Archive for the ‘The Great Outdoors’ Category

a wild, green christmas

Posted on December 27th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  Comments Off on a wild, green christmas

We’ve headed south to spend some time with David’s family in New Mexico. Coming from Colorado, the drive is so nice and short. For once, we didn’t arrive at 5am sporting baggy black circles under our eyes! We got here early afternoon, bright-eyed and bushy tailed. Very nice, indeed. We brought along a few handmade gifts: […]

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the road to colorado springs

Posted on December 17th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  6 Comments »

We headed south along the mountains for a day trip to Colorado Springs. The mountains form a steady range all the way. They are really breath-takingly beautiful. Little yellow airplanes flying through the mountains. See the paragliders? To me that looks incredibly fun. Paragliders coming in for a landing…wheeeeeee! And then, boom. The mountains themselves […]



now we’re swingin’

Posted on November 3rd, 2010 by mountain girl  |  4 Comments »

Zia has always been petrified of swings. She would bravely ask to try a baby swing, then shake with fear if I began to move it even a little. Until just the other day, when we were at the big playground watching kids swing. She asked again, and this time she conquered that swing! Now […]



cottonwood farms

Posted on October 30th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  5 Comments »

Today we headed out to Boulder to visit Cottonwood Farms. It’s a small operation with sheep, goats, kittens, rabbits, a farm dog, calves, a miniature horse, a donkey, a straw maze, corn maze, little red wagons, and lots and lots of pumpkins. Last fall, Zia took a hay ride in Kansas City, and when we took another […]



little girl, big ripples

Posted on October 24th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »