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Campfire Cuisine: Dutch Oven Beef Stew

July 1, 2012 by braveskimom

Today’s post was inspired by Melissa, over at Adventure Tykes. She recently asked a group of us, all of whom are outdoor bloggers, to share a favorite family camping recipe and link it back to her post. Sure, there are many, many places to find Campfire Cuisine on the Internet, but not all of them […]

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Filed Under: Camping, Outdoor Adventure, Travel Tagged With: camping, Family, friends, recipes

The White Rim: We Came. We Rode. We Conquered.

October 12, 2011 by braveskimom

We were two-thirds up the Schafer Wall along the 100 mile White Rim Road in Canyonlands National Park. It was our third solid day of mountain biking and my 11 year-old son was spent. When we’d started out two days earlier from the Mineral Bottom staging area, we were a group of three families, shiny, […]

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Filed Under: Biking Tagged With: camping, canyonlands national park, Family, mountain biking, white rim

Fantastic Fall Mountain Biking in the North Fruita Desert

September 22, 2011 by braveskimom

Is there anywhere on earth where fall is not glorious? As the day grows shorter, the cool air clarifies the light, the outline of mountains against the horizon are ultra-sharp, colors are thrown into greater relief. And did I mention cool air? The Perfect Season For Desert Mountain Biking During the summer, mountain biking at the […]

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Filed Under: Biking, Mountain Biking Tagged With: 18 road, camping, Colorado, fruita, mountain biking, north fruita desert

Here Comes Summer!

June 7, 2011 by braveskimom

My husband is from New England.  He first arrived in Colorado, stayed through fall and winter and departed in the spring.  Then, he came back for a weekend in July.  While he might have previously felt a bit lukewarm about Colorado, after a warm, sunny weekend at Telluride he was hooked.  He has lived mostly […]

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I'm Kristen, a western Colorado mom, wife and trail boss in a busy outdoor family. Our family has a passion for skiing and my goal is to provide information to help other families enjoy their skiing adventures. Whether you have tiny toddlers just learning to slide or grown children with whom you're planning a reunion, you're in the right place. Cheers!

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