It may sound silly, but when we rolled along the gorgeous stretch of highway that led us into Wyoming, everything felt different than the rest of our travels. We had entered the great frontier of the West, and the rolling hills of green against a backdrop of the bluest sky we'd ever seen was practically breathing the history of America. It truly left us breathless. All we could see for miles and miles, was rolling hills and puffy white clouds that looked like you...

After leaving Colorado, we headed to see family on my dad's side in South Jordan, near Salt Lake City, Utah. One of the fantastic aspects of the trip is that we have been able to reconnect with family that we don't get to see nearly as much as we'd like to. When Erin, Noah, and I pulled up to the house, we were greeted with the smiling faces of my Aunt Laurie, Uncle Gary, Aunt Vicki, Cousin Jared, his two boys Isaac and Dante, and everyone's pet dogs. Laurie and ...

After several days of rest, we were finally ready for the next leg of our journey. With both of us being huge fans of nature and mountains in particular, we were very excited about journeying up through the Rockies. Even the approach was picture worthy: little mountain towns that bordered rushing rivers and gorgeous forests. Once we hit the park, we were in paradise. There were incredible vistas at every turn, and steep inclines on narrow roads that hugged the cl...

Our drive through the Rocky Mountains of Colorado did not disappoint us! We had planned on tent camping that night in the Rockies, but torrential rains and booming thunder prompted us to drive into Vail and find a hotel instead. Being a passionate snowboarder, I've always hoped to visit Vail because it's a lovely ski village. Since it was the off-season, we had our choice of luxury hotels for a fraction of their normal prices. We settled into The Lodge at Vail an...

Rick came back this morning and found squatters (us) still living in his home. He had to come home on Sunday morning for work the next day while Holly and Henry remained in Minnesota for another week. We all went out to an awesome bistro in Boulder for breakfast. We were able to catch up with Rick, which was really nice since we hadn't seen him in a while. I played rugby with Rick and Erin was his neighbor in college. So much has changed now that both of us are m...