One-ish Weeks To Go!

In just over 1 week we will be boarding a plane for our three week road trip adventure!



We will probably have sporadic internet access and with such a long trip I wanted to be able to post details as well as pictures of our adventures, so I thought I'd try out this blog thing.
So, as a reminder, Adam, Katie, Odub, & Jefe are going to meet up in Denver and set off on a three week road trip through Colorado & Wyoming.  The itinerary is unknown... we have some thoughts (Boulder, Rocky Mountain National Park, Wild Iris, Vedauwoo, Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Colorado Springs) but mostly we're going to see what sounds good and where the weather is good.

The three of us are renting a van & Jefe has his camper truck, so the plan is to camp our way around the various parks.  Hiking and climbing and finding streams to throw rocks in!  Given that Odub has slept in a tent a grand total of 1 night... this will certainly be interesting!



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