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Erica Wollman
Erica Wollman Photography
My travel photography blog containing tips on how to travel on a budget and cheap or free attractions.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
Fort Collins, Colorado
Kyle and I lived in Fort Collins for a year after our adventures
in Alaska in Hawaii. We loved it! There is so much to do thereJ
4. New West Fest: Northern Colorado’s
largest free community and music festival. More than 60 Colorado bands and
three national music headliners perform on 6 stages!
10. Fort Collins Brewery
●57
miles North of Denver
●population of 143,986 in 2010 census
●home to Colorado State University
1. Horsetooth Reservoir: Six and one-half
miles of water, surrounded by 1,900 acres of public lands, fishing, boating,
camping, rock climbing, swimming, etc.
2. Anheuser-Busch: take a free brewery
tour, free samples and pretzels, see the World Famous Budweiser Clydesdales
West Coast Team
3. Greyrock: Greyrock trail is 19 miles
from Fort Collins along the Poudre River. There are two loops you can take. One
is 4.47 miles and the other is 3.16 miles.
5. University gardens
6. Gardens at Spring Creek: 18 acre
community botanic garden of Fort Collins
7. Odell Brewing Company
a. Founded
in 1989
b. Second
microbrewery to open in Colorado
c. Take
a free tour. There is also live music at times.
8. Swetsville Zoo: A zoo full of animals
built from car parts, farm machinery and scrap metal.
9. Dixon Reservoir
11. Lory State Park
12. The Raptor Center
13. New Belgium Brewery:
a. Regional
brewery that opened in 1991
b. As
of 2010, it was the third-largest craft brewery and seventh-largest overall
brewery in the United States.
c. Fat
Tire, an amber ale, is the company’s flagship beer. The Fat Tire recipe
originates from a co-founder’s bicycle trip through Belgium from brewery to
brewery.
d. Opening
their East Coast brewery in Asheville, N.C.!
e. Take
a free tour and sample some free beer. You get to go on a spiral slide and see
their bottling operation.
14. Old Town
15. Lucky Joe’s: A great bar with live
music and free peanuts!
Monday, June 4, 2012
Biloxi, Mississippi
I went to Biloxi for an alternative spring break trip in
college. We worked with Hands On to help with hurricane relief from Hurricane
Katrina. We helped with the rebuilding of homes, gardens, and parks.
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Mississippi
Gulf Coast with high winds, heavy rains and a 27-foot storm surge, causing
massive damage to the area.
1.
The Shed:
rib chandeliers, sweet tea, barbeque, bonfires...
2.
New
Orleans
Holocaust Memorial: The sculpture is composed of
nine panels, each with different designs. As you view the sculpture from
different angles, the designs on the panels meld to form distinct images.
3.
A boat that was washed onshore from Hurricane
Camille in ’69.
4.
Hurricane
Camille Memorial: A memorial to those who lost their lives in the most
devastating storm to hit the Biloxi area in 1969. The Mississippi Coast was
devastated by winds clocked at more than 200 mph and tidal waves surging up to
30 feet.
5.
Gulf
Coast: man-made! They ship in new sand every five years. If they would have
left the coast the way it was, the hurricane would not have been so
devastating.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Rocky Mountain National Park
As a kid, my parents took me to Rocky Mountain National Park. We enjoyed camping, hiking, seeing the beautiful mountain sights and viewing wildlife. As an adult I continued visiting the park. When I lived in Fort Collins I took my boyfriend there. Kyle and I decided that we wanted to get married in August. At first we wanted to get married in Yosemite but Rocky Mountain National Park was a special place for me. In Colorado, you can solemnize your own marriage where you don’t need to have any witnesses or presiding authority. We signed our marriage certificate at Lake Haiyaha on August 21, 2011.
●over 300 miles of hiking trails, 150 lakes, and 450 miles
of streams
●The park contains over 60 named peaks higher than 12,000
feet.
●The highest point of the park is Longs Peak, which rises
to 14,259 feet above sea level.
1. Sprague Lake: located on the south side
of Glacier Creek, half mile walk around the lake
2. Bierstadt Lake: lies on a large moraine
near Bear Lake Road on the east side of Rocky Mountain National Park, 1.4 miles
one way, 9,416 feet
3. Bear Lake: is in the heart of the park;
the lake lies below Hallett Peak and the Continental Divide.
4. Nymph Lake: a lake of beautiful yellow lilies,
views of Longs Peak and Hallett Peak, at the end of Bear Lake Road, .5 miles
one-way, 9700 feet
5. Dream Lake: high alpine lake east of
the continental divide, accessed via the Bear Lake trail, at the base of
Hallett Peak
6. Emerald Lake: in the valley between
Hallett Peak and Flattop Mountain, 1.8 miles one-way, 10,080 feet
7. Lake Haiyaha: 3.9 miles round-trip,
Haiyaha is an indigenous Indian word meaning rock, Hallet Peak and Otis Peak
stand over Lake Haiyaha
8. Trail Ridge Road: crests over 12,000
feet including many overlooks, connects Estes Park and Grand Lake.
9. Moraine Park: wide-open plain carved
out by glaciers thousands of years ago
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