It was getting late in the season, despite some snow on the ground in pockets along trails, and I hadn't been out for a good, solid hike yet. I was so busy running around to New York and Rwanda that I've missed out, in a manner of speaking, on some opportunities to explore my own backyard. But, after all the other traveling I've done, I could hardly afford another annual national or state park's pass to get me on the trails. So, since I really needed to get out, I sent a note out on Twitter...

Most know her as "The Unsinkable" Molly Brown from the Titanic voyage, but she actually preferred to go by Maggie or Margaret, at least according to my tour guide at the Molly Brown House in Denver.

Just a few short blocks from the Colorado State Capitol, along tree lined Pennsylvania Street, sits the Brown home. Margaret and her husband, James Joseph Brown, purchased the residence shortly after they struck it rich with a silver mine investment in Leadville, Colorado.

Due to some squa...