Traveling Cargopants

A journey into the west, the self, and beyond

Cool things to do in Boulder

| February 21, 2010

Here’s a few fun things I found in/around Boulder while I was there… Pearl Street Mall, a pedestrian area in Downtown with tons of stores, restaurants, bars, etc. College area shops & hangouts at the University Hill Hiking in many places around Boulder including the Flatiron hills (e.g. Chautauqua trail), Boulder Creek Path, or up [...]

Hike to Boulder Falls

| January 14, 2010

Went hiking with my friend Amy up Boulder Canyon to find a place for her to experiment with her camera as part of her Photography Class homework. We found a short trail (10 minutes?) leading us up to Boulder Falls. It was a bit chilly that day — you can see some snow in a [...]

Rock Climbing in Boulder Canyon

| January 10, 2010

My couch surfing host in Boulder, Dave, loves rock climbing and bouldering, so he organized a big group of his friends to get together for some outdoor fun. Three cars of people drove up Boulder Canyon for about 15 minutes to a pullout across the road from the canyon river. We took the short hike [...]

A flock of students, noodles & curry

| December 31, 2009

While driving through Boulder today, I decided to take an alternate route to where I needed to go. I drove down College road into the University of Colorado campus. There were so many students walking around and crossing the street, I probably stopped 10 times for 30 seconds each in the course of a mile. [...]

Boulder is awesome!

| November 10, 2009

After leaving Aspen, I headed northeast to Denver where I stayed with my friend Amy who recently moved there from Atlanta. But even though I spent a couple days at her place, I only once ventured into Denver — to eat a delicious meal at WaterCourse, a 100% vegetarian restaurant near downtown. Perhaps the reason [...]