Archive for the ‘The Great Outdoors’ Category

red rocks amphitheater

Posted on June 24th, 2012 by mountain girl  |  4 Comments »

On Wednesday we headed to Red Rocks with our friends. It’s an incredible naturally formed amphitheater in the hills outside Lakewood. The kids had a blast and the views were wild. We miss these guys already. I think Zia started to think she was part of their family. Love that rockstar. Here’s our own steadily […]



welcoming summer

Posted on June 21st, 2012 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

Our friends are about to head home. Our connection is a rare one, where even a 5 1/2 day visit wasn’t long enough. (With normal visitors, we have the “go-home-already” syndrome by day 3, just in case you ever come for a visit. Nothing personal.) Of all the places we visited this week, all the […]



backyard coyotes

Posted on June 6th, 2012 by mountain girl  |  6 Comments »

This nice fluffy coyote came to pay our backyard a visit the other day. Like all the other wildlife up here, he looked healthy and well-fed. Guess the chipmunks are good eatin’. He marked his territory (hey, that’s our yard!) and was soon joined by his mate, who was hiding here in the trees. We’ve […]



boulder creek festival

Posted on May 30th, 2012 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

Over Memorial Day weekend, we decided to hit the Boulder Creek Festival. It’s an annual event, and this was our first time. We started the day with some festival food. Zia and I had Jamba Juice and Island Noodles. The guys had chicken on a stick and fried rice, which was proclaimed to be “awesome, […]



backyard visitors

Posted on May 21st, 2012 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »

With the snow finally gone (for now) the mountain wildlife are emerging bit by bit from their winter hideouts. We’re having a lot of fun spying on them. We’ve found coyote, raccoon, and moose tracks in the past couple of days. We looked out our front window and this little mule deer was peering back […]