway: Mountain Biking at Beaver Creek, Colorado
Call me a wimp. I can take it. We were at Beaver Creek last week for a quick end-of-summer getaway. School starts on August 20 and we needed a fun family adventure before the boys hit the books. My sons were clamoring for mountain biking, but I was thinking about hiking. And then, my son […]