Seeing a healthy looking vegan can be a rare sighting. It is, perhaps, on-par with seeing a Yeti, Big Foot or The Lochness Monster. While Jake and I ARE NOT yet full-fledged vegans; approximately 9 out of 10 meals we eat do, in fact, fall into the “classic category” of vegan meals; i.e. no ingredients in ‘said meal’ have a mother or come from a mother. In addition, we don’t use processed foods for cooking; our pantry is STOCKED with high-quality ingredients. But, I do believe that we could be considered one of the few healthy-looking ‘vegans’ on the market. 🙂

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This is the first part of 2-part documentary of the epic Seattle Lovers Getaway. We had to break it up because there is so much to say, and we didn’t want to over-inundate you with all the gory details! So with that we begin: PART 1

The big 11 year anniversary was rolling around the bend…wait wha??!?! 11 YEARS!!!? That’s right. Jilly and I celebrate our official anniversary of dating on February 28th every year. So 11 years ago, it became official and we haven’t looked back (too much).

In the past, we would celebrate this momentous occasion with a ski trip, since that was our tradition (and it was also when we officially started dating; on a ski trip). But the last few years, neither of us have really been into skiing/boarding because of my leg and her crappy skis and the overall expense. But we were also both super travel-hungry and aching for an excuse to go…anywhere!

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Since we’ve been training hard for climbing all last fall and winter we decided to try and make the most of spring, summer & fall and go on a RAMPAGE in Colorado. At the same time, our tick list of places in/around Colorado have expanded to a hefty one…as far as we could tell there was only one solution to this. Mini-Road-Trip-Mania!

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