A Guide for Day Trippers
Bourbon Street Pub Crawl
Fluorescent Booze Flows Freely
Amateur Hour!
Escape by Street Car
Tossed beads on Oaks Glitter By
Adventure awaits.
Second Lines Parade
Kaleidoscope of color
Street pulses with life.
Maple Leaf- Uptown
Music Flows, Cocktails Follow
Brass Band Harmony.
Sunset- Crescent Park
Things that make life worth living
New Orleans floats by…
If the saying goes, “There’s no bad weather, just inappropriate clothing,” then with the right gear you can explore some great places deep in the mountains of Colorado. With just over 17,000 acres, James Peak Wilderness Area gives you a multitude of options for snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. Covering my two favorites, are the Crater Lake Trail (just outside of Rollinsville) or tackling James Peak Summit- the flagship of the wilderness area.
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Nestled up to the iconic Flatirons- and boasting some of the country’s best open spaces- with an interconnected trail system running throughout town, Boulder is a great place to explore. The Flatirons striking, sloped rusty-red limestone formations make up the Boulder foothills, and are the backdrop of just about everywhere you stop. Tying it all together is the pristine Boulder Creek, working its way through town. A seamless transition between nature and city, Boulder is best experienced by walking.
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Golden Gate Canyon State Park has pretty much everything you could want in a hiking destination. Just a short drive from the metro area, and you find yourself engulfed with the panoramic scenery of the Continental Divide- with a multitude of hiking options. Golden Gates: an ever-changing land scape from glaciers, that features carved-out prominent rolling saddles and steeply eroded canyons- just for our enjoyment, or so it seems. Topping it off with Thorodin as its centerpiece; legend has it, the first settlers could not decide on “Thor” or “Odin,” so they Read more
All the stunning panoramic scenery of a 14er- packed into a 13er! Topped off with a glacier and beautiful alpine lake, making James Peak a must hike in the Peak to Peak Region. The flagship and highest peak in Gilpin County- where I call home- can be reached in number of ways. I recommend the route via Saint Mary’s Glacier near Idaho Springs. After the hike, there are good many options to finish off a great day of trekking- and relax those tired muscles. As for the Read more
Longs Peak is the quintessential 14er in the Peak to Peak area. One only has to look at the state quarter to recognize that, with its image emblazoned on the back side. While it’s a very social hike, it is also very demanding. But like my wife likes to hear me say,
“Beauty is paid for, in part, by the currency of suffering.”
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