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 […]

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 […]

Travel Ups and Downs

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On the morning we left for Colorado Javier and I got to the airport extra early because we didn’t know how long the lines would be, but we were through security 2 hours before our flight took off. We congratulated ourselves on having plenty of time to spare once we got to the gate (with […]

Crazy August

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We’re closing in on the last few weeks of summer and we’re packing a ton of stuff into the last couple of weeks. I think we planned our summer this way anticipating that I’d be completely finished with my thesis by now…well, it was a nice dream. Actually I’m so close to finishing that I […]

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