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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sucre’s NOLA Sundae – New Orleans, Louisiana
Normally I wouldn’t recommend eating a dessert in lieu of a meal. In fact, I’m still not recommending it – it’s just what we happened to do that day. And I don’t regret it one little bit. Tristan and I had finished a morning of intermittently visiting museums and walking around. We were starving and […]
U.S. Olympic Training Center – Colorado Springs, Colorado
I think it’s pretty funny how people are when it comes to visiting tourist-type attractions in their home city or state. So often many of us think, “Well I live here, so I can go see that anytime.” But do we? No. Well, not always, anyway. Such is the case with the U.S. Olympic Training […]