"Do you consider yourselves lucky?" asked the Ranger in the backcountry permit office. "Why, yes...incredibly" we responded." "Turns out there was a cancellation at the most sought after back country camp site in the park", he continues. "Right next to a couple rivers and a lake with great fly- fishing." SAAWEEEET!!! Also, we scored the last car camping site in the park that night and a parking spot in a small parking lot where spots are apparently impossible to ...

"Rocky Mountain High, Colorado"; or so the John Henry Dueschendorf lyrics go. Just like for Mr. John Denver the good times keep rolling for we two travelers. Here, in the town he stage-named himself after, we caught up with a fellow traveler, our buddy Pete Pasque who we met in Aus while he was on his world tour. Pete took us around Denver and showed us some local haunts, neighborhoods and watering holes and we had a great Italian meal with him and his good frien...

Thank You So Much Andy and Lindsay for your awesome hospitality!! We rolled into Blue River, CO - just 15 mins outside of Breckenridge around 6:30pm. We were completely floored with their sick spot. Their house is huge and beautiful and perched at a mere 11,000 ft elevation! As beautiful as their place is, it doesn't compare to their insane view- complete panoramic of green Rocky Mountains topped with the winter's leftover snow. We had a delicious dinner prepa...

Welcome to the Rockies! We spent the first night in Colorado Springs and took a quick hike through the Garden of the Gods park before skipping town and continuing west. We poached camping in Pikes National forest and enjoyed an evening soaking in some amazing hot springs. Next stop; Crested Butte to catch up with an old buddy Mike Hardaker. Holy $h!t!! Mike's place is insane. He lives on a 300 acre ranch a mile outside of town and in the shadow of the majestic B...

Damn Kansas, you're killin me! Not much to see but plenty of Cops. I thought the Rockies were out here some where. Maybe John Denver was full of sh*t. We shall see :)