Oh the Tetris game I played at packing while wonderful Celia prepared an incredible breakfast for us all. Her friend Denny came and even had to bring his own chair there were so many of us. It is Craig’s 65th today so we celebrated him, and friends from around the continent Bailey is so sweet, …
The day began with a text from Colleen to call her hotel room. I did and they patched me to the wrong room, thank goodness Colin answered! Mike and Colleen came and picked me up and we headed toward the Turquoise Trail stopping at San Marcos Café & Feed Mike and Colleen are a hoot …
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Craig and Lorraine arrived late last night from Santa Barbara and we all congregated once more at Celia’s home. The plan for the day was the Taos area so we all jumped into two vehicles and headed out passing Camel Rock on the way and stopping in Chimayo which was glorious. There was a delightful …
Up at 3:30 am and off to ABQ again with Celia (bless her for driving us around), Colin and Wendy. Way fewer people so we were in early and got signed in for our ride. Found out we were to be with Pilot Pierre Brunner in the Hendricks Gin balloon, oh the irony. I do …
Ok so I am more used to being alone than most, an old bachelor kind of mentality maybe… And here in Santa Fe, as much as I have loved it, I am not alone. Don’t get me wrong, there is absolutely nothing annoying or wrong about anything. It is just out of my routine and …
The day began at 3:30 or even earlier as I was afraid to sleep I so didn’t sleep well. We quickly got ready, C & W arrived at 4 and we loaded into Celia’s vehicle to head for Albuquerque. The traffic was extremely light, much different than Newtons drive in 40 minutes later yesterday. We …
This is who I woke up to, my new friend Bailey Celia and I spent much time visiting and readying for the day and then her friend Sherri came and got us to go for brunch. my favourite side down here is Posole made with hominy which my Grandad used to soak and cook for …
Woke up to another glorious autumn day and took my time getting ready to leave. There were puppies to greet me in the lobby and they were cute even after spilling and slurping up my water I went first to the tourist info only to find out that the reason my cheap hotel was so …
The morning started with a bang when Colin kicked the bucket… Literally. Just as well as we were up, fed and out by 8ish. It was a beautiful drive that took us through country that had often rolling hills with sudden thrusts of rock we arrived at a less than impressive muddy parking lot with …
Lazy start to the day and then got a text that Colin and Wendy were on their way in my direction. They had stopped for breakfast at a place we had seen yesterday that served Ho-made Pies! I said so long to my sweet little spot… but not before leaving a tip on my pillow …
Today began just relaxing and hanging in the Hotel until I felt the payroll back home had all gone well. It was a glorious day and I headed into Bryce to meet Colin and Wendy. On the way I stopped at the Quiltwalkers Memorial. It’s a cool story of guys who survived a blizzard walking …
Had breakfast and great chats with all the people in the lobby enjoying theirs. These included the sweet attendant, an older couple from Seattle, a bridge jumper (with parachute), and a nummy group of worker guys, maybe highways. I didn’t find out what they did as they were enamoured of Audrey and asked lots of …
Up and enjoyed continental breakfast. The manager was so nice and even set me up for Wyndham rewards which I seem to be accumulating rapidly. Gave me good advice on where to get gas and the route. Seem to be starting my days on Timex time, yesterday was 1:50 and today was 10:10. If you …
Up early to work on revising my Roadtripper plan, hook up Mom’s printer, load up, purchase plumbing supplies for my new home and get my front turn signal bulb changed before I was officially on the road! On my way to the Peace Arch crossing I stopped at the Freeway Mazda dealership and for under …
The day began at 4 am when I was drunk dialed. The sound of my cell phone rousting me from a deep sleep only 4 hours into dreamland started what would be a very full day. Once I was sure no one had died I surveyed the inside of my eyelids for another hour or …
I awoke to the offer of breakfast and the sun breaking above the horizon out my plane window. I know that Peru is now in the past and that I am going to have to disturb the woman in the aisle seat soon to let me out for relief. I sleep off and on again …
It seems that most of us were unable to sleep well as the whole crowd was there for breakfast together. Seems like we had barely settled in when it was time for Craig and Lorraine to leave. There was much hugging and taking of pictures together. Once they were gone we took Ruthie up on …
I awoke with a sadness, perhaps even at heart the feeling attached to the word tattooed on my left forearm… saudades. The knowledge that this was our last day fully together as a group in this wonderful country hung like a rain cloud in an otherwise clear day. We gathered and loaded the bus to …
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