My mommy came to visit.

My mom was here this past weekend and it was so good! She lives in California and has for most of my life so I've always only been able to see her a few times a year. Since I've been on my own it has been even less frequent than that. So needless to say, my time spent with her is always precious.

I have been trying to get her to move closer to me for a few years now, but convincing someone to move from California to Illinois is not as easy as one may think. However, now that we live in Colorado I am giving it another go. While she was here she seemed to really enjoy it and felt really comfortable since Denver is like a little mini slice of California. She seems interested in moving but not until next year so I'm crossing my fingers!

I took off work while she was here so we could go hiking. Here a few pictures from our adventures.

1 :: Autumn mountainside
2 :: Yellow trees
3 :: New friends
4 :: Peek-a-boo
5 :: Cacti
6 :: Mountain man
7 :: Lookout Mountain
8 :: Snow and pinecones
9 :: Mother and daughter

xoxo, tiff

Clear Creek Canyon

This past week we drove past Golden, Co and through Clear Creek Canyon Park. It is just amazing to me how the earth can go from flat prairies to rolling hills to towering mountains in a just a couple blinks of an eye. It was such a beautiful drive that I didn't even think to stop to take any photos. We found a trail but it only led to some rock climbing spots. We don't have any climbing gear (yet ;) so we hiked along the river instead. We eventually drove back into Golden and found a trail going up Mt. Galbraith. Going up was "meh" since it was so close to the highway but once we got toward the top and into some woods it was awesome and well worth the hike.

We also made our first big "adventuring" purchase a couple weeks ago. We bought a backpacking tent! We also really wanted to get some ski passes for this winter but they are so dang expensive. I guess we will just have to start saving now for passes next winter. Ha!

Anyway.

1 :: A Colorado beach
2 :: Looking beyond the canyon
3 :: Water rushing over a rock
4 :: Autumn blooms
5 :: Neon moss
6 :: At the top