For Part IV go here. Thursday was our last full day in Colorado. As usual, I couldn’t believe how fast it had come. We started our day with French toast (Southerners might know it as Freedom toast)- it was tasty. Next, while Courtney was packing for our hike, I began to slowly start organizing stuff [...]
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For Part III go here. Wednesday was Pikes Peak day! After making breakfast burritos we started on our way. Originally we were going to take the Pikes Peak Cog Railway, but Courtney and I remembered we that typically don’t like small talk with strangers. Couple that with our yearning for adventure and you have… dunnnhh [...]
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For Part II go here. Tuesday was going to be a great day for two reasons: We made big piles of pancakes for breakfast. We were finally going on a hike with Monkey! The trail in question is the Waldo Canyon Trail. It has an elevation gain of 1300 ft and a length of 7 [...]
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For Part I go here. On Monday morning (our second day) Courtney and I woke up bright eyed, bushy tailed, and ready for adventure! I started making breakfast burritos while Courtney finalized our plans for the day. Once our bellies were full we took off for Manitou Springs, a touristy little town not far from [...]
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Hey everyone, this year we finally made it to Colorado for vacation! This is something Courtney and I had talked about for a few years now. Once we got the pop-up camper it was a done deal, our next major vacation had to be a trip to the Colorado mountains. After settling on the Colorado [...]
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Last weekend Courtney and I headed back to Chicago for a fun filled weekend of eating, drinking, and general touristy stuff. Originally we were going to watch Matt run in the Chicago marathon, but Matt got a stress fracture so we had no choice but to turn the weekend into something even more relaxing and [...]
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On Saturday we headed up to Chicago to see the last Nine Inch Nails concert we will ever see (supposedly Trent is never going on tour again as NIN, we’ll see about that). We left at 6:30 A.M. so that we would be able to make to Aragon Ballroom in time to stand in line [...]
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Brian and I bought a pop-up camper- and it has air conditioning! We took it out on it’s maiden voyage this last weekend and had an absolute blast. Some people say that using a camper isn’t camping, but in Brian’s words, “we found something to make the crappy parts of camping better”. No more sweating [...]
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Brian and I took a trip to New York City last weekend to visit my brother, see Nine Inch Nails live for the last time, and check a few things off of our to-do list. There is a lot to talk about, so I will just give you the big highlights of the trip. Friday: [...]
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This past weekend we went to New York City with my parents to see my brother Matt run in the New York Marathon. This was his first marathon, and I am sure it will not be his last. Having never been a long distance runner, or ever running before the last three years, he did [...]
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