My family has a bone to pick with the United States Forest Service. Mostly, we like…even love… the Forest Service. Here in Colorado, they provide us with skiing, camping, hiking and mountain biking. They manage some of our most beautiful lands and generally they do it well. No, our family beef has nothing to do […]
Telluride
The Perfect Big Day Out: Skiing At Telluride, Colorado
Friend 1 was having a really stressful week. Friend 2 loves to ski and will go skiing anywhere at anytime. I was craving some steeps. Time for a “Big Day Out” at Telluride. Telluride makes for a perfect escape — the ultimate Big Day Out. For us, it is just far enough away that we […]
Why My Family Loves Skiing at Telluride, Colorado
There is nothing more stressful than skiing with a small child in a sea of people. Telluride has many wide groomers and few people on them.
20 Years (Mostly) Without Irony
As we have counted down (up?) to the twenty-year mark, my husband has enjoyed telling pretty much everyone a story about our honeymoon. He usually begins it like this “We went to Crested Butte to go mountain biking for our honeymoon and I didn’t know until 17 years later that my wife thought I was trying to kill her.”