Category Archives: Unique Adventures

Looking for ideas for your next adventure? Check out these possibilities…

Looking for inspiration for your winter break? If you like snow, you’ll love Lapland in northern Sweden. Fly into Stockholm, ride the overnight train up to Abisko or Kiruna and choose your arctic adventure. These activities— appropriate for couples and families alike— are located within an hour and fifteen minute radius of each other in […]

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This hike is going viral. And no wonder. The lakes really are that stunning! When I was researching this day hike, I found online trail information that turned out to be either misleading or lacking… so after hiking here this summer, I created a detailed hiking guide to Ice Lake Basin illustrating the text with lots of […]

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My teenage daughter, Jordan, and I were on a five day guided llama trekking trip through Colorado’s Weminuche Wilderness with Redwood Llamas. We had spent last night at Eldorado Lake, camping in a beautiful valley at 12,500 ft, way up high in the San Juan Mountains. It had been a dramatic night, watching skies produce a pinkish […]

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My teenage daughter, Jordan, and I were on a five day guided llama trekking trip through Colorado’s Weminuche Wilderness with Redwood Llamas. We had spent the last two nights at Elk Creek Camp, a rocky ledge in the San Juan Mountains a few miles south of Highland Mary Lakes. (Read Part 1 here.) Today was time to move […]

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When I had asked my 17 yr old daughter what she’d like to do this summer she’d said, “Something with llamas!” Frankly, it came as no surprise. Her current fascination graced water bottles, mugs, phone covers and even socks she’d accumulated over the last year. So I googled “llama trekking” out of curiosity. Several options […]

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