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The Rocky Mountains Compared to the Sierra Nevada Mountains
This comprehensive guide compares the two mountain ranges in size, location, historical and cultural influence, and the present condition and future outlook of human impacts. Physical Comparison Length Width Highest Peak Sierra Nevadas 400 miles 40-80 miles 14,505 Mt Whitney Rocky Mountains 3000 miles 300 miles 14,440 Mt Elbert About the Author Gloria worked as…
4 Ways to Find a Horse to Buy
What You Need Before Searching Before you begin searching for the right horse to buy, you need to make sure you have several things in line. Time: Don’t be in a rush or have a time limit on finding a horse. If you are or do, you could end up settling for or not being…
4 Ways to Find Local Hikes While Traveling
Let’s get started… First step is to figure out a general idea of where you want to hike and how long of an adventure you want. Plan out how long you actually want the total adventure to be, from driving to the trailhead, hiking, to driving home. For example: If you only have 8 hours…
Truckee, California: Why Are There So Many Lost Dogs
After a week long road trip with no lost dogs in site except for a rogue mouse in my engine, we arrived in Truckee, north of Lake Tahoe California. It’s beautiful, forested, dense, humid, leaks water everywhere, and seems to have a lot of… lost dogs? I’m not sure if this happens everywhere and people…
From Dressage Shows to Trail Rides: Wrangler Horsemanship
I began riding in middle school taking weekly dressage lessons. To one who has ridden out on beautiful trails, galloped through an open field, or explored open countryside, my first years of riding horses may not sound as much as a thrill. My lessons focused on grooming, picking hooves, and carefully examining the horse before…
Clark Colorado, Where People Wait for Winter
Hahns Peak Village, a unique place that is quite literally still a ‘village’. It may look like a Colorado mining ghost town, but it is in fact still a lively town! So lively with locals who come and go; some stay all year, some stay until the snow sticks, while others arrive only for the…
Jackson Lake Lodge Employee Poem, Grand Teton Lodge Company
So I worked at this place one summer called Jackson Lake Lodge. Jackson Lake Lodge is a historic building located in Grand Teton National Park. The peaks of the tetons tower through the clear large glass windows of the historic wonder. I wondered around the property in awe of the preservation of the areas culture….
Working as a Horse Wrangler at a Montana Dude Ranch
To sum up Montana, it is a wild place full of adventure and interesting people. The location could not be better, about 45 minutes from west glacier, in the foothills of the swan mountains right up against the north east of Flathead Lake. The hills were the playground to horseback ride in, swan mountains a…
A Humorous Story: Who Partied at Grandmas House?
Halloween in Lahaina on Maui is the biggest, most extravagent Halloween in most of the world. Thousands upon thousands of people come to Lahaina for the holiday, some spending months and thousands of dollars designing their costume. The winner of the costume contest wins $1,000. Some spend more than that to make the costume, but…
Best Spots in Fort Collins for Adventures
I moved to Fort Collins in 2013 right after graduating from my high school class of 40 in Maui, Hawaii. My priorities in life were riding horses, and skiing. Colorado immediately caught my attention boasting all of its skiing in the great Rocky Mountains and endless horseback riding opportunities on the front range. I moved…