For hikes that involve an overnight stay in the wilderness, preparing for a campout is the next step up into enjoying the outdoors even more. Campouts are a special time of connecting with nature and deepening friendships with your camping companions. To those who haven’t done much or any camping, it may sound like a […]
Backpacking and Camping
The next step up from hiking is backpacking, an adventure that blends hiking with backcountry camping. Backpacking broadens horizons to longer and more remote locations for a richer, more immersive outdoor experience. Key distinctions from day hiking are the length of the excursion and the size of your pack. A backpack needs to have life’s […]
Rocky Mountain Fourteeners
See trip reports on all 58 Rocky Mountain fourteeners HERE The Colorado Rockies contain almost all the tallest mountains in the continental U.S. The ones over 13,000 feet high are referred to as thirteeners, and the 58 that are over 14,000 feet are fourteeners. You would have to go to Alaska to find one over […]
Antifreeze Will Kill a Dog
One winter we had an incident that all dog owners should know about. One snowy morning after the garbage truck had been by our house, our dogs were outside. Emme and her Aussie buddy Alfie were licking the snow and we happened to notice. We went over to investigate and saw they were licking at […]