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Day 10 - Garden of the Gods
We had three nights in Colorado Springs which means we had two full days. There was a lot of stuff we wanted to see here, but we were...
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Jul 30, 20243 min read


Day 9 - Pikes Peak
Today we were headed up to Pikes Peak, which is something I have been very excited to do. You can get to Pikes Peak a few ways: driving...
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Jul 28, 20246 min read


Day 8 - Drive to Colorado Springs
Friday was a drive day as we were done in Estes Park and heading down to Colorado Springs. The drive to Colorado Springs from Estes Park...
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Jul 27, 20245 min read


Days 6 and 7 - Rocky Mountain National Park
I'm falling behind on blog posts, and with over a week left on our trip I can't afford to do that. So I am combining both days in the...
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Jul 26, 20245 min read


Day 5 - Drive to Estes Park, CO
On Tuesday we were off for Colorado. We packed up early and left the campsite by 6:15am. Looking back on them, these early morning...
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Jul 24, 20244 min read


Day 4 - Mount Rushmore and Black Hills
Monday was our most exciting day yet on the trip as we had a number of cool things planned. It was really tough to filter through all our...
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Jul 24, 20246 min read


Day 3 - Badlands National Park
After two days of extensive driving we were finally in good shape to spend most of a day seeing some main sites. The first one was...
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Jul 22, 20244 min read


Day 2 - Drive to South Dakota
After a long day of driving we made it to our campground in Kennebec, SD. The total drive time today was the same as yesterday which was...
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Jul 21, 20244 min read


Day 1 - Drive to Wisconsin
Day 1 is in the books, and it has been pretty successful. There was some whining and crying here and there, but given how much time we...
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Jul 19, 20243 min read


Prepping to Leave
After a long day a packing, we are ready to shove off bright and early tomorrow. This is the biggest trip we've taken, and thus it's by...
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Jul 18, 20242 min read


Planning Our Trip
After several made, and then unmade, plans to go out west this year, we are now committed and leaving next week. Going on trips out west...
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Jul 9, 20243 min read


How KeepQuietBackThere.com Died
Enough time has passed that I can now comfortably talk about the end of KeepQuietBackThere.com (KQBT). KQBT was a website I put together...
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Jul 8, 20244 min read
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