Boulder, United States Travel Blogs

The beginning...
Feb 29, 2004

Ha, ha, fooled ya! It's not a real entry, but just a little shortie to get the map route started out correctly. Just click on the link for the next entry for the REAL beginnning on Ko Samet island in Thailand, and don't forget you can use the other ...

The Beautiful Town
May 21, 2006 (9 photos)

... the mass of buildings and roads is to catch the subway up to Central Park, which is a mission in itself. People in Boulder are also sickeningly healthy (if you'll excuse the oxymoron). As I perused the streets I came across health food shops, veggie ...

Back in the Republic
Apr 12, 2005

... see my family in Colorado, which was recovering from a huge spring snowstorm 2 days before I arrived (it even closed the airport). I, of course, am still wearing my sandles when I walk off the plane. More soon as integrate back into Boulder life...

Rocky Mountain, Hi!
Aug 23, 2004 (3 photos)

... plus Ibuprofen. What marvelous drugs we have! I was back to myself in no time. We spent the afternoon walking around Downtown Boulder and people watching. When Dave & June got home we cooked up a multi-ethnic meal (Indian, Middle Eastern & Broccoli) ...

Thursday May 15
May 20, 2008 (5 photos)

... Lake Mead which is a huge recreation park with many places to stop and several camping areas.  We camped near the lake at Boulder Beach. It was beautiful there, shaded by gum trees and Oleander bushes. The lake was just down a track so we headed down ...

LasVegas Arrival
May 22, 2006

... situation. This side trip cost us about an hour a half and we decided to take our hot bodies to my brother Bob's home in Boulder City. The ride out of Kingman to Boulder City on Highway 93 was so hot in the blazing sun. I think the temperatures were in ...

Gedding Us a Beer in Moab…and the Fruita Tra
Jul 9, 2009 (14 photos)

... off on either side of the car hundreds of feet. We pulled into the tiny town (although I use that term generously) of Boulder, UT and stumbled across an amazing little restaurant—the Burr Trail Inn--just off the side of the road. Just when you ...

Hoover Dam to Death Valley
Aug 13, 2009 (8 photos)

Well, last night was probably the worst night we've experienced so far. We slept at a campground in the Valley of Fire. The dessert is supposed to cool down at night, but something must have been wrong with this dessert. It did not cool down, and we spent ...

A short stay in Boulder
Dec 10, 2006

I'm back in Boulder for my last treatment. Everything went fine on the way back from Mexico and I'll be home in Norway for Christmas, yay!

Hooverdam
Oct 12, 2007 (3 photos)

The lasst 10 miles to Hooverdam was realy at a pace of 15 mph. An official visit of the Dam would cost 13 $ per adult, and parking the car zould be 7$. So we decided to just skip the visit and see what we could see from behind the car window. For ...

Its D-day
May 9, 2006

Well the time has finally come to say good bye... please write me often and keep me entertained with gossip...especially that OG stuff...haha. Anyways after finally after staying up all night and barely managing to cram all my belongings that I will ...

Boulder, CO
Jul 25, 2008 (4 photos)

Our first stop was Boulder, Co. where we spent a couple days visiting family friends. We even got out on Boulder Reservoir and tried some water skiing and wake boarding! It was a great couple days!

Hoover Dam
Sep 18, 2007 (15 photos)

Today I went to Hoover Dam and decided to take the tour. The tour starts out with a short documentary about how the damn was built and the men who built it. The tour then continues with a Dam guide. They take you below to where the 30 foot wide pipes ...

Boulder Farmer's market
Aug 24, 2006 (10 photos)

I went to the Farmer's market today to take some photos. Every Wednesday and Saturday there are organic farms in the area which sell their produce at reasonable prices. It's always crowded and a lot of fun to visit. I also went to Pearl Street Mall to ...

