You can guess that it’s going to be an interesting drive day when the scenery looks like this and you haven’t even started climbing the mountains yet. Welcome to Colorado in mid-October, the state that just loves to dump snow on me.
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2021 Fall Trip: Epilogue
Here I am, at the end of my fall adventure: the stories told, the photos shown, the experience shared as much as I could. All that’s left is what we project managers call the post-mortem meeting: examine the work (or the trip) and highlight the lessons learned. So let’s begin…
2021 Fall Trip Chapter 2: Mesa Verde
Cliff dwellings and kivas, that’s what I got out of Mesa Verde National Park, along with a new awareness of the Ancestral Pueblo people who lived there from 550 AD to 1300 AD. And all that while still recovering from that stomach ailment at Great Sand Dunes. I was still a bit queasy on arrival,…
2021 Fall Trip Chapter 1: Great Sand Dunes
In the pre-dawn darkness, I quickly dressed and downed a big glass of water, still working on staying hydrated at altitude. I started the Ridgeline and drove down to the parking lot at the edge of the dunes. Half a dozen cars were already parked and empty, meaning there were other fools up early, determined…
Ten for Tuesday
I spent the last month in the wilderness, from the Great Sand Dunes in CO to the might five National Parks of Utah and then down to the north rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. As you might imagine, I’ve got a lot of photos. Until I write about the trip, here’s a “thanks…