Colorado: Part 1

We're on the road in Colorado this week- spending a couple days in Steamboat Springs. We drove through Boise and Green River, Wyoming to go straight to Denver, where we spent a couple of days with Land and Jenny in their cute house in Washington Park. Then we headed 45 minutes to Boulder where we got our permit to hike to Arapaho Pass. We hiked about 7 miles, starting at 10,000 ft and getting up to 11,900 at the pass. From the top we headed down over Caribou Pass to Columbine Lake, where we were the only ones camping. It was hot and dry until we got down to the lake, where it was lush and wet, and the quietest spot I've ever camped.

This one is from Harvard Basin, over the weekend. Wally is turning out to be a good hiker!

Ross Lake

Earlier this month our friends Rachel and Amy came up from San Francisco for a backpacking trip. The weekend started with a book reading Rachel gave in Bellingham about her new book. Then we headed up to Ross Lake for three days of hiking and swimming. Kennet brought his sea kayak, which worked out great- he got to do more paddling and less hiking, and we got to bring luxuries like the cast iron pan without having to carry them in our packs. Wally came with us and hiked about 20 miles over three days- not bad for a puppy!