2025 Victory Lap
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Finally Back to Some Normalcy
After an extended stay at our “big house”, we are back on the road in our “little house” (aka Usain Van Boldt) for a brief cancer victory lap. “A ‘cancer victory lap’ is a term used to describe the celebratory and often symbolic actions taken by cancer survivors or those who have experienced a positive…
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Back on the Poudre Canyon Trail
Heading out of Fort Collins we decided to retrace some of our steps from Usain’s maiden voyage. Hard to believe that was 3 years ago this month! We headed west on the winding Poudre Canyon Road taking in all the beauty and the rushing of the Poudre River as it takes the snow melt down…
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Fun in Ft. Collins
We had great weather and lots of activities while visiting Dad and my brother Kenny and his family in Ft. Collins. Highlights included: * This is a group of volunteers at Nix farms where bindweed “extraction”, as my dad calls it, seemed to be their most common activity. They love to gather for breakfast and…
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Hot Springs in Saratoga
On the advice from Lisa’s brother, we decided to make a stop in Saratoga — the Wyoming one, known for its natural beauty and hot springs — population 1,789. We arrived in time for lunch and had sandwiches from the Saratoga Sandwich Company. I had the Ten Pound Bird (ended up being 2 meals for…
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An Unexpected Second Stay at Gruner Brothers Brewing
Our planned stop for Saturday night was the town of Rolling Hills, Wyoming. They list their City Hall as a Harvest Host, which sounded interesting as a stopping off point before heading to Curt Gowdy State Park. Unfortunately, we were too late getting our request in and so other plans had to be made. The…
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Guernsey State Park
After our night’s stay in Casper, we debated whether to head to the state park in Glendo or Guernsey. Both looked nice but we landed on Guernsey State Park. We didn’t have a reservation but we figured there wouldn’t be a problem given the time of year and it being a weekday. Skyline Campground We…
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A Bug, Celtic Fest, and Curt Gowdy Park
About the Bug First of all, I’m sorry for the cliff hanger in my previous blog post. Lisa is fine, or will be, after she gets over her viral infection. It has nothing to do with her cancer treatment or recovery. Thanks to those who texted her right after seeing my post to check on…
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A Quick End to our Victory Lap Trip
We had planned to continue our victory lap trip for another week or so, but Lisa’s cold wasn’t getting any better (and I started to feel it coming on), so we decided to head home. We stopped overnight at the Pine Grove RV Park right of of I-80 in Nebraska. There was lots of road…
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2025 Victory Lap Trip Recap
05/25/2025 – 06/11/2025 Stop # Dates Campsite City State Type 2 05/26/25 Kross Strain Brewing Comapny Omaha Nebraska Harvest Host 3 05/27/25 Mac’s Creek Winery and Brewery Lexington Nebraska Harvest Host 4 05/28/25 – 06/04/25 Lisa’s Dad Fort Collins Colorado Moochdocking 5 06/05/24 Ranger Lakes Campground Walden Colorado State Park 6 06/06/25 Saratoga Lake Campground…