After 1,585 miles, one collision, several gravel roads and close encounters with many forms of wildlife, the Hertz Altima gave up. Slow leak of the tire hit by the minivan. This happened halfway through Rocky Mountain National Park. In the meantime, clouds settled over the twisty mountain road and we, too, surrendered. Vacations in nature […]
Archives for September 2013
Day 5 – Jenn, Chris each struck by car. Their own car.
But first the news. Day 4 wasn’t worth posting. We spent most of it in the best coffee shop in the world, drinking the best coffee in the world, using the best wifi in the world. The most worthy event was when driving through a ritzy sub-division we spotted wild turkeys roaming the yards. We […]
Day 3 – Did we really leave the Badlands for THIS???
Jenn’s Take Today started out rough for me. A mini existential crisis, of sorts. We decided to try one of the accessible trails, basically a boardwalk in the park that you could leave to hike a half-mile trail in the sediment peaks that are the main Badlands. feature. You can do that hike unless you […]
Day Two — “Les mauvais terres pour traverse” or “Bad lands to travel through”
Chris’ Take: If this were the only day of our vacation I would not feel cheated. Geology and time have created a marvel that we have managed, so far, not to destroy. There are pure, terrifyingly inspiring places in this land, places of twisted trees and layers of geologic record, of civilizations come and gone […]
Day One — Are we there yet?
Jenn’s Take: Blessedly the travel from DC to Denver was uneventful: easy flights and a squeeze who was willing to be a pack mule. We almost died in the taxi going to our rental car (I am exaggerating… slightly), but got our car and set out for provisions. Target took 2 hours – 2 HOURS […]
Attending a Wedding with a Phantom Limb
The Happy My niece’s wedding occurred this weekend. It was an incredible series of events: lunches, dinners, and the most amazing wedding I have ever attended. It looked like a magazine shoot, sounded like a concert, and tasted like you imagine the food on a TV show would taste. I had a blast. At every […]