Colorado Adventures with Kids

Royal Gorge Bridge & Park

Royal Gorge Bridge and Park is home to America’s highest suspension bridge and is just a short drive from Colorado Springs. The park is filled with all sorts of kid-friendly activities: playground, arts and crafts, a carousel, theater, gondola rides, and not to mention just walking across the bridge itself! Most of the park is […]

Roxborough State Park

HIKING TRAILS: Roxborugh State Park has several kid-friendly hiking trails to choose from. The terrain is very similar to Garden of the Gods. There are impressive rock formations and it is much less crowded than Garden of the Gods! We took the South Rim trail which goes down and around, up a hill, and will […]

Top 5 Kid-Friendly Hikes for Summer 2018

We love, love, love summer! For several years now we have found that hiking with kids throughout Colorado has been the best use of our Saturdays! We can go most places for only a day which makes these mini Colorado Adventures very economical! We always pack a lunch and grab dinner on the way home. […]

Green Thumbkin Pumpkin Patch

We love Pumpkin Patch time! A couple of weeks ago we LOVED Long Neck Pumpkin Farm when we went for a kindergarten field trip, and today we got to go to Green Thumbkin Pumpkin Patch with my middle son’s preschool class. These are my kind of field trips 🙂 Green Thumbkin Pumpkin Patch is located […]

Georgetown Loop Railroad

The Georgetown Loop Railroad is one of the oldest trains in Colorado. These trains are old-fashioned steamers. The Georgetown train station is located 45 miles west of Denver and will offer a family-friendly mountain train ride. PARKING: Lots of free parking! TICKETS: Tickets can be purchased in person the day of, or online ahead of […]

Long Neck Pumpkin Farm

We love fall time and pumpkin patches! There are so many great options around Colorado Springs. Recently my oldest had a field trip to the Long Neck Pumpkin Farm- this is one of our favorites so far! This pumpkin patch is located just south of Woodmen Road sort of behind Mountain Springs Church. PARKING: Dirt […]

Palisade Peach Festival

Every year I look forward to the peach harvest! Palisade, CO, grows amazing peaches and at the end of the summer they hold their annual peach festival in the charming town of Palisade. After a day of swimming at the Glenwood Springs Hot Springs, we headed west for the second day of the Palisade Peach […]

Cherry Creek State Park

  Cherry Creek State Park is located in Aurora, CO, and contains a large reservoir, bike trails, boating, camping, swimming, and fishing options. We headed to Cherry Creek State Park with the kids on a warmer Saturday in August. My dad recently bought a fishing boat and I got a paddle board for my birthday […]