Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
“Oh my wheels are running hard against this mountain I finally crossed the Archuleta line” Dan Fogelburg I’m in Mancos! Yes, today the exclamation mark is warrented. It’s been a long day, but as I write this from the patio of the Mancos Brewery it’s made the 20+ hours of driving over the past three […]
Read More Mountain Pass“I’m going to California Colorado by myself Next time you see me, I’ll be someone else.” Tyler Lyle Like Fawkes rising from the ashes to bring Dumbledore his favorite beard tie, it’s time once again for this blog to return to life for your (and our) summer entertainment. RTXXII is going to be different. With […]
Read More California (RTXXII)“Whatever makes you happy Whatever you want You’re so fuckin’ special I wish I was special” Radiohead This has been a rough year for keeping up with the blog for all of us. We very deliberately call our summer travels a trip and not a vacation because some days it is just a lot of […]
Read More Creep“Where the haircuts smile” The Housemartins Today was another day that we didn’t do much, and yet the family rated it a four mountain day. It started off slowly at the HIE Cortez. I woke up at 6:30 and promptly started two loads of laundry. Then I got myself a cup of coffee from the […]
Read More Happy Hour“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 Hand“Well I’m accustomed to a smooth ride … I don’t expect to sleep through the night Paul Simon As I write this I am reclining in a camp chair with my feet up on a rock in Chaco Canyon. I’m sipping the last cold water I may get for a couple days. There are rainclouds […]
Read More The Obvious Child“I wanna be the only one for miles and miles” The Chicks Today was a totally perfect Road Trip Day. I’m going to be a little disappointed if it doesn’t end up as a 5 mountain day. It also seemed to me like our first completely normal, typical, ordinary road trip day. Perhaps that’s what […]
Read More Cowboy Take Me Away“Won’t you meet me out tonight in Mancos” Stillhouse Junkies Apologies that it’s been so long since I’ve posted. We’ve had a whirlwind of a last few days. I’m not going to try to recap everything we’ve done in the past 3-4 days, but I will try to hit some highlights. Our good friends The […]
Read More (Mancos Kind of) Saturday Night“I been hangin’ around this town on the corner I been bumming around this old town for way too long” Counting Crows This is going to sound a little odd, but bear with me. The highlight of today was going to the Mancos Post Office. The first delivery to CO Home (a ladder) came via […]
Read More Hanginaround“We can’t wait for June We’ll all be gone for the summer We’re on surfari to stay Tell the teacher we’re surfin’ Surfin’ USA” The Beach Boys Yesterday was the first day of the trip that I got to the end of, remembered that I hadn’t written yet, and went to bed anyway. Since we […]
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