Today is the last day in our home. Our stuff has been moved out, the walls are bare and the warm sunlight falls on the floor alone. Since we know we’ll be back to visit, leaving isn’t as hard as it could be. But still, there are things I’ll miss about Denver… Sunny Days It’s […]
Silverton, Colorado – Mini Photo Gallery
Sitting in a wide valley beneath the Rocky Mountains is the old silver mining camp of Silverton, Colorado. At first glance there’s not much to this mountain town besides a few colorful buildings along Greene Street, the main drag. But easy access to the backcountry mountain terrain makes this an ideal spot for outdoor enthusiasts or even […]
San Juan Skyway Photo Gallery – Durango to Silverton, Colorado
Day 4 of our Southwest Colorado road trip we did a lot of driving. Luckily it was so pretty and we did have intermittent stops that it didn’t matter all that much that we’d be sitting on our arses for hours most of the time. We left Durango at about 8am. It was drizzly and […]
Mesa Verde – the Best of the Rest – Photo Gallery
There are so many little pulloffs, pithouse stops and cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde, it can get a bit overwhelming. It’s hard to know what to spend time on. We visited Mesa Verde in early September and, unfortunately, some sites were already closed for the season (namely the entire Wetherill Road area), but there was […]
Spruce Tree House, Mesa Verde – Photo Gallery
Spruce Tree House at Mesa Verde might be the best cliff dwelling you can explore on your own. (Some of my other favorite dwellings, like Cliff Palace, must be explored as part of a ranger-led tour.) As the 3rd largest dwelling (after Cliff Palace & Long House), Spruce Tree House has a lot to explore […]
Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde – Photo Gallery
Mesa Verde is an incredibly unique place to visit. Each time I go (this is my 3rd time) I leave more impressed by how these people lived. A Hard Life Our parents like to tell us how tough life was for them back in the day, and I think most of us have heard some […]
Driving Country Roads in Southwest Colorado
After visiting Hovenweep & the Canyons of the Ancients, we headed towards Cortez, Colorado, our pitstop for the night before visiting Mesa Verde the following morning. This part of Colorado is not well trafficked so we had the road mostly to ourselves. Near Hovenweep, the landscape was desolate and looked a bit like a moonscape […]
Telluride, Colorado
After visiting the Colorado National Monument and driving along a couple of Southwest Colorado Scenic Byways, we stayed our first night in Telluride, Colorado. The night we arrived was clear and cool, but we awoke to an overcast sky, the mountaintops shrouded in clouds. We’d hoped to do some hiking in the morning before leaving […]
Poudre Canyon Scenic Highway – Colorado
One of the prettier canyons and scenic drives in Colorado is along the Poudre Canyon Scenic Byway. While not super close to Denver, it’s not terribly hard to get to since it’s not very far west of I-25. If you’re catching the road from the east side, it’s almost directly west of Ft. Collins. And […]
Riverwalk in New Orleans
Since the Mississippi River plays such a vital role in the region, we wanted to go check it out. Not far from the French Quarter, we headed over to the Riverwalk Marketplace. One of the entrances is basically at the far east end of Canal Street. This is what you’ll see as you enter the […]