Camping

Hoodoo Child

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What if I were to tell you about a place that you could take your kids to camp and hike without ANY complaints? No complaining, seriously. We have been trying to secure a camping spot in Utah in a magical place called Goblin Valley State Park for the past three or so years, and...
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Fiery Furnace

Fiery Furnace Tour San Juan Parent

Next time you are planning your trip to Arches National Park, also plan on booking a reservation to take the Fiery Furnace Tour.  This is a two mile, three hour scramble through a labyrinth of cracks. I’ve driven by the entrance to Fiery Furnace several times and have never been in before. You have...
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Camping in 11 Mile Canyon

Eleven Mile Canyon

A friend recently camped at 11 Mile Canyon along the South Platte River. Just outside Woodland Park, 11 mile canyon is situated along a very beautiful river with lots of granite boulders, and places for the kids to play and swim, and the fly fishing is excellent too. Campgrounds and restrooms are nice and...
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The Great Sand Dunes (when they’re not so great)

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It should have been the perfect Mother’s Day weekend. Every time we mentioned that we were heading to the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve near Alamosa, our friends and acquaintances got a dreamy, distant look in their eyes. Oh, they had loved the sand dunes. The sand had been so warm! The wide...
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Milk Can Dinner

Milk Can Dinner

Recently, a friend introduced me to the Milk Can Dinner, a tradition in her family. The Milk Can Dinner is food for a crowd cooked outside in an old milk can.  Her family has catered family reunions, engagement parties and more with this unique and fun way to make an enormous amount of food...
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Soap Creek – Great Camping for Kids

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Nestled behind Blue Mesa Reservoir, Soap Creek Campground is a gorgeous place to camp with kids in Southwest Colorado. As we first drove up, I was thinking mostly about kayaking and didn’t initially notice the transition from dry sage brush to lush forest. As the road wound around behind the reservoir, we drove through...
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Camping Checklist

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It’s time to camp! I’ve noticed that our camping tubs have gotten pretty disorganized, so I plan to reorganize all of the gear this spring.  When we come home from camping trips,  I always try to sort, clean and restock everything. Inevitably, in a rush to get it all put away, things go in...
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Dump Cake

Camping Peach Dump Cake

Last weekend during a camping trip, my sister and brother in law made a camping peach cobbler dump cake.  They used a combination of frozen and fresh local peaches and the result was warm peach cobbler over a campfire on a chilly night. It hit the spot after a long hike! I had never...
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