Colorado Adventure, Day 9 // Friday, September 18, 2015 Let’s say you’re in Gallup, NM and driving to Tucson, AZ. How are you going to get there? Google Maps says the fastest route is 6 hours, taking I-40, then highways 77 and 60 through cities like Holbrook, Show Low, and Globe. This route will take you…
Colorado Adventure, Day 7 // Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Up until this point in our journey, we had a pretty set plan of which roads we’d take to work our way Southwest through Colorado. With the Rockies, there really isn’t any straight shot, so we embraced the adventure that came with driving around these mountain ranges….
Colorado Adventure, Day 6 // Tuesday, September 15, 2015 (This was written by both myself and Curtis…try and figure out who wrote what!) This morning started off early with a thunderstorm coming through at around 5am. I gave up on sleeping at that point! After the storm had passed, we had to wait a while longer…
Colorado Adventure, Day 5 // Monday, September 14, 2015 Up to this point in the trip, things had been going really well on our adventure, but we felt like we were going through too fast. Having not done a lot of research on places to go, we felt like we were missing lots of places as…
Colorado Adventure, Day 4 // Sunday, September 13, 2015 Today, we had yet another bright and early start, this time ready to take on a more challenging hike! We packed up and headed a little farther West on I-70, then took Loveland Pass up to the Continental Divide. This was now our 3rd time crossing over,…
Colorado Adventure, Day 3 // Saturday, September 12 Our Saturday morning started off bright and early, as mornings when we’re camping usually do. We quickly and quietly packed up our car and left the campground, before there was even any other sign of life from the other campers. (How can you even sleep in when it’s…