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 […]
first trip west
Day 17 – Back to Colorado
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 […]
Day 16 – How Enchanting Is Chevron?
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 […]
Day 15 – The Day We Lost in Taos
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 […]
Day 14 – Hard Wood and Painting the Desert Red (and Bue and Yellow…)
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 […]
Day 13 – Fred and Ethel Drive On Route 66 and Nearly Fall In a Very Big Hole
From Springdale, our next MAJOR stop was supposed to be Taos, New Mexico, but that drive was too brutal, even for Jenn to inflict on Chris, so she thought it would be fun for us to stay in one of the motels in Holbrook, Arizona, which is a small town that has preserved itself as […]