Tag: history

• 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 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

• Santa Fe, New Mexico

  Thank GOD for Santa Fe. The elegant matriarch of New Mexico has held onto it’s charm and proves it all gets better with age. It is the one place in New Mexico we loved and would go back to in a heartbeat. Around every corner is another historic square, beautiful building or fantastic gallery. The…

  aguyagirlandatrail

  August 9, 2022

  places

  anejo, architecture, artisan, basilica, boutique, cathedral, Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, cocktails, dinner, governors, guide, history, jewelry, palace, plaza, Santa Fe, shopping, tequila, the city different, the shed, tortillas