Fort Collins
Travel Blogs from Fort Collins, United States
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Harry Potter gets married & Garmisch Gang
... in the woods! We even drove the famous Trail Ridge highway. This road is the highest continuous motorway in the United States, with more than eight miles lying above 11,000' and a maximum elevation of 12,183'. We had a panoramic ...
Harry Potter and Fort fun
As we headed closer to Ft Collins (6.5 hr drive) the rain turned into snow. We stayed with Good Andy (Harry Potter) who had other guests staying too: Susie and James. We went into town to watch yet another basketball game and ended up getting really drunk ...
Leaving
So it starts. I am off to Costa Rica in about 6 hours and don't really know how to feel. I am both very sad at leaving my close friends and family behind but also extremely excited to get to do something in my life that very few get the ...
Waiting for my Grand Adventure
I am sitting here on my couch at home watching my boyfriend finish his laundry and all I am thinking about is how in 2 days from now I'll be in Philadelphia. In four days from now I'll be in Africa and in a week from now the dream that I have always had ...
Back home, for now
Well, it's been awhile. But it looks like this is the end of the road for our travels. Liz and I have been home for a week now, and are both glad to be home and miss traveling at the same time. Our last two weeks finished up wonderfully and were more ...
I'm dreaming of a White Christmas...
... nbsp; So it may not have been white on Christmas day in Fort Collins ... but several days following it was more than made up for when we woke to a sparkling winter wonderland and the dreamy snowflakes still ...
A Day With Old Friends
... ; Millie and Chet were the first people I was introduced to when I came to ARIZONA. They have since moved to Ft. Collins after retirement in teaching. They are a connection that I find no where else. The friendship goes much further than ...
General Trip Information and Contact Info
... : 5:00pm [Pisa, Italy] Arrive: 6:10pm [London Gatwick] July 3rd, 2008: United UA939 Depart - 1:05pm [London, Heathrow] Arrive - July 3rd, 4:14pm [Denver] ...
Bridging the Alternate Realities
Being home now is like traveling between alternate realities. Bare with me, I'll explain… When I first went to Uganda it was like stepping into an alternate universe because everything was completely different. I had to learn how to live and ...
Shout Out #38 - Returning Home
... desert. Adobe homes sprouting from the dry soil marked the outer fringes of Santa Fe. Few, if any places in the United States compare to Santa Fe when it comes to having vernacular architecture. Utilizing an old Spanish planning practice, the ...
On the Road Again
... now. In Wyoming we saw the Devils Tower(awesome) and even stopped at Chugwater - for their famous chili (we got free samples!)and Fort Larime. We loved our visit to South Dakota - it was a last minute decision to go there too! Our favourite place was ...
Colorado State and Breweries
... decided that we needed some recovery time. And what better way to do that than by visiting some micro-breweries. We took tours of 2 in Fort Collins. One was called O'Dell's and the other was New Belgium. O'Dell's was the first one we went to and I'm glad ...
Here comes the BUD
We get up late...again. After driving through Denver we stop in Fort Collins for a tour of the Budweiser brewery. We take now a famous SC14 a very curvy road. We stop at a small state park stop with a 1000 mosquitos...really! We ate played poker and ...
Colorful Colorado
... maybe today, after all the snow of Wyoming, we were ready for some variation in the landscape. We apprehensively pulled into Fort Collins, home to Colorado State University and was almost instantly charmed by it. We haven't spent a great deal of ...
Friends like These
... almost as interesting as they do, and I enjoyed comparing the dessicated specimens mounted under glass to the "Bats of the Western United States" poster that also adorns their guest bedroom wall. For a couple that is days away from a wedding, Mel ...
Riding a bike with no tires
(Blah!) My bike trip may be actually happening. I have been daydreaming about this during classes since I was nine years old. AND now it may be happening. I have two reasons for doing this trip. The purpose of my trip is to complete my first long time ...
100 plus miles and genuine folks
... and we were invited for another night. The next day we ran some errands and explored the exciting bike friendly city of Fort Collins. We took the Odells brew tour, made a much needed replacement on my saddle with the help of Stacey, and checked ...
From the Heights to the Depths
... it was hard to reach the bottom. I had two gigantic bags full by the time I stopped for the night at the Fort Collins Rest Area. Photos and paintings from my travels can be seen here http://artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=42727 and here ...
The Idea
We'd been thinking about a ski trip to either SW Colorado or to some of the smaller BC resorts for a couple years now. Since I've been to BC (Banff area) and none of us Coloradans had been to Durango/Telluride we decided to do the week long tour of ...
Day 1 - Arlington, WA to Ft. Collins, CO
... mind alert. On top of this, I sometimes put on my oxygen system, and today that’s what it takes. Descending into Ft. Collins, my body naturally woke up, partly out of anticipation of the landing, and partly because I had to get busy again, planning ...
In which I prepare to take off
OK - my bags are packed, and I'm ready to go - early tomorrow morning. Last minute details are getting attended to, snacks being tucked in my back pack to sustain me. Shortly - I will have 2 days in London, and then on to Thailand. What is most ...
Fort Collins, Poudre Canyon, North Park
... Ft Collins and the drive was pretty uneventful (which is nice). There are a lot more businesses and people between Denver and Ft Collins then I remember and lots of traffic. When we got to Ft Collins we thought we would camp at Lory State Park since both ...
There is NO place like home!!!
Arrived in Denver one hour late due to the weather which we foud out today included funnel clouds. Rainy, real rainy, drive home, quick stop for antibiotics for Steve and a gallon of fresh milk. A bowl of cerial and to bed!!!! Finally!!! The ...
Rental Car
With 5 people there was no way we were going to fit into my Subie, even with the roof box for the skis. So we decided to rent the biggest SUV we could find, which means a Chevy Suburban or a Ford Excursion. Figure we can still have a ...
I wonder what Ft Collins is like..
Anyone up for a road trip? I was thinking Sunday (Mar 28) - ...
SO THIS IS WHERE I WILL BEGAN...
Yes, people I am still here in Fort Collins, Colorado. This August it will be one year!! But, come one it's me. I hope to be writing all about Florida in February, 2007. So a little bit of Fort Collins, it is a college town that is for sure. I ...
Spring Time Follies
Well, spring in Fort Collins is more like winter in Rafz, but now and again we get a blast of how spring could be!! Our Swiss visitors left and and Mom and Dad arrived a few hours after they left. Dad is doing well and even walked to school and back ...
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