After dinner we headed back to the campsite for a campfire and to wind down. James was chilly from being wet so we put him on his bed and threw his blanket on him to warm him up.
The poor guy was
Category: Vacations
When we decide to make a big trip out of it
Cobies
After getting cleaned up a bit from the pond we headed to Cobies. It was just outside of the park so it was probably the closest restaurant anyway. We were hoping for out door seating and lucky for us
Cliff Pond and Cobies
Back at Cliff Pond for the afternoon we were enjoying the clear water and the sunshine. James was fetching his ball farther and farther out and having a blast. I still hadn’t pulled out the fishing
Provincetown
We decided to head to Provincetown at the end of the cape. We had heard it was a really neat place to visit and that they had some good restaurants so we planned to have lunch up there. The drive was
Early morning swim at Cliff Pond
We woke up early because the sun was up and nobody else was. This was the time to walk around the park and head to Cliff Pond because we would have it all to ourselves. The water was really cold but
Midnight Raid!
Somewhere in the dark, in the middle of the night not too far from our tent it was quiet… very very quiet. Too quiet. I was awake but I wasn’t sure why, and did I mention it was quiet? Well not
FLIR Camera and the iPhone 6S Plus
For my birthday I got a FLIR camera for my iPhone, I’ve played with it around the neighborhood but this was my first chance to actually capture some wildlife with it and man did we have some wildlife
Sunset at Cliff Pond
After setting up our tents we hiked down to Cliff Pond, just in time for the sunset. It was fantastic. This was well worth the drive and why we chose to re-visit this campground for this trip.
Enjoy
Arrived at Nickerson State Park
We arrived at our campsite just before 7:00 pm making the official drive time almost exactly 12 hours. Looks like a really nice estimate from Sandra once again. Now it is time to set up our tents, we
Bridgeport, Connecticut
As we left the Bass Pro we spotted a float with circus animals on it. Then another float full of people. We decided to look it up, obviously there was some sort of parade today and it shouldn’t be
From DC to Bass Pro
We left Georgetown around 7 am for what looked like an 8 hour drive. Sandra estimated 12 based on stops for food, gas and a trip to the Bass Pro Shop in Bridgeport, Connecticut. James love to swim and
Cape Cod Camping Trip
We are about to head to Cape Cod for a week of camping in Nickerson State Park and we are often asked how we can pack so little when traveling so I want to show you our method. Last year when packing
Rock Climbing and Sleeping
We had a wonderful Christmas and we were able to visit so many family members we don\’t see often enough. One of those was my cousin Bob and he is always talking about rock climbing and how we have to
Winter Park, on the way to the Alpine Slide
This is the first part of the video I warned you about. I\’ve decided that if I have to edit video then I didn\’t shoot it correctly, so this is the one piece of video that I didn\’t have to edit. We were
Oh the videos…
Ok, we shot a TON of video on our trip to Winter Park and I\’m really dreading trying to put it all into an edited piece of content for the blog so if you guys don\’t mind I\’m going to break it up a bit
Visiting the Mile High City
We headed back into Denver and had heard that there was a marker on the steps of the State Capitol marking 5,280 feet above Sea Level (One Mile). So we had to check this out and sure enough we found the
Back at the Trail Head
We made it back to the trail head after a few hours of hiking. The trip down was much easier than the trip up the trail but we would have loved to stay in the mountains for longer if we could.
We
One more trip over the log bridge
Once again we hit the log bridge over the stream as we were heading for the parking lot. This time we had experience on our side and the knowledge that plenty of people had crossed this same set of logs
Preparing for the hike out
We took our time packing up our gear and getting ready for the hike out. The benefit to us was that the longer we waited the warmer it was going to be as we hit the trail. From our campsite the parking
Our Campsite at Night
We woke up in the middle of the night (probably because it was so frigging cold) but we had to take some long exposure photos to show you how awesome our view was at night. We could see more stars in the