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Ferdinand

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The Yard

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Hiking in Golden Gate

Discover the beauty of Golden Gate State Park in Colorado, with over 30 miles of trails for hikers of all levels. From easy strolls to challenging backcountry routes, there's something for everyone. Don't miss the chance to explore this iconic state park!

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Hiking Sanitas: Boulder's Local Favorite

Ask a Boulder native’s favorite hike, there’s a pretty good chance they’ll tell you about Mount Sanitas. After nearly six years of living in Colorado and hearing people talk about what a great hike it is, I finally got the chance to experience it. While not a very long hike at about 3.2 miles, it’s fairly strenuous gaining about 1,200 ft. in elevation in a little over a mile (about a 15% avg.…

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Getting Lost in Pike National Forest

On a beautiful summer day in Pike National Forest, we got lost.

Sometimes you can plan all day, but ultimately when you can’t find the campsite you were trying to remember staying at years ago and you drive for what feels like forever through the pines, you settle for whatever you can find. Does this sound like I’m setting something up? We decided to take a trip out to Pike National Forest to find a campsite that we stayed at back in October 2014. The trip…

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A Summer Hike at Staunton State Park

A Summer Hike at Staunton State Park

It was almost exactly three years since the last time we hiked around Staunton State Park. On this particular (and quite warm) trip, we wanted to make a trip out to Elk Falls Overlook. Our navigational skills, paired with Morsel’s unwillingness to walk in the heat, scrapped that idea. Instead, we walked around the Staunton historic cabins area and through some of the flatter (and more shaded)…

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The Bald Eagles of Barr Lake

Have you ever seen the bald eagles around Barr Lake State Park?

In 1977, Barr Lake became a Colorado State Park because it was discovered to be an exceptional area for bald eagles to nest and mate. Since then, Barr Lake has seen many bald eagle fledglings grow up in the trees around its shores.

In late March, the bald eagles begin to hatch in their nests, and the migratory bird life is excellent. Below is a series of photos (of mostly bald eagles) taken…

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A Visit to Jackson Hole

Another opportunity to follow Anna to a conference? Count me in!

I’d never been to Jackson before. It’s a town that you hear a lot about, despite being such a tiny place nestled into the mountains in the middle of Wyoming.

Mostly famous as the “Gateway to Yellowstone,” the town is surrounded by the constant reminder of nature around it. It’s an outdoorsman’s paradise. At least, when it’s…

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Camping in Vedauwoo and the Ames Monument

Camping in Vedauwoo and the Ames Monument

With the weather turning colder, Anna and I wanted to take advantage of the waning camping season by fitting in one last trip to Vedauwoo.

Regular readers may recognize that we make the occasional trip (see this post or this one) into this beautiful area of Wyoming for camping or hiking. Vedauwoo has beautiful unique terrain and is rarely overcrowded (as far as the primitive camping goes). It…

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Hiking to Fish Creek Falls in Steamboat Springs

Have you ever been to Steamboat Springs? If not, I highly suggest it, as well as a hike up to Fish Creek Falls!

What do you do when your wife has a work retreat in Steamboat Springs? You tag along, of course! Because Steamboat is awesome!

This trip was made extra interesting thanks to a city-wide power outage on the night we arrived that made finding dinner extremely difficult. The next morning, we went out on a hike with Anna’s boss, Deonne.

Fish Creek Falls is a moderately difficult 4.5 mile…

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Our Marriage (Maiwwage!) at Chief Hosa Lodge

Are you ready for a long-awaited post? It's a wedding! How exciting!

As you may remember, back in January I asked Anna to marry me. (She said “yes,” in case you were wondering.) Immediately after popping the question, we went straight into planning mode.

Within a week, we had already toured multiple venues and put down a deposit on the perfect one, Chief Hosa Lodge. The Lodge is a Denver Parks and Recreation site which was constructed in 1918 using local…

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Playing in the Snow at St. Mary's Glacier

Good weather is right around the corner. Are you planning your next adventure?

Just northwest of Idaho Springs, Colorado is an easily accessible semi-permanent snowfield known as St. Mary’s Glacier. Well, technically they call the area “St. Mary’s Alice” now, as it isn’t a glacier, but the snowfield is located near a ghost town named Alice and also there are no real glaciers in the state of Colorado…. but I digress.

We drove up with our friend Heather to check out snow…

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A new post is coming soon at GoMorsel.com. It contains this gem, Tilly the Hoverdog. (July 2019) . . . #hoverdog #dog #StMarysGlacier #SaintMarysLake #SaintMarysGlacier #hike #GetOutside #ExploreAmerica https://www.instagram.com/p/B4gN-x9g20n/?igshid=1q1gvv61txjid

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A Night in State Forest State Park

A Night in State Forest State Park

Thanks to extreme busyness from planning a wedding coupled with extreme busyness of work and other commitments, Anna and I hadn’t yet been able to make a camping trip materialize. Finally, after some planning and time off from work, we decided to make our first trip up to State Forest State Park near Walden, Colorado!

State Forest State Park has a reputation for being a picturesque, remote,…

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Eldorado Canyon is great for all seasons, especially when it’s a nice January day. (1/7/18) . . . #eldorado #statepark #eldoradocanyonstatepark #theroadtoeldorado #hike #dog #snow #cute #trail #Morsel #getoutside #ExploreAmerica (at Eldorado Canyon State Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1ZCUFlA7i4/?igshid=30pvuvkd8w2i

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Lake Isabelle is worth the hike. Trust me. See more at GoMorsel.com. . . . #Colorado #LakeIsabelle #BrainardLake #mountains #lake #wildflowers #river #view #forest #ExploreAmerica #getoutside (at Lake Isabelle) https://www.instagram.com/p/B04e_OtghE3/?igshid=1nch0pyrcbh9a

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Goat overlords on Mt. Evans. See more at GoMorsel.com. . . . #goat #mtevans #colorado #exploreamerica #rockclimbing #wildlife #bluesky #outdoors #mountains (at Mt. Evans) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0YUDqbAmYl/?igshid=1ac8u0ycpolpo