Quick Weekend Trip to Great Sand Dunes National Park
If you’re like us, you’re trying to hit as many national parks as possible. We’d like to check them all off one day — ahhh goals! Luckily for us, we live in a state with FOUR national parks! We live less than an hour from Rocky Mountain National Park, which is a treat, and we go there frequently. But we wanted to explore the other Colorado National Parks too. So we decided to make a quick weekend of it and check out Great Sand Dunes National Park… Read More!
Easy Dog-Safe Birthday Cake Recipe
As I’m sure you know by now I absolutely love to spoil my pups, especially on their birthdays. Each year since Juno’s first birthday with me (her 2nd birthday), I’ve made her a little homemade doggie-safe cake to celebrate… Read More!
Pumpkin Patch & Spooky Adventures at Anderson Farms
Halloween is only a little over a week away! Can you believe it?! Fall has always been my favorite season. You got football, Halloween, changing leaves (at least here in Colorado), sweater weather and my personal favorite, my birthday! So yeah, I’m a little biased, but I love Halloween! And I always insist on going to a pumpkin patch… Read More!
Hiking Koko Head vs. Manitou Incline
What possesses us humans to climb up insane inclines to the top of mountains? The view? The rush? The climb? Personally for me, it’s the accomplishment! That feeling of pure “I made it!!!”. And yes, the climb is generally brutal. But making it to the top is so worth it… Read More!
Royal Gorge Bridge & Park
Royal Gorge is a treasure of Colorado, located about an hour southwest of Colorado Springs. And it is as magnificent as the name suggests! Our first encounter with the Royal Gorge was on a train ride aboard the Royal Gorge Route Railroad. While on the train, the guide pointed out a bridge way up at the top of the gorge. And we knew we had to walk across that bridge… Read More
Seven Falls
My husband and I took a weekend away to celebrate our 3rd anniversary last year. We picked Colorado Springs since we only live about an hour and a half away, and the town is known for being very dog friendly. After many internet searches about what to do in CO Springs, I heard many good things about Seven Falls… Read More
10 Surprising Things About Colorado
When we moved from Texas to Colorado, we expected things like colder winters, mountains, and people not saying “y’all”. But we had no idea how much different Colorado would be, not just in location or climate… Read More
Garden of the Gods
Colorado Springs is a one of a kind town in Colorado. Home to Pikes Peak, the Olympic Training Center, Seven Falls and so much more. But perhaps the most popular attraction in CO Springs is the Garden of the Gods. And for good reason too! If you’ve never been to the Garden of the Gods… Read More
Hiking with Dogs
As Colorado is a place to take in the great outdoors, my husband and I like to bring our dogs along to enjoy it as well. It’s a great way to get our pups out of the house for some exercise and socialization with other people and dogs. Let me introduce our fur babies first… Read More