Category: adventure

• No time for sleep

  A handful of years ago, my best friend was going through some tough times. He needed a getaway and I am a firm believer that being outside in nature is good for the soul, and being in the mountains is even better. Those are things Colorado can offer in abundance. We looked at flight options,…

  aguyagirlandatrail

  June 26, 2023

  4Runner, adventure, places

  #history, 14er, 4Runner, aspen, BBQ, beer, best friends, Boulder, colorado, Continental Divide, Corona Pass, crystal mill, elevation, elk mountains, Glenwood Springs, Hanging Lake, hiking, ikamper, keystone, lake, leave no trace, loveland pass, marmot, mining, Mount Sanitas, mount sherman, national forest, Needle's Eye Tunnel, nitto tires, offroad, overland, overlanding, Rollins Road, ruins, shortcut, skiing, sledding, snow, stay the trail, summer, sunset, swimming, T4R, trail, travel, truck, wanderlust, waterfall

• Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken Breasts with Gold Potatoes

  With a good boning knife, this deceptively simple gluten-free dish impresses, wherever your adventures take you. Ingredients – serves 2 Gear Process This recipe is a great one to prep at home, but you’ll see how to do the whole thing at camp, right off the back of the 4Runner, below. Reference “Cooking Notes and…

  aguyagirlandatrail

  June 20, 2023

  4Runner, adventure, recipes

  19 Crimes, 4Runner, Adven, adventure tool company, boning knife, Cali Rose, camp, camp food camp cooking, camping, cheese, chicken, colorado, Dalstrong, dinner, dinner on a mountain, dinner with a view, dometic, dometic go, don fulano, flexible filet knife, gluten free, good & gather, Jetboil, Le Creuset, nemo, nero d'avola, offroad, overland, overlanding, potatoes, Propane, prosciutto, SHW Offroad, southern style offroad, T4R, tequila, Toyota, wine

• At Dusk We Dine

  Dusk is a small restaurant nestled in the heart of Central Stellenbosch, in the Western Cape of South Africa. In a region renowned for fine dining options at wine farms with stunning views, Dusk is something different. You aren’t going find a massive open concept dining room with floor to ceiling glass walls looking out…

  aguyagirlandatrail

  June 13, 2023

  adventure, friends, places

  ambiance, at dusk we dine, dine, drink, dusk, experience, fancy, fine dining, food, luxury, south africa, stellenbosch, western cape, wine

• 2,800-Mile Wedding Road Trip

  My best friend Matt was getting married and I was part of the wedding party. He lives on a large parcel of hunting and farming land in rural Wisconsin, a perfect venue for the wedding. I decided to skip flying and renting a car and instead make it a road trip. One thing lead to…

  aguyagirlandatrail

  May 11, 2023

  4Runner, adventure, places

  4Runner, adventure, archery, badlands, Badlands National Park, Black Elk Wilderness, black hills, Black Hills National Forest, Buffalo Gap National Grassland, camping, colorado, Custer State Park, devinci, expedition, Fort Pierre National Grassland, hiking, history, ikamper, John Muir Trails in the Southern Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest, LaFramboise Island Nature Area, Mount Rushmore National Monument, mountina diking, national park, nitto tires, offroad, overland, overlanding, Palisades State Park, Palos Trails in the Maple Lake East, Pine Ridge Reservation, Prairie Rose State Park, Pulaski Woods, red gate woods, ridge grapplers, river, snow, south dakota, state park, T4R, Thunder Basin National Grassland, transformers, travel, vacation, wedding, Wind Cave National Park, wisconsin dells, Wolf Road Woods

• Ski Chair 116

  Ski chair number 116 is our small piece of local Boulder Colorado history. This 1971 triple chair was manufactured by Hall Ski Lift Company out of Turin, New York. It was originally installed on Bald Mountain at Sun Valley in Idaho where it ran as the “River Run” lift through the 1970-1992 ski seasons. In…

  aguyagirlandatrail

  April 9, 2023

  adventure

  Boulder, Challenge, colorado, design, Eldora, fabrication, feature, focal piece, focal point, furniture, Hall Ski Lift Company, history, Last Chair Customs, red, red and black, ski chair, ski lift, skiing, snowsports, Sun Valley, woodworking

• Tour of Colorado 2022 – Part 2

  

  Tour of Colorado 2022: 9 days & 1,200 miles through Colorado with no schedule, itinerary, or accommodations. Just a guy a girl and a trail with a list of destinations and a loosely planned route. Click here for part 1 Get brought up to speed on the first 5 days that lead us here! Day…

  aguyagirlandatrail

  March 21, 2023

  4Runner, adventure

  #anejo, #cocktails, #dinner, #fortaleza, #history, #spirits, #wine, 4Runner, 4×4, a guy a girl and a trail, adventure, agave, alpine loop, ancient, aspen, Black canyon, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, bubbles, camping, cliff dwellings, cold, Collegiate Peaks, colorado, couples, dirt, durango, Eagles Nest, expedition, fairplay, food, ghost town, gluten free, Great Sand Dunes, greatoutdoors, Gunnison, happy, hiking, hot, hot rod, hot sping, hot springs, Hunter-Fryingpan, ikamper, lake, Lake City, Lizard Head, lost creek, love, marmot, medano pass, mesa verde, mexican food, Mijenta, mining, monsoon, mountain pass, mountains, national park, nature, nitto tires, offroad, offroading, opt outside, outdoors, overland, overlanding, photography, pike, rain, ridge grapplers, rio grande, ruins, san isabel, san juan, sand, sand dunes, sangre de cristo, scenery, silverton, sparkling wine, sunset, T4R, telluride, tent, tequilla, thunderstorm, trail, travel, Uncompahgre, views, wanderlust, water, waterfall, Weminuche, West Elk

• Tour of Colorado 2022 – Part 1

  

  Tour of Colorado 2022: 9 days & 1,200 miles through Colorado with no schedule, itinerary, or accommodations. Just a guy a girl and a trail with a list of destinations and a loosely planned route. When we set out, we had no idea the scale of the expedition would be so epic: When we adventure,…

  aguyagirlandatrail

  March 21, 2023

  4Runner, adventure

  4Runner, 4×4, a guy a girl and a trail, adventure, agave, alpine loop, ancient, anejo, aspen, Black canyon, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, bubbles, camping, cliff dwellings, cocktails, cold, Collegiate Peaks, colorado, couples, dinner, dirt, durango, Eagles Nest, expedition, fairplay, food, fortaleza, ghost town, gluten free, Great Sand Dunes, greatoutdoors, Gunnison, happy, hiking, history, hot, hot rod, hot sping, hot springs, Hunter-Fryingpan, ikamper, lake, Lake City, Lizard Head, lost creek, love, marmot, medano pass, mesa verde, mexican food, Mijenta, mining, monsoon, mountain pass, mountains, national park, nature, nitto tires, offroad, offroading, opt outside, outdoors, overland, overlanding, photography, pike, rain, ridge grapplers, rio grande, ruins, san isabel, san juan, sand, sand dunes, sangre de cristo, scenery, silverton, sparkling wine, spirits, sunset, T4R, telluride, tent, tequilla, thunderstorm, trail, travel, Uncompahgre, views, wanderlust, water, waterfall, Weminuche, West Elk, wine