Our friends Rob and Sarah came out to visit us for a week and Kate and I took them on their first backpacking trip to the Maroon Bells outside of Aspen. The weather wasn’t the best and we had some slight food issues, but overall it was a good trip.

On the way to Aspen we took them over Mosquito Pass which was also another fun adventure for them. No broken shocks this time on the ole’ 4Runner, so that’s good.

After roughing it for a night, the four of us headed to Boulder for a few days of shopping and eating. Oh, and during a detour to Fort Collins, Rob and I took a tour of the New Belgium Brewery (makers of the popular Fat Tire amber ale)… which turned out to be a very interesting tour. So if you ever find yourself in Fort Collins…

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