We went backpacking in South West Colorado for my birthday, just after the fourth of July and we brought our dogs for the single night adventure.

The drive to the trailhead took nearly 20 minutes even though we only had to travel 1.5 miles from the forest service road we entered from. The road in requires 4 wheel drive and reasonable clearance hight on your vehicle. Plenty of Subaru's but no sedans or mini vans.

Sara and I both carried a 2 person backpacking tent, which I recently did reviews of on this channel. Each of us would have our own tent, with 1 dog.

We made some incredible elevated ramen noodles for dinner, recipe from my buddy ‪@ChefCorso‬ and his Outdoor Eats trail cook books. We also made the berry granola crumble you'll see in the backpacking video I did with Chef Corso back a couple years ago in Missouri!

We spent a fantastic evening hanging out by and in the lake with our dogs and I'm super glad we chose to take a backpacking trip over going out to a fancy restaurant to ring in my birthday.

For the full trip breakdown, check out the post on my website at www.outdoorspodcast.com/blog

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