Tag: Colorado
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Week #49 – 52 ~ Recap
Today marks the end of Week #52. We originally planned to be on the road until now, but back in February when we were planning out May, we realized we were just wasting time until we were able to move back into our house on July 1. So we contacted our renters and they were…
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Week #48 ~ Recap
1,232 driving miles, 1,058 flight miles, two flights, 18 relatives, 2 family friends, 1 metro ride, 1 graduation party, 1 friend moving to the coast, 3 states, $948 OVER budget. We have missed our people and this week was full of reconnecting, telling stories, and hanging out at the tables of relatives and friends. We…
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Week #45 ~ Recap
867 miles driving, 3 states, 3 National Parks, 2 hotel rooms, 2 campsites, 3 nights of freezing temperatures, 1 museum, $19.50 under budget. As our friend Susan says, “Geological time includes now”, and this week we got to experience the slow tick of geologic time by witnessing some of the most beautiful results of those…
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Week #44 ~ Recap
2,389 miles, 1 day at sea on the boat, 1 flight, 1 surprise birthday dinner, 2 national parks, 2 states, 1 official circumnavigation of the globe, 3 nights hosted by amazing and generous friends, $564 over budget. Whew! That’s a big week ~ even for us. We were glad to get off the boat and…
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Week #30 ~ Recap
11,241 miles, 3 airplanes, 1 8-hour layover, 1 tourist “mini-bus”, 3 Thai cities, 2 night markets, 5 temples, 1 elephant sanctuary, 1 cooking class, 1 guided bike tour, and 2 Thai massages: $653.19 OVER budget due to cost of flights and lodging in Bangkok. As you might imagine, Southeast Asia is really far from Denver,…
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Week #29 ~ Recap
282 miles driven, connected with approximately 20 more friends/family exchanged approximately 80 more hugs over coffee, drinks, dinner and brunch, 1 random coffee shop sighting, 1 more lovely stay with generous hostesses and an average of 2 coffees per day for both of us and 3 days of subzero temperatures! The budget will remain a…
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Week #1 – Recap
Week #1 ~ 3 States, 1 National Park, 1 Recreation Area, 1 major holiday, 1,180 miles currently $350 under our budget of $250/day. This has been a shakedown week, a meltdown week and a decompression week all rolled into one. Shakedown ~ some of our gear worked just as intended, some of it didn’t….and Marla’s…
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Get Out the Map
Day 1 – 3: Flaming Gorge, Utah The Indigo Girls’ “Get Out the Map” was the first song to play on the 7.5 hour custom curated playlist from one of our best friends. Finessa is very specific about her playlists: the songs are thoughtfully aggregated and ordered to convey specific emotions or a story line. …
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Leap and the net will appear
At our last Safonia concert, everyone was encouraged to write cards to Marla and I to wish us well and send us on our way. One of the cards had this zen saying on the front (thank you, TL) which I think captures exactly what this crazy year of travel will be. It’s a lot…
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I-Bought-Ah
I had the privilege of working at Ibotta for the last 4 years. When I was looking for a new company I found Ibotta on the Built In Colorado website, a site that features mostly Denver and Boulder-area start-ups. One of the nice features of that website is that they list the perks and benefits…