The really loooong day
Jul 25, 2009 (7 photos)

... the way a town appeared that was full of casinos.  Apparently, it's a CO sanctioned gambling town. Finally, we arrived in Boulder a real granola cruncher college town and walked the 'scene' on the Pearl Street mall.  There were jugglers, street ...

Safely back 'home'
Sep 11, 2006

... fine despite having chosen September 11th for my day of traveling. I was very relieved to get back to my own bed in Boulder last night after a long day of flights and airports. I have planned another trip to Mexico later this month, but as traveling is ...

Boulder images
Aug 22, 2006 (5 photos)

I've taken some photos of Boulder University Campus today. Not too interesting perhaps, but it gives you an idea of my beautiful surroundings....

The Hoover Dam and driving into Vegas at sunset
Nov 13, 2006 (22 photos)

pictures first~!

Home, Sweet Home
Aug 26, 2009 (5 photos)

... 23 hours of straight travel, and a day of rest and reprieve, I find myself once again in the comfort of my own room in Boulder, Colorado. My time in Turkey was incredible, and I cannot have hoped for a more productive trip than I had. Hakan will be an ...

Leaving Boulder!
Mar 25, 2006

The car is packed and we're ready to roll! Heading first to New Mexico...

Saying goodbye to friends
Aug 7, 2006

I've just enjoyed having Trond, Anitra and their cat Bongo here for a few days. We've had fun touring the Coors brewery and making a scene with T & A's car Bob! Bob is an old VW with some pretty cool custom made features, including their very loud car ...

Bolder Boulder
May 24, 2009 (17 photos)

... hiked in Rocky Mountain National Park.  Dean and Julie, old friends of John's from CU (now married and living in Boulder with daughter, Milena) hosted a great barbeque and proverbial slumber party, where I finally got to meet them, Murph and Joe (John ...

Highschool friend for life....Ginger!
Sep 13, 2008 (17 photos)

... we had found the place! Ginger showed up and we three took off on a bike ride to get to know her neighborhood and downtown Boulder. Ginger was moving along at quite a clip for this photo-journalist so not many pix were gotten on that trip. So, dear ...

Flying over the Dam
Jan 3, 2008 (9 photos)

... for helicopter rides. Only $29! How could we say no?? Neither Caro nor I had ever ridden on a helicopter, so it was definitely money well spent. We flew over picturesque Lake Mead in Boulder City, NV and the Hoover Dam. Our pictures barely do it justice...

Fun & Games
Nov 3, 2009 (2 photos)

... cribbage...but dominoes, particularly "fives" has a firm hold.  So now you know how I happily spent much of my time in Boulder.  I did manage to find time to swim laps at the local pool and take hikes in the foothills.  And one evening I ...

When is this nightmare going to end?
Sep 24, 2008

... you need when you have the bends (dcs,) so I felt some symptoms of DCS on the plane over to the States and my problems increased when I got to Boulder late last night. So... I had to visit the recompression chamber in Denver today and got another 5 hour ...

Getting veeery restless and bored!
Nov 6, 2006

... without much to do is getting on my nerves. Playing the lottery seems like a great idea now. I need to stay in the Boulder area until Christmas. After that I'll only come back for short stays for check ups on my neck. The skiing season hasn't even ...

Hoover Dam
Aug 26, 2008 (25 photos)

Wir haben das ursprüngliche Programm umgestellt und beginnen mit dem Hoover Dam. Haben uns ein nettes Motel in Williams gesucht und wieder in einem Roadway Inn unsere Zelte aufgeschlagen. Beim Aussteigen haben wir noch gewitzelt, ob wohl wieder ...

We're Freshmen Again?
Aug 20, 2009 (4 photos)

... in a park in the middle of Nebraska, we eagerly woke up early to make our way to Colorado. We finally made it to Boulder around 3 or so since we gained another hour when we entered mountain time. I was so excited to finally see some topography to the land ...

10 mile hike in Big Basin with Jen Deming
Aug 24, 2008 (20 photos)

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