A Broad in Training Hikes the Colorado Trail

Follow her journey and her support team here – Mom, Dad, and the pups

It’s 7:00 a.m. on July 25, 2022. We are slowly waking as the Colorado sun warms our tiny home for the next five weeks – an 18-foot Forest River R-Pod. We were up at 4:00 a.m., perking coffee and offering it to our daughter Colleen as she prepares to depart for a 500-mile solo journey along the Colorado Trail. We are her support team as well as summer adventure camp for her five-year-old Golden Retriever named Tallus. We also share our home on wheels with Nuke, our nine-year-old lab.

Coco has worked in the recreation field since high school and along the way finished her degree in environmental studies. Circumstances have allowed her to take a “gap” year to pursue a growing desire to hike a “thru” trail. She explored the Continental Divide trail that snakes through her home state of New Mexico but settled on the Colorado Trail for it’s high traverses and alpine vistas.

We will be providing resupply, hot showers, visits with her pup, and anything else she needs along this adventure while taking in the sights and sounds of Southwestern Colorado from Littleton to Durango.

Join us on the journey as we share her story.