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Due to the fact we cannot visit the Maroon Bells I thought I would post some shots from 2011 when we happened to hit the Bells perfectly for fall color. It is our favorite place to be at this time of year, with or without color. Of course today it is covered in about 8" of snow, which would have...

Saturday, September 28, 2013 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO Getting out on the last weekend of September to check out the fall colors in Colorado is kind of a tradition of mine, and this year would be no different, even if the colors are a little behind this year. On Saturday, Kelly...

Sunday, September 15, 2013 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO On Thursday evening Lisa contacted me to let me know she was taking a last minute trip to the Colorado National Monument this weekend and she wanted to see if I was available to go hiking on Sunday morning. It just so happened...

Saturday, September 14, 2013 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO I've seen The Island sticking up between Wedding Canyon and Monument Canyon for many years while photographing the Colorado National Monument from the overlooks along Rim Rock Drive. You can see The Island across the canyon...

I recently spent a few days shooting wildflowers and mountains in the San Juan Range of Colorado. My original plan was to spend a few nights camped out at Ice Lakes Basin but due to the intense lightning storms that have been plaguing the area (and me being a bit intimidated by them) I decided...

Friday - Sunday, August 23-25, 2013 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO One of my goals this year was to summit four new 14ers, and after this trip (plus my weekend in early July) I have met it. I've currently completed ten 14ers and hope to summit five more next year. This trip started...

Friday - Sunday, July 5-7, 2013 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO My plans this weekend were to drive over to the Tenmile - Mosquito Range so that I could climb at least one 14er and hopefully a second one, too. I left work on Friday and headed east. A few hours later I had my campsite...

I went with a small group from Grand Junction to hike up the almost 13ers near Ouray. The scree was pretty thick and made for very slow forward (up hill) progress. Three of us got to about 12,300 and decided to abort. Two others pressed on and made it to Red Mountain #2. Weather was PERFECT...

Sunday, March 10, 2013 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO Since the weather was bad all over the Colorado Plateau on Saturday I decided to stick around home this weekend. I did manage to get outside on Sunday after the weather cleared up for a hike on the Pollock Bench trail to the...

I started a yearly ski tour across Rabbit Ears pass on St Patty's day for one main reason. I celebrate my birthday on this day. Many people like to party on this day too. So.... Since I know a lot of these people and my b-day is going on. I thought.. at least we can get a nice ski across the...

Last June I was in Telluride for a work trip and on a previous trip I had ridden their free bike park up at Mountain Village (includes a free gondola ride up to the top of the mountain if you can believe that!) I was talking to one of my co-workers about the trail conditions and he suggested an...

Saturday, January 26, 2013 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO On Saturday morning I slept in a little later than usual. A winter storm moved into the area overnight and when I looked outside towards the Colorado National Monument I could see that the humidity from the storm caused the...

Sunday, January 27, 2013 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO By now I'm sure many of my regular readers are tired of seeing photos from the Colorado National Monument. For those of you who might feel that way, I'm sorry to say I have another trip report of photos taken there. Better stop...

Saturday, January 19, 2013 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO I was originally planning on visiting Rifle Falls the previous Sunday. However, when I woke up Sunday morning to leave, it was snowing pretty hard, which was not in the weather forecast the night before. I decided to change my...

Saturday, January 12, 2013 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO On Saturday we battled the frigid temperatures to visit the annual Ouray Ice Festival. We check it out last year for the first time and had a lot of fun, so we made sure to return again this year. We arrived early and spent...

Thursday - Sunday, January 3-6, 2013 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO We've had a very cold start to the year so I've been staying close to home more than I usually do. Since that's the case, I've been spending my free time trying to make some more unique images of locations I've...

Sunday, December 30, 2012 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO This is it! My final trip report from 2012. I sure hope 2013 is at least as good to me as 2012 was. For my final trip of the year I had the urge to get out snowshoeing again, except I didn't want to just head up onto the...

Christmas Eve | Monday, December 24, 2012 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO On Christmas Eve it snowed all day which is a little unusual for the Grand Valley. When I got out of work, I thought it would be a good idea to drive up to the Colorado National Monument and take some photos in...

Friday - Sunday, December 7-9, 2012 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO This weekend I decided to stay home for a change. I figured that I could spend some quality time photographing the Colorado National Monument since I would be around. After work on Friday, I drove up to the Monument...

This is not much of a trip report from me, but I thought I'd at least share a few photos from my quick snowshoe trip on Saturday. On Saturday evening I drove up onto the Grand Mesa so I could get my first snowshoe trip of the season in. I ended up going to the Mesa Lakes area and following the...