Currently Malcolm and I are exploring southern Colorado. He goes to Cortez, CO every now and then for work, and this time I tagged along. The drive down was absolutely gorgeous. Around each bend of the road (Just around the River Bend has never been a more relevant song), a new, even more picturesque view …
This is where the sand dunes meet the mountains. I was fascinated with the idea of hiking to find where the granules meet rock. It’s a difficult hike because sand, but we got close enough for me to zoom in and take this photo. Apparently the dunes began forming around 440,000 years ago. There was …
I read a few articles a couple years ago about how our hippocampi, the part of the brain responsible for orienting us to where we are that we use for finding places sans GPS, are shrinking because of our reliance on GPS. Even on short trips and routes that are very familiar to me, I …
Malcolm and I went to the sand dunes last week. We took the dogs and let Attie and Rosie run around the ever moving hills. Each step sank into the sand, welcoming our feet a little too kindly. Malcolm took some artsy photos for his album he’s working on. I didn’t dress warm enough. I …
For the past year, I haven't let myself dream about travel. We've done some day travel to go fishing or to use our telescope, and I've even been on two road trips, following all Covid guidelines. I usually like to go somewhere far away, out of the country if I can get it, at least …
Last week, Malcolm and I took a road trip to Ouray with his mother. We traveled on the Million Dollar Highway, which with inflation, should be the Trillion Dollar Highway. The aspens burned yellow, ochre, deep red against the surrounding evergreens. I highly recommend a jaunt down the highway in mid-September which is the peak …
A few weekends ago, M and I explored the dazzling Paint Mines Interpretive Park. It was the weekend that got as close to 100 degrees as Colorado Springs has come in a while. It was also hazy due to the fires in Glenwood Springs, but we were determined to visit somewhere we had not yet …
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Before I began traveling and exploring on a regular basis, I stumbled upon a quote that resonated so strongly with me it later inspired my first tattoo. Harun Yahya wrote, "I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth, then I ask myself the …
