“Everybody needs beauty…places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.”
— John Muir
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Colorado Trail – Collegiate West Segments 3-5
Miles Between the Moments We’ve been keeping an eye on the Watch Duty app (which tracks wildfires and air quality across the state), trying to figure out when we could safely get back on the trail without risking our health—especially… Continue reading
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Smoked Out
Photo courtesy of U.S. Forest Service We had no idea that less than two weeks after hiking Segment 10 of the Colorado Trail, the landscape would be forever changed by wildfire. Monday, June 15, Karen and I hiked the 13.3… Continue reading
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High Altitude Training
One of the biggest advantages of training for the Colorado Trail is that we live in Colorado. Some of the best training hikes in the country are right in our backyard, including Pikes Peak, standing tall at 14,115 feet. There… Continue reading
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Segments 9 – 11
After a memorable car-camping weekend with our daughter Emily and son-in-law Mitchell at Turquoise Lake near Leadville, we took the opportunity to have them shuttle our car and then drop us off to hike Segments 9–11. As a result, we’ve… Continue reading
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CT Segment 6
Day 1 Supportive Friends After parking our car in Breckenridge, our good friends Jesse and Kristen (who amazingly sent us off to begin the trail on April 19th) met us in “Breck,” and we all drove back to Kenosha Pass,… Continue reading
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CT Segment 5
5:00 a.m., Karen’s voice broke the dark silence, “Is it time for coffee yet?” My right hip was aching from lying on my side, and I sensed a faint lightening of the sky as dawn approached. “Yeah, let’s do this,”… Continue reading
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CT Segment 4
Beauty and Kindness – Beauty and kindness are all around us. I’m talking about the small, subtle things that bring lightness to our souls and make us pause long enough to notice them. For me, it can be wild violets… Continue reading
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Project 491 – on pause
After hiking Segments 1–3 in beautiful weather on dry trails last week, we had hoped to keep the momentum going and tackle Segments 4–5 the first weekend in May. I’d been closely watching the weather reports for towns near those… Continue reading
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CT Segments 1-3
April 19-21, 2026 6:15am, April 19th, 2026. Mile zero…step one…Project 491 officially begins. After hours of poring over maps and guidebooks, watching YouTube videos, and sorting gear through the winter, it’s time to finally do this. A huge shout-out to… Continue reading
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Project 491 is Born
After returning home from the Italian Dolomites in September 2025—where we hiked roughly 65 miles along the Alta Via 2 hut-to-hut route—we felt both a deep sense of accomplishment and an unexpected sense of loss. “What’s next?” we asked ourselves.… Continue reading
… BECAUSE ADVENTURE DOESN’T RETIRE!
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