Adventuring together in 2020.

 Technically speaking, Larry and I don't run together. Definitely not during a week on the local roads (those dark-o'early things), and even on the weekends. We may drive together, estimate the time each wants to spend on the mountain trails, and then split up. We have different pace, different strengths, length we plan to go, and goals. But that's not to say we don't adventure together, because we surely do! And those are the (about) once-a-month wonderings into new territories, exploring trails we haven't been on yet, finding out how to connect certain places, and tagging various peaks (including a number of 14-ers). 

Today was one of those things, a 13+ miler that provided a different perspective on the backside of where we run more often. It was fun, and things like that always bring smiles, because they are never being pushed in effort (although some of them are on the longer side, and then we call them "divorce runs", but that, too, is actually fun looking back).

During Thanksgiving weekend, we explored Cheyenne Peak from the state park entrance, and that was really quite an awesome discovery.

We wandered onto the back side looking for an access to Cameron Cone, in the snow and freezing temps, the first weekend of December.

And we tagged a handful of new-to-us 14-ers, like Shavano, Tabeguache, Sherman, to make it 11 for me total. As we keep saying, we are not into stuff above tree line, all of this being scree, rock, and views similar to one another, but if we're near-by, we get 'em done, just for the heck of it. We went South of where we live, including Sangre de Christo range, and North, including Steamboat and Rabbit Ears pass. We fell in love with Guanella Pass, especially during Fall colors, and hiked Square Top mountain on my birthday. We did a Lost Creek Wilderness 30 mile loop, and some stupid stuff locally before the snow melted. It is amazing to look back, because oftentimes we forget to appreciate what a great place we live in, and just HOW MUCH we have right at our disposal. Since it's nearly impossible to catch up with a full year of adventures in one post, I am going to throw some random photos below, which don't even scratch the surface of the amazing places we've explored together.