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Are you ready to experience Colorado's best outdoors destinations for families? What are you waiting for?
There's so much more to the Colorado outdoors scene than skiing, hiking, and mountain biking. Between Fort Collins and Colorado Springs, from the sprawling, golden plains to Summit County's snow-capped peaks, this unique guidebook introduces families to an exciting range of outdoorsy adventures. Travel journalists and local parenting experts Jamie Siebrase and Deborah Mock will guide you and your children through 71 incredible, in-state adventures. Get ready to discover nature centers, farms, outdoor history museums, art walks, hidden SUP spots, open-air theaters, story walks, and so much more. The destinations laid out in this book are pure fun -but don't be surprised if you and your kids learn a few educational tidbits along the way.
The book's 71 chapters are short and punchy with great writing and beautiful B&W photographs. Each section includes a short section with action-item information on each site. This is an informative guide to discovering a variety of outdoor adventures that are a perfect fit for family weekends and getaways.
About the author
Jamie Siebrase is the author of Hiking with Kids Colorado: 52 Great Hikes for Families and Mythbusting the Great Outdoors: What's True and What's Not? Her nature-based children's book, Tonight: A Bedtime Story, comes out in 2023. When she's not exploring Colorado with her family, she's writing about parenting and the great outdoors for local magazines and newspapers.
Deborah Mock is a Denver-area writer, editor, and content consultant. As the longtime editor-in-chief at Colorado Parent magazine, she oversaw all the editorial content pertaining to parenting in Colorado and is thereby an unequivocal expert on the topic.
Summary
There’s so much more to the Colorado outdoors scene than skiing, hiking, and mountain biking. Between Fort Collins and Colorado Springs, from the sprawling, golden plains to Summit County’s snow-capped peaks, this unique guidebook introduces families to an exciting range of outdoorsy adventures.
