Hike #16 for 2025 We registered for a ranger-led Holiday hike and Christmas sweaters were encouraged for festive apparel. We walked a two mile flat loop and learned about how native animals survive the winter months. Carson River we each got to pick out a free sticker in the spring we can float a section … Continue reading Holiday Hike – Riverview Park, Carson City, NV
Hike #15 for 2025 We were delighted to meet up with friends from TN in CA over Thanksgiving break. We hiked about 2 miles on a flat loop and stopped for some bird viewing on the observation deck. clouds & light Sutter Buttes
Happy December and Merry Christmas season friends! To celebrate and get in the holiday spirit, here are some of my favorite things right now. I felt really on point getting my Christmas mani on 12/1 - if nothing else, my nails are festive! a poinsettia on the dining room table signals Christmas season - a … Continue reading Favorite Christmassy Things
My Christmas gift to my sister was a ticket on the Cog Railway to the famous Pikes Peak summit at 14,115 ft elevation. My sister picked us up at our hotel and we drove to Manitou Springs a little over an hour away (way too far to Uber). I made everyone do the face-in-the-hole board … Continue reading Manitou Springs, CO – Cog Railway to Pikes Peak
Day 2 of our Denver adventure started the same with the continental breakfast at the hotel. Then we took an Uber to Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum. We spent about 2 hours here and it was a nice air and space museum. They had a life size replica of an x-wing from … Continue reading Denver, CO – Air & Space Museum, Botanic Garden, RiNo, Casa Bonita, Aurora Borealis
heavens to betty 