Day 21: Colorado’s Only Geyser and Telluride

Today had everything. Cows on the trail (again!!), a geyser, another death road, the dearest of friends, the best Mediterranean food, a vicious hail storm, a gondola ride, and a Ted Cruz look alike who we spent too long convinced it was actually him. I don’t know how anyone could experience all those things in […]

Day 20: Mountain Towns

73 days is a long time to go without seeing many familiar faces. Today, Zak, got to see a friend and co-worker. He’s worked at Joliet Central for 12 years and regularly talk about his co-workers. In mid May I met one of them for the first time. I then started to believe for the […]

Day 19: COhome (v)

As far as adventures are concerned, today was a pretty non one. Unless you considering windshild repair and fire mitigation consultation adventurous. The morning was filled with waiting for the windshield repairer to arrive at the hotel parking lot. He eventually did, completed the work quickly, and we were on our way. The afternoon was […]

Day 18: Raider Ridge

My feet are up, I have a cold can of TJs wine, we’re watching rafters float down the Animas River, our Zia order has been placed, Zak and I have a date at Bookcase and the Barber, and the earlier portion of the day was filled with adventure and fun. Not a single complaint. We […]

Day 17: Chaco Culture National Historic Park

We first spent time in the Chaco Canyon three years ago. That trip involved plans for a night of camping and a vicious looking storm that scared us away after only a couple of hours. I clearly remember Zak saying he couldn’t wait to spend more time learning about the hub of the region a […]

Day 16: Burro Fest

Today was the third annual, but only second, Mancos Burro Fest. It was everything a Burro Fest should be and is enough reason for everyone to visit Mancos the last Saturday of June. Let us know if you want to reserve a room at COhome for next year. The burro obstacle course involved them having […]

Day 14: Mancos State Park and COhome (iv)

5/5 mountain day. We just finished a dinner of cheese, crackers, and cherries on the back porch of COhome. The sun will set soon on an exhausting, but super successful, road trip day. We slept in a bit, until 7:30, a true luxury on the road trip. The hike today was in Mancos State Park, […]

Days 11, 12, and 13: Canyonlands, Arches, COhome (iii)

We had the fortune to take a mini vacation with friends in for the past three days. Our dear friends, the Otts, who live just a couple of blocks down from us, are doing an epic RV trip and allowed us to to spend a few days with them hiking and exploring. Out adventures started […]

Day 10: Mesa Verde to Moab

There is a lot I could write about today, but it’s late. I’ll utilize the bullet point option. We did a perfect hike at Mesa Verde and I don’t think I’ll ever stop pinching myself that MV is practically our backyard. Absolute Bakery and Cafe is the best and we were recognized by one of […]

Day 9: COhome (ii)

Gnats. That’s pretty much all I thought about all day. Yesterday, they were hovering around us as we wondered the property. I kept telling the girls not to worry about them, they weren’t biting us, they were just a nuisance. At dinner time I noticed red dots along my sock line, but they weren’t raised […]