Making Sun Dried Tomatoes

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Our cherry tomato plant is by far the most prolific in our garden. Every day we harvest at least a cup of cherry tomatoes and with only one tomato eater at home we needed to figure something out so those little guys wouldn’t go to waste. We thought about canning but we wouldn’t eat them…Leslie […]

Liar’s Lodge

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Ok, I swear, this is the very last Colorado installment. Javi and I really wanted to dedicate a whole post to the wonderful Liar’s Lodge, where we stayed for the first 4 nights of our week in CO, and to our lovely hosts Connie and Carl. Most of the plans we made were based on recommendations that we […]

Leaving Colorado

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On our last day in CO, we spent a restful morning in the cabin at the Cottonwood Hot Springs eating a delicious breakfast that Camala made for us and packing up our suitcases. I wandered down to the river and took some photos and then got Camala and Andrew to join me so I could […]

Climbing our first fourteener – Mt. Princeton

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On the Saturday before we left Colorado, Javier and I climbed a mountain. Not just any old mountain – we climbed Mt. Princeton, a 14,000 ft (aka fourteener) mountain that stands among the collegiate peaks, including Mt. Yale, Mt. Columbia and Mt. Harvard, among others. This was a beast of a mountain, and the first […]

Visiting South Park City

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Last Friday, Javi and I planned to do some more hiking around Buena Vista but my cousin Andrew advised us to conserve our energy for our big climb on Saturday. Instead, we decide to drive to Fairplay, CO and visit an open-air museum for South Park City, another abandoned town but completely restored. It was […]

St. Elmo and Salida

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On Thursday after hiking up to Agnes Vaille Falls, Javier found a ghost town (St. Elmo) on the map not far from the hike so we decided to go check it out. It was about 1/2 an hour away and a beautiful drive to the town, which was built in the 1820′s and hasn’t had […]

Hiking Around Buena Vista

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When Javi and I didn’t have anything planned during our stay in Buena Vista we went hiking on different trails. Our friend Jen recommended Angel Falls and our B&B host Connie told us to check out Cottonwood Pass, so we decided to take them both up on their suggestions. In between horseback riding and the […]

Jumpin’ Good Goat Dairy Farm

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On Wednesday after our mule ride through the mountains, Javi and I took a quick rest and then headed out to Jumpin’ Good Goat Dairy Farm. They do tours on Wednesdays of the farm and the cost of the tour includes a cheese tasting with about 20 different kinds of cheeses. The tour includes a […]

Harvard City Riding Stables

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Before we left for Colorado, we made a few specific plans for things we absolutely had to do while we were here. I especially wanted to go horseback riding, so Javi did some research online and found Harvard City Riding Stables. It’s about a 15 minute drive from Liar’s Lodge and they do 1 hour, […]

Visiting Leadville, CO

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On day 1 of our belated honeymoon, Javi and I woke up at 7:30 and had coffee and a homemade breakfast that our B&B host Connie prepared. One of the items in the breakfast buffet was a warm loaf of craisin applesauce bread that I instantly fell in love with. It seemed homemade so I […]

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