Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
Today was another lowkey trip day. We woke up fairly early and got on the road towards Ouray. We had plans to meet my dad’s work friend for lunch at 11:30 so we got to Ouray a bit early and explored the old miner town. One particular store was a Texas store which ranged from […]
Read More Ouray and Silverton73 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 […]
Read More Day 20: Mountain TownsLast night my parents told us to get up at 7 am. I forgot to set an alarm but, as it turns out that was not a problem because at 7:02 the human alarm clock the I was tenting with started violently taping my shoulder and saying we over slept get up get up. All […]
Read More Day 20As 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 […]
Read More Day 19: COhome (v)“With a little peace and some harmony We’ll take the world together We’ll take ’em by the hand” Hootie & The Blowfish Today was a very errandy Road Trip day. First up, Fred gained a minor chip in his windshield that needed patching. We’ve made the mistake of not getting these fixed quickly enough in […]
Read More Hold My HandToday was probably one of the boring days of the trip. We got to sleep in 🙌 and enjoy breakfast overlooking the Animas River. We had a guy coming to fix a tiny chip in the windshield by 8-12 so couldn’t really do much. At 11:30 he rolled up and soon our windshield was fixed. […]
Read More Boring DayWe once again started the day with holiday inn breakfast then we stayed at the hotel untill about noon because we chipped our windshield and someone was coming to fix it. After that no one really wanted Peanut butter and jelly so we went to a grocery store where Zoe got a bagged salad my […]
Read More Day 19Today the alarm went off at 6:30 I got up at 7:30 Incase you haven’t been able to tell I am not morning person. After getting out of bed I got in hiking clothes and we drove to a donut shop. I got the butterfly donut I wasn’t really sure what it was but it […]
Read More Day 18This morning as the 6:30 alarm rang I dreadfully emerged from my sleep. We quickly got ready and then got some delicious donuts. We rarely get donuts on the trip but these were so good! We drove back to Durango and started the hike. It was SO pretty. You could see all of Durango the […]
Read More Hiking at Raider RidgeMy 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 […]
Read More Day 18: Raider Ridge