Monthly Archives: July 2006

Well, we arrived back home shortly after midnight last night after a 800 mile day of driving. Everything seems to be in order (i.e. the house didn’t burn down), the cats are happy to see us, and Evan’s happy to be home. For we adults, it’s back to the same-old-same-old, but at least now we’ve […]

Day 14: Packed up the trailer and parked it in DML HQ Left camp at 8:15am Traveled to Pike’s Peak Caravanned up Pike’s Peak Photos at the summit Descended Pike’s Peak Returned to camp Left for home Lunch at La Casita in Colorado Springs Dinner in Limon, CO Stayed at Super 8 in Colby, KS […]

Day 13: Took Tom to drop off his truck for repairs Left camp around 11:30am Offroading near camp Lunch on the trail More offroading and geocaching First thing in the morning, I ran with Tom to drop off his truck in Divide at a shop. He had discovered some u-joints that were bad and encountered […]

Day 12: Left camp around 9:30 Toured the Coors Brewery Lunch at the Blue Canyon Grill Visited Red Rocks Ampitheater Stopped in Castle Rock for supplies and gas Returned to Camp Today we were supposed to leave camp by 9:00am to be in Golden for our reservations for the Coors Brewery tour, but we finally […]

Day 11: Left camp around noon after lunch and a nap Visited the Manitou Cliff Dwellings Went to the Cave of the Winds, but decided not to take the tour Visited the Royal Gorge Dinner in Canon City Returned to camp Today we got a later start since we slept in. After we both had […]

Day 10: Left camp around 10am Visited Garden of the Gods Had Evan checked out at a doctor’s office Caught up on some shopping Grabbed dinner in town Returned to camp and hung out by the camp fire Today we didn’t get an awful lot accomplished. Around 10am we left camp with most of the […]

Day 9: Left camp around 8:15am Picked up Jim Ward in Castle Rock Arrived at Lone Duck Went into Manitou Springs for lunch at Subway Back to camp and chatted with the DML Took Evan swimming at the campground pool Dinner with the DML Visited Seven Falls at 9:30pm Hang out by the campfire This […]

Day 8: Left camp around 8:30am Entered Rocky Mountain National Park Traveled to the Alpine visitor’s center via Fall River Road and returned on Trail Ridge Road Early lunch and nap time at camp Met Tim, McKenzie and Katie at camp to spend the afternoon together Visited the alluvial fan and Roaring River Visited Bear […]

Day 7: Left camp around 8:30 Gas stop in Golden (15.5mpg) Drove to Blackhawk to start the Peak to Peak scenic byway Took a side-trip up near “Dakota Hill” Lunch and playtime at the elementary school playground in Estes Park Set up camp and nap time Back into town for a trip on an an […]