My travel column, “Around Colorado,” debuted on February 14, 2012, with a 500-word essay called, “There’s always more to see right here at home.” It was about hiking the Hogback Loop trail, up the street from my home in Boulder. Three years, 36 columns, and 17,000 words later, my readers and I continue to explore this great state with a dog-sledding trip to Snow Mountain Ranch, an epic, family-centered YMCA of the Rockies property near Granby.
