Big Elk Meadows

Tim McArthur May 2, 2012
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I have passed by this road many times on my way up the mountain to numerous other hikes over the years. It is only a few miles outside of Lyons, which is right up the road from me. It was …

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Picture Rock Trail – take 2

Tim McArthur April 19, 2012
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Conor and I went out for an early morning hike, this time we stayed at lower altitude thanks to everything beginning to bloom down here with the early spring. We tackled the 6 miles round trip of Picture Rock Trail …

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Introducing Jr

Tim McArthur April 18, 2012
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Mom and I have been looking at another trailer, back and forth, for some time now. While I have continued to regret selling to Nomad last year, it really was too much o a trailer for the van to tow …

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Spring break 2012 – Pt 3

Tim McArthur March 27, 2012
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Our final park of the trip was Mesa Verde National Park where we stopped in the museum to take a tour of the Spruce Tree House cliff dwelling and then a quick auto-toured of the various other cliff dwellings and …

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Spring break 2012 – Pt 2

Tim McArthur March 26, 2012
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In the morning, we quickly moved out to finally go check out the southern part of Canyonlands, known as the Needles section. We drove south into a head wind for 30 miles before turning west into yet another head wind …

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Spring break 2012 – Pt 1

Tim McArthur March 25, 2012
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This year, after two full years of owning the van, we finally took a trip together as a whole family. The plan was a simple repeat of the first-ever trip taken in the van, by Timmy and myself, back in …

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Tim’s first broken bone

Tim McArthur March 21, 2012
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Tim was playing with friends at school when one landed on his arm. Tim said he “heard a pop” so we were off for an X-ray.  Yep, he has a “compression fracture”. The analogy from the doctor was that a …

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Kreutzer Nature Trail

Tim McArthur March 17, 2012
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Friday morning, Conor and I drove up Hwy 14 to hike up Mt McConnel up at 8000ft. It was not to be a particularly long hike at only 4.6 miles round trip, or hard hike with only 1400ft altitude gain, …

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A quickie to RMNP

Tim McArthur March 13, 2012
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Conor and I ran up to Rocky Mtn Ntnl Park on Monday to get in our first hike of the year. Our last hike together was in the snow, late last year, so it is fitting that we start this …

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Shoe Tree

Tim McArthur March 5, 2012
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Although I have driven past this tree a half-dozen times in the past two years, I have never stopped to check it out. It looked so romantic while speeding past at 80 MPH; so many memory-by-shoe hanging from the branches. …

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Snow day

Tim McArthur March 3, 2012
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My final weekend in California and all the California family came up the mountain to visit and spend some time playing in the snow further up the mountain. It was a blast watching the kids hootin’ an hollerin’, throwing snow …

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Adding a few more additions to the van

Tim McArthur February 22, 2012
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During my recent trip, I just kept being bothered by this large ‘closet’ that I added to the van last year. It really was a great find, and at $20 the price was right, but the size was just too …

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