It’s always a bit of a surprise raising the bedroom shutters to see what sight awaits us in the morning. When Lisette raised the shutters, we were greeted by the sight of blindingly white snow that had fallen overnight! The Stanley Hotel from The Shining Movie Shivering as we got ready, we checked out of […]
We had a pretty good night’s sleep alongside the trailhead on the outskirts of Boulder, only awoken early in the morning as what sounded like enthusiastic joggers went past our RV. Heading into Boulder, our first priority was stocking up on some groceries, only to quickly learn that the residents of Boulder absolutely love Trader […]
Our first full day in Denver was a Friday, and we were super fortunate to have our friend Kelly take the day off from work to show us around. Thank you Kelly, Tedy and Fenot for all your hospitality during our stay–we’re looking forward to returning the favors! Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre Our first […]
While we’ve stayed in relatively quiet spots for the last couple of nights, we’ve not had the best sleep. Maybe it’s not setting up the best sleep routine recently before bed. Maybe it’s the huge variations in temperature now–it will often be quite chilly in the mornings, then warming up significantly during the day. Maybe […]
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is now Michael’s favorite national park that we’ve visited up until now. It has the tallest sand dunes in North America, some up to 228 meters (750 feet) tall. The dunes cover about 77 square kilometers (30 square miles) and formed over thousands of years by wind and […]
Our day in Taos was unfortunately a bit uneventful. We were hoping to visit Taos Pueblo, an ancient pueblo that is home to one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States. Unfortunately, every year Taos Pueblo is closed from February to April, so we were one week too early to visit. We […]
Remember how in the last post we mentioned that Española, and the casino we were parked at, seemed sketchy? Not long after we woke up, there was a loud knock on our side door, and Sheila immediately started barking. Lisette slowly lifted the back window curtain to see a sketchy looking man (waiting outside. He […]
Have you ever gone somewhere not knowing what to expect, then being blown away by what you experience? Bandelier National Monument was an incredible surprise for us in that very way! The Ancestral Pueblo people lived in parts of what are now New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah. In Bandelier, by the mid-1200s there were […]
Have you ever traveled for days on end, and started to feel tired? Since leaving San Francisco, it’s been go, go go nonstop–always on the road, and headed somewhere new. So today was more of a rest day, hanging out at Black Mesa Casino for as long as we could to catch up on things, […]
While we were grateful to escape the haboob from the day before, we had a terrible night’s sleep. The Pilot travel stop had a loudspeaker blaring throughout the night with announcements; we had glaringly bright lights seeping through our doors and windows; and people were slamming doors to get in and out of their cars […]