Moving to Denver, Colorado was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made – right up there with deciding, on a whim, to hike to Rocky Mountain National Park’s Gem Lake in mid-April. I swooned about this trail a few weeks ago on my website (if you missed the full-length piece, you Continue reading
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Gem Lake: A Springtime Hike to a Rocky Mountain Staple
I fell in love with the Rockies as a teenager, when my parents took my younger sister and I to the park for the first time. Snow-capped mountain ranges still are a novelty for this lifelong East Coaster (although I suppose that is set to Continue reading
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Village Pizza: Casual Eating in Estes Park
After a morning spent hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park, Kevin and I faced a predicament: we wanted to grab some good pizza for a late lunch, but we didn’t want to drive too far from the Gem Lake trail head – we’d just finished the moderately difficult climb Continue reading