And here it is, late June! What in the world happened to the month? I often wonder at how swiftly time goes by. It seems to go by faster when we are busy and in an area with much to see and do. The Denver Colorado area certainly qualifies as having much to do, so here we are wrapping up our second and final week in the area. We have packed a multitude of activities into our time here plus have taken a few required down days to rest up a bit. Here is a recap of our week:
Denver, Colorado – Chatfield State Park
Our two week stay in Colorado Springs came to a quick end. It was a busy and fun couple of weeks, but that is the nature of our travels. We just get used to one location and then it is time to move on. Our next destination is due north once again to another beautiful Colorado state park: Chatfield. Located just south of Denver (pop 716,000 and 5,280 feet elevation) in the town of Littleton and on a lake. Sounds great! Until we had a failure of our hydraulic jack system and could not leave!
Colorado Springs, Colorado – Part 2
This blog update covers the final week of our two week in this beautiful area of the country. Colorado Springs, Colorado is about 30 minutes north from our campsite at Cheyenne Mountain State Park. In this update, I will cover our trip up to Pikes Peak, a drive to Cripple Creek, and lunch at Manitou Springs. We are fortunate to be able to share our experiences with our good friends, Calvin and Sue, also camping in the park with their RV.
Painting Update – Places We Have Been
A few months ago in this blog, I included some new hobbies that I had picked up over the winter. Namely wood carving and painting. I have been working on the carvings occasionally, but have started painting some landscape scenes as we have traveled to different locations. Places we have been…
Colorado Springs, Colorado – Part 1
We really enjoyed our short five day stay in La Veta, Colorado, but as always, there are more places yet to see on our calendar. Next up, we continue our journey due north to the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is just over 100 miles and is mostly interstate on I-25. No need to even fuel up the truck since it is at 3/4 full.
La Veta, Colorado – The Spanish Peaks
It is a new state for us: Colorado! It was once again kinda sad to be leaving this very beautiful and diverse state. We have been in New Mexico for five weeks and it is time to move on. We have seen so much from the southern hot and dry desert of Alamogordo to Carlsbad Caverns to the high desert in Santa Fe to the northern NM mountain ski resorts in Taos and Angel Fire. Wow! Now we continue our journey northward to La Veta, Colorado and the Rocky Mountains!
Taos/Angel Fire, New Mexico – More Mountain Roads!
We are on the move again to Angel Fire, a northern New Mexico resort area after a very nice nine day stay in Santa Fe. Our RV resort is located in Angel Fire, New Mexico (pop 1,000 at 8,400 elevation!) that is about 30 minutes east of Taos, New Mexico. The tricky part is that we have a direct route via a narrow and twisty two lane road that is a 100 mile relocation. To make it even trickier is that snow and a frozen mix was in the weather forecast. Uh oh…
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Santa Fe, New Mexico Part II With Family!
We continued our nine day stay in Santa Fe, New Mexico with a family visit during the last three days. Pat’s brother Mike and his wife Lorna made the long ten hour drive over from the Plano, Texas area. They will also move over to Angel Fire NM with us for another three days. It was great to see them again and to have help exploring this area of the country and the local food!
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
It was time again to pack up and move on up the road after a very nice 12 day stay at Alamogordo in southern New Mexico. Our next destination is Santa Fe, New Mexico that is 259 miles Up North. Way more than I like to drive in one day. So, we planned a stopover in Albuquerque at the 200 mile point and then an easy drive of 59 miles the next day to Santa Fe.
Two Years Ago Today We Began This Journey: Happy Cinco de Mayo!
My last day at the office was May 5th, 2017, on Cinco de Mayo. How fast have these two years flown by! We began this journey with great excitement and some concern for the unknown. Was I doing the right thing by retiring early? Should we sell the large home where we raised the kids? Would we really enjoy living fulltime in a 41 foot home? Would we miss our family and friends? Would our budget hold out?
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