Castlewood Canyons State Park Hike

During the late 1800s, as the city of Denver began to grow rapidly, farms and orchards near Franktown helped to supply the city’s growing demand for food. However, due to the lack of precipitation (17-20 inches per year) a narrow dam was built  in…

Garden of the Gods Hike

Our trek today led us to splendid geological wonder, as we were greeted with sheer cliffs of bright red sandstone protruding like jagged knifes out of the ground as we entered the Garden of the Gods National Park in Colorado Springs, CO. While not…

Hike #1 Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge

“I take a walk..take a walk… take a walk…take a walk …ohhh…ohhhh” In accordance with the lyrics of  Passion Pit’s latest catch, sometimes that’s all we really need to do. And so I begin in this inaugural post our quest to walk…..the plains in…