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…
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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…
baby’s first Big Western Circle Trip – Part Eight of Eight
Day Twenty Six Rangely CO to Steamboat Springs CO The bad: Some muther-effin’ graffiti on some of the landscape was one of the first things we saw when we pulled out of town. At least someone made it funny (and more truthful). Now, a scout group or something needs to come remove it altogether. More…
baby’s first Big Western Circle Trip – Part Seven
Day Twenty Four Moab UT to Rangely CO This travel day was short, but it was a lot. First fun thing was that we saw a motorhome named Millennial Falcon. We hit another wave of unsafe AF drivers, too. As if we can go faster than the truckers in front of us. The very bare…
baby’s first Big Western Circle Trip – Part Four
Day Twelve After breakfast, we gathered our adventure stuff and headed to Blue Heart Kayaking. In a tandem kayak, we did 5miles of the Snake River including the Blue Heart Spring and a circle around Ritter Island (which is a state park). We were already booked, so the staffer didn’t need to sell us on…
baby’s first Big Western Circle Trip – Part Three
Day Eight Craters of the Moon Every other vehicle we saw on the road was an RV setup. It was nuts. We are out in the middle of nowhere. Craters of the Moon is a unique place. Did you know that Idaho has a “smile” running through it? Most of Idaho is mountainous, but from…
baby’s first Big Western Circle Trip – Part Two
Day Four Grand Tetons National Park We took the scenic road south through the majority of the Tetons. We took our time and made sure to take all the little side roads so we could see as much as possible from the Jeep and via short walks. It was a beautiful day with no smoke…
baby’s first Big Western Circle Trip – Part One
[As always, travel posts are delayed for our safety.] Our first “big western circle trip” started in Denver and then went north and counter-clockwise through the Tetons, southwestern Idaho, northeastern Utah, and northern Colorado. Day One We left the condo early, but got off to a late start. E’s back was hurting (sore muscles), the…
RV project: trading the sofa for cabinets and a counter.
The 2021 motorhome we bought in 2020 was designed to sleep 6-8 people. Of course, that’s assuming some of them are kids and assuming some of them don’t expect to actually sleep. We ordered the overhead queen bunk and found it to be a giant waste of money. The mattress is thin and terribly uncomfortable….
June Wine Trip – Palisade loop
We belong to a camping group. Our NM trip was fabulous, so we were looking forward to this wine one in western Colorado. At the same time, we didn’t know anyone going, so we had plans that if they were not a good fit, we’d just wander off and do our own thing(s). Before official…