Hiking

We have hiked about a dozen family friendly hikes at Rocky Mountain National Park. We LOVE Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP)!! It’s one of our favorite places to go in Colorado. This most recent time we went, it was during the Elk Rut Season. It has been our favorite time to go and visit the…

We have put together a list of the 8 best kid friendly stops at Garden of the Gods. This list is written by our kids. We have stopped at every parking lot and have hiked almost every trail in the park. Below is a list of the 8 stops and then there are 2 bonus…

We found a great trail at Red Rock Canyon Open Space. It’s called the Quarry Trail. This trail is along a lake, has you climbing stairs, walking through an old quarry and has outstanding views! Red Rock Canyon Open Space has many different trails that all weave in and out of each other. Reading the…

We found some family friendly hiking at Red Rock Canyon Open Space. The views are pretty and it’s not as crowded as other attractions in the area. There are many different trails, all with different names. I’m not sure if we ‘finished’ a trail. We took a couple different trails to get back to where…

We LOVE Garden of the Gods. It’s our favorite place here in Colorado. We have been so many times. I thought it would be helpful to write about what to do at Garden of the Gods with kids. Before we moved to Colorado, we would visit all.the.time. If we would visit Colorado and NOT go…

The kids told me that this was the best mother’s day ever! Haha! We did have a wonderful half day trip in Rocky Mountain National Park. We saw so many animals, went on some hikes, and had lunch and dinner in the park. It truly was a great day! We got to the park about…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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….

We enjoyed a kid friendly hike at the Fountain Creek Nature Center. It was the middle of January when we went and the weather was perfect. Like most days here in Colorado Springs. They have a nature center The hiking trail is called Fountain Creek Nature Trail. I actually found this trial in a hiking…