Fort Collins, United States Travel Blogs

Harry Potter and Fort fun
Apr 28, 2005 (3 photos)

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
Dec 27, 2007

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 chance ...

Shout Out #38 - Returning Home
Nov 17, 2008 (14 photos)

... . 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 original city ...

Back home, for now
Jun 16, 2005 (35 photos)

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 ...

General Trip Information and Contact Info
May 22, 2008

... : 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] ...

On the Road Again
Sep 20, 2005

... . 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 the ...

Colorado State and Breweries
Aug 25, 2009 (5 photos)

... 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 it was ...

Colorful Colorado
Apr 3, 2008 (10 photos)

... 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
Jun 24, 2004

... 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 and ...

Here comes the BUD
Jul 5, 2005 (1 photos)

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 slept. ...

Riding a bike with no tires
Jun 4, 2009

(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 ...

From the Heights to the Depths
Sep 13, 1980 (3 photos)

... 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 ...

Fort Collins
Oct 25, 2007

Fort Collins, CO

Ft Collins
Mar 8, 2008

wandered around downtown

The Idea
Feb 1, 2007

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 ...

Taking Kai to the west coast
Oct 2, 2009

We made it from Lake Chuck to Fort Collins in about two days even

It's a Fort.
Aug 29, 2007

We made it to Sarah's house.

Rental Car
Mar 6, 2007 (4 photos)

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 ...

SO THIS IS WHERE I WILL BEGAN...
Apr 15, 2006

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 ...

Packing & Planning
May 30, 2008

Wow, what an incredible adventure it has been getting ready to travel on this implementation trip. But we've got filters in hand. We've got buckets waiting in Pucallpa. Our bags are packed (mostly)... and it seems everything just may be coming together. ...

Pre-Trip
Jan 8, 2008

Just want to show a map.

SONJA
Jul 18, 2007

Spending time with family is always nice, especially when it's with my big sista! We drove from SLC to Fort Collins via HWY 40 through the Rocky Mountains. It was a bit longer, 9 hours or so, but very beautifu. Being in Colorado is always relaxing. We ...

a day
Dec 29, 2008

here i am

Hiking With My Brothers
Oct 26, 2006 (10 photos)

These are some pics of Ryan, Zane and I on our hike of Horsetooth...watching the sunset from the rock...beautiful!

CSU
Jun 21, 2008

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Trip back home.
May 29, 2007 (12 photos)

... drove to Fort Collins and went to the New Belgium Brewery. That night after the dogs went to bed. We headed to old town fort Collins. Started at the Drunken Monkey and the head to the Trailhead for the best cheesy fries in the world! After that we thought ...

I prepare to leave
Dec 23, 2008

I have charged my camera batteries, received instructions from my daughter on how to use the fancy camera I acquired from her, and I decided to pack a swimsuit. I am looking forward to Christmas with the family, and then the next day I leave for Germany. ...

Mexico
Nov 4, 2009 (9 photos)

Ohh, Ohh Mexico! I love our Southern neighbor. I've been to border towns a few times throughout my life, but I have never seen the Caribbean. It was so wonderful and beautiful. And I will never forget it, hopefully!! I took my 6 year old. From the airport ...

Fort Collins
Oct 3, 2008 (2 photos)

... tijd. Dus we besloten gewoon het eerste beste hotel te pakken dat we zagen. En dat werd een hotel in Fort Collins een klein dorp. We wilden ook nog wel iets eten, dus als het even kan GEEN fast-food. Maar helaas ...

I'm really going tomorrow!!!!
Aug 21, 2008 (5 photos)

Well this time I'm really going to leave. Have my flight confirmed, my boarding pass printed, and my bags packed (except for the one the computer is going in). Had a bit of a medical hiccup the day after I did the first blog and ended up postponing the ...