Today we decided to scope out some fishing areas. Our oldest son wants to go fishing for his birthday. We have been to Woodland Park countless times and have never ventured to Rampart Reservoir. So that is what we did today. We packed up our camping stove, RTIC cooler and off we went on another…
Family fun adventure on Hell Creek road!!! Or another name for the road is Schubarth Loop, or Forest Service Road 307 or 311… whatever you’d like to call it! This adventure was great! We completed one side of the loop this time around. We have previously completed the whole loop. This time we wanted to…
A short dirt road family adventure on Rule Ridge. It’s late April and we decided to explore a little bit of Woodland Park. It’s one of our favorite small towns in Colorado. I also wanted to scope out potential campgrounds and dry camping spots in the area too. If you’re new here, let me give…
Let’s go chasing waterfalls!! The Colorado Springs area has a few easy waterfall hikes. The kids and I have hiked them all. So far we have hiked 4 trails that have waterfalls on them. I plan to add more to this list. 4 Easy Waterfall Hikes We moved to Colorado about 6 months ago. And…
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It’s a high of 53 today! In February. We NEED to get outside and do something. Tomorrow it will snow again. I know the trails will be crowded since it’s a Saturday, mid afternoon, and the only nice/warm day this week. We could go for a walk with the dog in the neighborhood. Then I…
Who wants to go on a fun family adventure? We LOVE adventures over here at Dirt Road Family Adventures. It’s in our blog name…that’s how much we love family adventures. We love to plan adventures, talk about past adventures, but mostly, we just love to be on any type of adventure. Our kids love to…
You can see fossils, petrified Redwood trees and what Colorado used to look like MILLIONS years ago at Florissant Fossil Beds! There used to be Redwood trees in Colorado! Thats crazy to me! David has gone here when he was a kid. Myself and the kids have never been. I loved the scenery and that…
It’s rained here in STL every day for what feels like weeks. In between the rain I try to get the kids outside. Sometimes everyone is happy. And then some times one kid or all, are not. I try to be the fun mom. Sometimes it backfires on me. Today, it rained yet again! Our…
We LOVE Garden of the Gods. It’s one of the many reasons we moved to Colorado. There is so much to see and explore at this park. It is VERY busy on the weekends, summer break and holidays. It’s a great touristy place to visit. The trail that we explored today was Cabin Canyon Trail….
