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On Death and Wildflowers

September 27, 2013 By Jenn Rigger

My mother, Becky, loved sunflowers.  She grew them in her yard and would announce each and every summer that they had “never been as pretty as this year!” Becky also had a somewhat unorthodox view of religion and what happens when we die.  She believed that the actions and the memories of the people left […]

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Day 18 – Nature’s Answer to Our “Plans”

September 26, 2013 By Chris Estes

Pikes Peak

Today was to be the penultimate day of our journey.  It was to put the icing on our cake, the cherry on our sundae, the nail in our coffin??????  After all, we had dodged disaster for two-and-a-half weeks, so even a good outcome sometimes came with risks. Chris has wanted to drive Pikes Peak practically […]

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Day 17 – Back to Colorado

September 26, 2013 By Chris Estes

We left the nasty lady’s B&B and headed north to the Harts.  It looked a little dicey for most of the way, but we only got rained on a little.  We saw the Collegiate Peaks of Princeton, Yale and Harvard, and we drove through Fairplay.  Fairplay is the town on which the show South Park […]

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Day 16 – How Enchanting Is Chevron?

September 26, 2013 By Chris Estes

Fog and dew while we wait by a lake

The Enchanted Circle is a scenic drive looping between Taos, the mountain (ski resort) towns of Angel Fire, Eagle Nest, Red River and Questa.  Angela told us to go east to west, so that’s what we did.  Our only mistake was leaving early.  The first quarter of the loop was shrouded in fog, but Chris […]

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Day 15 – The Day We Lost in Taos

September 26, 2013 By Chris Estes

Earthship

The breakfast at our B&B was great.  The lady in the kitchen (not the owner) is a sweetheart who we feel certain goes home at night begging God to deliver her from Leona’s evil twin. We tried to “do” Taos, with limited success.  We went to the world HQ for earthship homes, which was mostly […]

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Day 14 – Hard Wood and Painting the Desert Red (and Bue and Yellow…)

September 26, 2013 By Chris Estes

Old Gas Pump

After getting gas in Holbrook at one of those 60s era pumps that never even imagined a credit card reader, we headed for Petrified Forest.  It is a desolate place that requires you to focus mostly on the vista at your feet.  In short, it is the perfect park for Jenn. Petrified wood was created […]

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