I woke up around midnight, went back to sleep, and never heard anybody leave. Amanda said she heard something shuffling around 2:30, though. We woke up to an empty house. Walking into the living room, Amanda said, “There are no people here!” So, all alone, we were off on a drive to Durango. The first…

We were back on the road after our expensive, very toasted pizza. Our next stop was Creede. We had a bad taste in our mouths about this town. Last year, when we rolled through, we just stopped at the visitors center. It was the most unfriendly visitor center ever. They didn’t say one word to…

We were up early again; for the purpose of traveling, I am enjoying it. Amanda was sleeping pretty well. So I figured I’d let her sleep, but she followed me to the living room shortly after. Today, we’d head on the east side of the mountains.  We went to an extensive reservoir, and the kids…

I’m enjoying the earlier-than-usual wake-ups, with a bit of coffee time before heading out early. It’s kept the crowds down on our hikes. Mostly, all we see when we head to the trials are hunters. Then, by lunch, the hikers are out. The cool mornings are excellent for hiking, too, even though it’s a little…

We didn’t sleep too well and were up early. I got up around at 2:30 and maybe got 30 minutes between then and 5:30 when I heard a spoon in a coffee cup and just gave up! Amanda wasn’t too far behind me. I grabbed a cup of black joe, but when Amanda was up…

We are the kind of couple that inherently will never leave when we say. When I said I wanted to roll out at 4:30 in the morning, Amanda said, “OK, 4, so we’d actually be on time!” This is our first road trip in our new Yukon. It’s an XL, so long like our Suburban.…