One of my favorite things about Denver, especially in the winter, is its many days of sunshine. Growing up in Utah, I’m no stranger to snow. In fact, many of my childhood memories include sledding, building snow forts, and having epic snowball fights. Although I’m not a fan of the cold or driving on [Read more...]
As part of our 2013 Challenge, we decided to drop Max off to play at Petsmart and head up to Rocky Mountain National Park (no dogs allowed). We decided to hike up Deer Mountain, which is three miles each way and around 1,000 foot elevation gain. We'd hiked it once before a few years ago and [Read more...]
Colorado isn't all bad It’s hard to believe that as of next month, I will have lived in Denver for three years. To be completely honest, I haven’t loved living here. This is mostly my fault because I didn’t really get involved in a lot of activities or see a lot of the state because I figured that [Read more...]
(FYI Mexico City is called Mexico DF, which stands for Districto Federal, or Federal District. It's sort of like Washington DC.) Tacos DF was a fantastic find just up the road from the new apartment. Delicious tacos that actually taste like they did in Mexico DF. Super fresh, and meat so [Read more...]
The somewhat gloomy view from my window today (if you squint you can see downtown Denver in the fog) The last week has been a whirlwind of craziness. I spent last Wednesday training my replacement at work, Thursday running errands and packing, Friday loading everything into the U-Haul and spending [Read more...]