Last but not least, we stop by Breckenridge, Colorado for alpine sledding, hiking and troll hunting!
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Spent our day falling headfirst into the Colorado River (multiple times),dropping our GoPro into the water and finding a less-traveled road, Arches National Park doesn’t disappoint.
Leeches and bears, oh my! Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore!
From “bears on the highway” signs to the crazy world of trying to find a “first come, first served” campsite in Grand Teton, our first day here was not what we expected – and it was all good once we saw how incredibly beautiful the Tetons are.
We finally made it to Fort Collins and didn’t lose any time before going hiking at three very different locations: tree-covered and lush, arid and broad and finally, full of lakes and rivers.
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Pre Race Woke up at 5am, took in avocado toast (two slices of whole grain bread with one full avocado and Trader Joe’s “everything but the bagel seasoning”). I drank my habitual soy latte and prepared a travel coffee mug with chamomile tea, which I found out in my previous triathlon, settles me and hydrates
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Woke up at 5am and went downstairs to grab breakfast. Noticed right away that the weather was nasty (rain and 47 degrees) so I grabbed an extra rain jacket, put on closed toes shoes (vs the flip flops I planned on wearing) and went to eat. Had an avocado on wheat toast (a little nervously
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As part of my sabbatical this summer, I set out to do as many Cincinnati things as I could with my 2 kids. As I was flipping through the “Adventures around Cincinnati” book, I had marked “Ozo Play Cafe” as one of the places to visit. I particularly liked their philosophy of a place where
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I continue to be amazed at Cincinnati’s series of parks! Seriously, they are awesome!. This time we visited Miami Whitewater, a very large park, which included a medium-size lake, a splash pad and playground. People can rent paddle boats and even stand-up paddle boards! There were some small motor water vehicles there but not
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One of the places that Dennis and I had considered camping at was Big Bone Lick Park because they had some interesting hiking, a pool and a herd of bison. Since we finally ended up camping somewhere else (Stonelick Park), we decided to go check Big Bone Lick just in case. The park is
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