Odometer: 1,349 miles. Around Golden: 27 miles. Visiting our son and fiancée was a change of pace. We spent a couple of nights boondocking on someone’s driveway in the middle of a lovely quiet neighborhood in Lakewood, about 15 minutes from Samuel’s apartment. We all enjoyed a walk around a local lake together, and sawContinue reading “Summer ‘26 Trek: Days 7-9: Samuel and Kylie in Golden”
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Hiking Golden’s Castle Rock
Castle Rock has been calling me since our first visit to Colorado School of Mines in Golden in Spring Break of 2021. That visit was to check out the school and Samuel is now a Sopjomore. It’s taken me three years to climb it and it did not disappoint. It towers over Golden’s valley, callingContinue reading “Hiking Golden’s Castle Rock”
Golden’s Clear Creek Canyon Park
During our trip to help Samuel prepare his apartment for his second year at the Colorado School of Mines, we’ve finally been able to do some exploring! Earlier in the week we’d visited our friend Martin in Breckenridge who took us up a chair lift for a very cool hike, and yesterday, we used aContinue reading “Golden’s Clear Creek Canyon Park”
