When my good friend Ellen asked if I was interested in meeting her in Santa Fe for this year's Indian Market, I jumped at the chance. I have always loved Santa Fe - the smell of the pine in the air, the way the light changes constantly as it moves across the mountains and how …
Visiting Friends – Sapello, NM
More than half the fun of this trip has been stopping to visit with family and friends. Once I tore myself away from the yarn co-op, it was just a short drive to Mile Marker 19 on Hwy 515. From there I turned right down a very dusty dirt road to the pasture with cows …
I just love traveling the backroads….
You stumble across such wonderful people and businesses and magnificent views when you are willing to take one of those squiggly, little, thin black lines on a map instead of the big, wide, red lines. From Taos I took Hwy 64, which wandered through the canyon and forests over to Angle Fire. Angle Fire hasn't …
Catching Up – Once again. Creede, CO – Taos, NM
Once again I have been in places without a wifi connections. I left Creede early morning on Tuesday, August 16th. The drive down to Taos, NM was one of the most spectacular I have ever driven. From Creede I took Hwy 160 up and over Wolf Creek Pass, where one of the largest ski resorts …
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Kayaking on the Rio Grande
This is much different from kayaking back home where the water is mostly smooth, marshes present the largest impediments and waves can upset your boat. Here it's rocks! And rapids! And a completely new type of kayak. The Rio Grande is still quite chilly, even in late autumn, because it's filled with snow melt from …
At home in the Rockies….Creede, CO
I left Lamar, CO early morning and headed up and into the southern ranges of the Rocky Mountains known as the Sangre de Christo's and the San Juan's, which spill over into northern New Mexico. These peaks are consistently high - averaging 14,000 feet and locals count the number of 14's they've hiked. I had …
Crossing Kansas – Day Two
I left Pratt, the Evergreen Resort and my little caboose after a delicious and again, extremely cheap breakfast at Rick's Family Restaurant. My plan for the day was to drive to Dodge City and explore Boot Hill and learn the history of the wild, wild West that brought this town into existence, before making the …
Kansas Overnight – Pratt, KS
Somethings I plan ahead, somethings I just 'let things happen,' but I do admit I like to have an idea of where I will spend the night and have a list of hotels and motels that are available in that city or town. I had studied my map and chose Pratt as my half-way point. …
Crossing Kansas…..Day One
What can I say about driving across Kansas that hasn't already been said? It's certainly big - 545 miles across from where I entered the state, just past Joplin, MO, till I crossed the Colorado border. It's certainly flat - you can literally see forever. The colors of the Kansas landscape are shades of brown …
Stops along the way…
Ever since I was little, I have loved picnics. Not the ants or flies, but just sitting outside and listening to the birds and looking at the sky and nibbling on something delicious. I purposely brought along a little cooler with those blue ice blocks I could stick in a motel freezer to keep pop …
My Home on the Roam 