Hiking Monument Canyon Trail Review: What to Expect Guest post by Michelle Aspelin What it’s Really Like Hiking Monument Canyon Trail If you’re planning on hiking Monument Canyon Trail in the Colorado National Monument, you’ve probably heard it’s “moderate” and takes 2–3 hours. Spoiler alert: it might take longer, it did for us. I attempted […]
What’s Moab? Before we can talk about the many adventures near Moab, first you might be asking “Where is Moab, Utah?” I can still remember the first time we heard the word “Moab”. We were standing at the Colorado Mesa University booth at the College Fair at our local high school in Chanhassen, MN. The […]
Day Trip to Arches National Park in Moab, Utah Did you know that there is a back door into Arches National Park? If you take this route into Arches, you can get quick access to a wonderful hike to Tower Arch and avoid the crowds! Some call it a secret back door entrance into Arches […]
Silverton Day Trip from Grand Junction It was late October when we took our most recent Silverton day trip from Grand Junction. We have been there two other times and always enjoyed this calm, scenic mountain town. Our first experience in Silverton, CO was in 2021 when we drove from Arizona to Grand Junction to […]
Candle Kitchen in Grand Junction We were walking down the sidewalk on Main Street in downtown Grand Junction when we saw a wood board with an arrow pointing to “Candle Kitchen GJ”. I had heard about it but had never been inside so we turned onto 5th Street to check it out. It was amazing! […]
Moving Preparation Guide for People Relocating to Grand Junction Getting started with your Moving Preparation in order to relocate to Grand Junction can be daunting, we get it. Paul has been a REALTOR® since 2001 and I worked with him at our Minnesota Brokerage for twenty years, so we understand the process of moving from […]
Things to Do in Grand Junction CO: Easy Hikes We could come up with a list of a hundred things to do in Grand Junction CO. Would a long list of reasons convince you to move to Grand Junction? Possibly. But we like to write about our own personal experiences while living in Grand Junction […]
Divide Road and Unaweep Canyon Experience Guest post written by Michelle Aspelin, Grand Junction resident I’m excited to tell you about our Divide Road and Unaweep Canyon experience. It was very cool, like a treasure hunt for us. A great idea on a long list of things to do in Grand Junction and the surrounding […]
Parent Tips for Colorado Mesa University Families Hello! We’ve got Parent Tips for Colorado Mesa University Families and students. Our daughter graduated from CMU in 2022. We are sharing things we learned from discovering the university, doing our research, two campus tours, early orientation, communication with CMU, and tips for lodging and more around Grand […]
How We Started Thinking about Living in Grand Junction Guest Post by Michelle Aspelin Before Paul and I made a decision, we wanted to do a Living in Grand Junction Experiment. We already had an idea of what living in Grand Junction and Mesa County might be like, but we wanted to really test it […]
