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Reinvention and Rediscovery at Havasupai Falls

Havasupai Falls

Being a mom is one of the most rewarding and challenging jobs ever!  We start reinventing ourselves the moment the line turns blue on a pregnancy test.  We think about how to raise a family and what it means to be a mom.  We want to do everything just right.  We watch our tight...
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Samples & Scratches

sam·ple  (smpl)
n. A portion, piece, or segment that is representative of a whole.

scratch  (skraCH)
Adj. Assembled or made from whatever is available


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Spring Break in Western Colorado (and Beyond!)

Photo Credits Jump America

For those of you going somewhere exciting, I’m jealous! I have a wicked case of cabin fever. Nearly everyone we know is heading south, or west, or somewhere. This year we are hanging out at home because we started a couple of large home projects that we are determined to finish up by the...
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The Space Coast

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The minute we found out that there was a rocket launch on my birthday in Cape Canaveral, FL, a trip there was a foregone conclusion. Rockets had been on our mind lately, and the timing was perfect. My son and husband had recently read Rocket Boys about the coal town childhood of a future NASA engineer....
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43 Cents

43 Cents

  While out wandering a small town, I discovered this old abandoned gas pump sitting behind a building.  Immediately drawn to the decay and the rust, I began snapping away.  It was until much later I took a closer look at the print and realized this pump wasn’t even designed for a purchase higher...
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The Polar Express Durango CO

San Juan Parent The Polar Express

Ahhh, The Polar Express. It’s a great story, a kid-friendly movie, and also a spectacular train ride to the North Pole in our Southwest Colorado backyard. The Durango Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, based out of Durango, CO provides all the magic for the tiny kids, and for the older kids,  The Polar Express drives...
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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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Facing Fears at the Glenwood Adventure Park

Facing Fears at the Glenwood Adventure Park

I did something that I was really proud of last week.  I bungee jumped! It was scary.  To me, jumping off of a huge platform is really scary.   I don’t like heights, I don’t like falling, and I don’t like feeling out in the open and exposed.  Bungee Jumping evokes all of these fears....
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Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Dale Carnegie

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