Day 16 – Portland OR to Randle WA The drive was easy, short, and very pretty, but we had to pass up Mt. St. Helens due to a mud slide that closed the whole place. By the time we booked, we didn’t have any choices on our site, so of course we were in one…
Category: sightings
Big Western Circle Trip #2 – Part 3
Day 9 – change of plans, left Boardman early We were still on Stupid Other Time™ so we were up kinda early. Well, for us, really early. We hit that amazing breakfast (and it was great!), and were talking about what to do with too much time in Boardman. E called our next campsite and…
Denver Festivals
Denver Pride We walked down and spent Saturday at Denver Pride with some friends from our building and some of their people. It was only 85º, but with too little shade and this close to the sun, the day was pretty dang brutal. ouch! Still, it was a lot of fun. The best tshirts we…
buh bye Micky D’s
Today may have been our last trip to a McDonald’s.
City services artwork
We had to go to a city services building a few days ago. Getting in was not easy. I had to empty most of my purse and E set off the detector by existing, apparently. We ran our little errand and then admired the wonderful artwork up one wall of the space. We even took…
Counterfeit $50s
Scene: Second Day of Xmas, Two Turtle Doves / First Day of Kwanza / Boxing Day.In Northglenn (north of Denver). In the checkout line at JoAnn Fabric & Crafts.Two women in line in front of us both with eclectic items among their purchases. W1 was arranging giant pink Lillies, oversized black peonies, and feathers into…
Fall Wine 2209 – Part Four of Four
Day Thirteen Mancos to Hooper, CO What a beautiful early-Fall drive over the Wolf Creek Pass! Just before we got to Durango, we saw 30 or more Ferraris (and one Porche) traveling together. Our best guess is that it was a car club. I tried to find them on the dash cam, but couldn’t…and then…
Fall Wine 2209 – Part Three
Day Nine Breaking down camp takes longer when things are muddy, but we were still out of there by 10:45am. The first part of the drive was boring, but then it got pretty. We planned a six hour day: drive for 2 hours, stop at a national park for 2 hours, and drive for 2…
Fall Wine 2209 – Part Two
Day Five Palisade CO to Hanksville UT Our drive was mostly boring and windy, but there were a few spots worth grabbing off the dash cam. At least the drive was short, we drove from 11am-3pm and took a nice lunch break, too. The wind really takes it out of me, especially when driving a…
Fall Wine 2209 – friends, wine, parks, & springs – Part One
Our “fall wine” trip is kicked off by the big wine festival in Palisade…a festival we aren’t going to. We are going with the same Meetup that went to Palisade in June, so we plan to have just as much fun (…or more since the bigot and his wife aren’t going. My only disappointment is…