Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
Today we finished not just the accomplishments or the new places, the food and the national parks, the hikes and the camping. Now it is back to school and I will be a 6th grader at Congress Park Elementary. Although I love to learn, sometimes, actually everyday, I wish I could live my life exploring […]
Read More The day we finishedThis is the weirdest of all the posts to write. We do this blog for us. I want us all to be able to look back and remember the events of this part of our lives from our own perspective and from those we spent these days with. There are a lot of days in […]
Read More Days 50, 51, and 52: The EndMy mom said that this post has to be sentimental so here you go: This trip we did so much and we went so many places. We went to two new states and we went to Vancouver for the first time. We visited a lot of new national parks. We will certainly return back to […]
Read More Last Post!!This evening, at dusk, we drove from the Dolores Brewery to Cortez. The sun had set and every mountain range that surrounded us had a purple haze. The silhouette of Sleeping Ute, in the distance, was particularly lovely. We could see the lights of the ranches, the homes, the farms that we drove by. In […]
Read More Day 50: Southwest ColoradoSee I can see good things for you and IYeah good things for you and I The BoDeans We’re obviously in love with this place. We think we chose the perfect land. Our only wish now is that we had a place to shower and cook so we wouldn’t have to keep leaving for hotels […]
Read More Good ThingsThis is written my Ellie and zoe So. What’s up? This morning Ellie had a bagel and sausage and Zoe got gipped at the pancake machine. Long story short our dad had pancakes then Zoe decided that she wanted some too. So she clicked the button and guess what?? Only one small came out. So […]
Read More The day I camped with my sisterSo in love with the falling earthOh you wake in the middle of the falling nightWith the summer playing coy Dispatch Molly mentioned today that as we get close to the end of the trip I seem to be getting reflective and a bit sad. She’s right, and of course she is as well. We […]
Read More Only The Wild OnesThis morning we woke up to hot chocolate. After a while of whittling and building forts and a builder came to look at our property and talk at mom and dad. After that we went to ABC for lunch. My mom and I shared a turkey wrap and a pesto pasta. We also had some […]
Read More Exploring our property moreI hate this part of the trip. Every year. I don’t want it to end. We have this urge to begin reminiscing about the past weeks, but I won’t let anyone. We still have four days. Today was our last hike. Only five miles and 1000 foot gain. It was easy. But so beautiful. The […]
Read More Day 49: TellurideYesterday we woke up at home and then drove an hour to Durango. We went to a coffee place and relaxed for a little bit. After a while my parents went to talk with builders so they gave Ellie and I each ten dollars. We each bought a ring which was gold and turned our […]
Read More Exploring Durango and Climbing a mountain