At lunch we found a tall rock face and climbed it. Check out the view from the top.
After work we went to 11 mile canyon which was quite gorges.
Thinking about my mom who had surgery Monday. Wish I could be there to make you some smoothies.
Another great day of internet and work without drama. At lunch we went for a very slow high altitude run. It wasn’t our best run ever, but honestly at 8600 feet, it was an accomplishment.
After work we went to the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. Who knew there were fossilized red woods in Colorado.
Sunset from the campground.
We are on the first leg of our summer adventure. The farthest we’ll be from home is the Canadian Rockies, but we are lolly-gagging our way there. We are spending the first 4 working days in Colorado at Eleven Mile State Park starting tonight. We made tracks across the prairie. We stayed in Cumberland Mountain State Park West of Knoxville Thursday. Then drove 600 miles to Arrow Rock State Park in Missouri. Saturday evening we stayed in John Martin State Park in Colorado. We’ll be working while on the road using star link (Skynet) for connectivity and hoping I don’t get fired.
Last 2 hours on Saturday we had a pretty good storm with hail and everything. We spent a good bit of time under the overpass.
At the camp spot, we got to know some neighbors since Chris and Eric who were playing music and we invited over for an impromptu jam session.
Cheers everyone.
The beginning of our new adventure
I was 14 in French class when the happiest of accidents happened. I sat behind the funniest cute kid who happened to think I was the bees knees(Alphabetical order). I still don’t know how I fooled him but we still have a great time together. 30 years later we throw a much better party than we tried to at 16 (fo shore).
We had a great day. Started our day with the botanical gardens then a picnic in the park. The gardens were great and perfect reprieve for little rainy spurts.
We continued the Austin walking tour through the University which was quite beautiful.
Then through the mural district which made us very thirsty.
We wandered by an Italian restaurant that was super busy (Sugo) and had the foresight to put out name on the list while we finished the mural walk. So glad we did. It was delicious!
Sad it’s ending, but we had a great time.
Started the day on Loch Lommand and saw Dumbarton castle which has had the longest stronghold in Scotland. It was also free because they are fixing the masonry so we didn’t get to go to the top of the volcanic plug.
Next we headed to Glasgow. Since we had extra time (because of the shortened castle tour) , we stopped at a Scotch whisky distillery named Auchentoshan. We couldn’t get a tour but we (primarily me since George was driving) got a sample and made it to the pie, a pint and a play on time.
The play was about Mary (queen of scots) kinda outlanderish( with time travel and humor). After the play we checked into our last air bnb and finally dropped off the rental car and got another double decker bus back to Glasgow. We found an Irish pub that had music and we closed out our night there.
Long day of driving (2 hours) from Fort William to Balloch on Loch Lommand. We took a pit stop at the highlands soap factory and at the Ben Nevis distillery, but I forgot to take any pictures of us sniffing either soap or scotch. It rained the whole way here, but we did stop in GlenCoe for a short hike. It also rained on Balloch today so we found a castle and a brewery.
Another great day in Scotland. We went from Ft. William to Glencoe. Just a bunch of Monroes (that’s what the Scots call a mountain over 3000 feet) #beautiful #scotland and waterfalls. Two major hikes, one right out the visitor center where it was raining in one valley and the sun was shining in the other.
Next hike, we went to the lost valley. The girls were a little traumatized by our 2 mile hike that turned out to be 5 miles, but their legal representation contacted our lawyers and we negotiated another round of fish and chips as compensation for an additional 4 mile walk.
Left isle of Skye today. It was raining, so it made it easier to say goodbye. It was a pretty drive all the way to the viaduct (where that train. Flying car scene from Harry Potter was filmed) but it rained the whole way there. BUT at the viaduct we got the sun. (Thank you Scotland)
Next we got to Fort William, we made dinner at the house and took a walk. We got a double rainbow and a castle. The castle was so random. We were just walking. They have so many castle ruins, they just don’t know what to do with them.
Today was rainy and we slept in until 8:30. We pretty much geared up after breakfast to walk to the fish market for dinner, but George noticed the mobile seafood van was right in front of our house. We stocked up for lunch and dinner. After a stroll about town, we convinced the girls to go with us to brother’s point.
At brothers point, we were the only people there. The rain stopped for our hike so I felt like it would be best to pay our respects in the pub that was once a church… We went to the pub and I had a wee pint and listened to the band.
It’s about the Journey….
spending all my money in all the best ways
Roll On
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