Fourteen days after pulling out of our driveway in Colorado, I’m still smiling! I get excited every time we pull into a new campsite (yep, even the urban Walmart parking lot; we really needed some provisions and it wasn’t that awful). And I’m equally excited every time we pack up and head to a new […]
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Last Saturday, when we pulled into our first Wyoming campground at 7:30 p.m., just before the sun set and 12 hours after we’d left our driveway in Colorado, I wept. Literally, tears of joy. Because I couldn’t believe we’d actually pulled this trip off. No turning back now! Well, I suppose we can always turn […]
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Well, that happened fast. Seven weeks after my husband and I talked seriously about a plan to purchase a motorhome, we’re currently on the road in our new-to-us Class A. In fact, we left our house in Colorado on August 29, and here it is August 31, and we’ve already traveled more than 600 miles […]
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Twenty-one years of marriage deserves a little getaway, right — even in a pandemic? I say yes. Quent and I booked two nights at Gateway Canyons Resort, south of Grand Junction, Colorado, over our anniversary weekend earlier this month. Here’s the thing. I sort of spaced that this resort — actually located in the tiny […]
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One of my favorite places in the world is the destination spa Rancho La Puerta. It’s hands down the best place to rest, relax, recharge. I chose to spend my 50th birthday there last year: hiking; eating organic, vegetarian meals; and taking amazing fitness classes amid like-minded people (shout out to my birthday pal, Laura!). […]
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Twenty-six years in Colorado and I’d never been to Telluride. Every other major ski resort in the state, yes. But Telluride, nope. It’s not that easy to get to, tucked in a box canyon in the southwest part of the state (about 4 hours from our Aspen-area home). But about 3 months into the COVID-19 […]
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By the end of April, after 6 weeks of abiding by Colorado’s stay-at-home orders with my husband, two adult children, my daughter’s pal from Scotland, and a foster dog, my nerves were shattered. I was accustomed to working full-time from home alone in a quiet house, maybe bringing my laptop to the local library or […]
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Why leave the house? Oh, maybe because there are five adults and a dog in it. #pandemiclife
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