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We headed to Mesa Verde National Park right after breakfast. The entrance to the park is about 35 miles from Durango, but most of the cliff buildings are another 20 miles into the park. Mesa Verde combines the natural beauty of high desert mesas with the fascinating remains of ancestral Pueblo villages. Unfortunately we wereContinue reading “Mesa Verde”

We headed to Durango early to meet our dear friends the Foxes, who also happened to be vacationing here at the same time. Since it was also a Sunday, we attended church with them at a terrific reformed evangelical church called Gospel Church. We spent the day at their AirBNB and let the kids playContinue reading “Durango”

Our first full day in Pagosa Springs was mostly spent on the banks of the San Juan River, in an area where water from the nearby hot springs trickles down rocks to form warm, shallow pools near the icy river water. The hot springs here in Pagosa are the deepest in the world and theContinue reading “Pagosa Springs”

Today we said farewell to Red River and the state of New Mexico and headed to Pagosa Springs, CO. Our route took us through Taos and across the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge. The landscape changed from rugged high desert to green valleys, including the gorgeous Chama Valley, and ended with huge views of the RockyContinue reading “Crossing Into Colorado”

Today we spent the entire day in Red River, NM. As a child, John’s family had a cabin here, so it was fun to see some of the places he visited over 50 years ago. We took the chair lift, or “chair-ousel” as James called it, to the top of the mountain to enjoy theContinue reading “Red River”

Today we drove from Lubbock to Red River, NM where we met up with Evie, Jack, John, Angie and Maui friends Dave and Kim Morrell. Our route took us through Santa Rosa, Las Vegas, and Mora, NM before driving through part of the Enchanted Circle and Angel Fire. It was a pleasant, uneventful drive andContinue reading “Enchanted Circle”

We left Austin right after church on June 28th. After a quick lunch in the car, we turned the van northwest to drive through Llano and Sweetwater on our way to Lubbock. Almost immediately we realized our new 2020 Honda Odyssey’s “infotainment” system was not working! We handed James the iPad and scoured the internetContinue reading “Austin to Lubbock”

Like the rest of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic drove our family into our home and relentlessly offered us an opportunity to re-evaluate our priorities. As weeks turned to months, we realized that we wouldn’t buy this home again if we were looking today. I started considering the benefits of a smaller floor plan, fewerContinue reading “Selling our home during #stayhome”