Ah, the air here in Colorado, like in Maine and many of the northern states, is fresh and invigorating. It's great to sleep with the window open, something we never do in Florida. So it was a lazy morning. No need to jump out of bed and get on the road early. Beamer started the day sleeping on the sofa. That would be his usual routine after guarding us all night as we sleep. He may be small, be he takes his self-appointed position in the family very ser...

We headed out this morning at 7:30 AM and 57 degrees with Colorado in our sights. We drove for three hours through southern Wyoming, and as we got further south, the topography got much more interesting than it was yesterday. As we have seen in the southwest, out of deserts rise great mesas, and we saw some today. They did not have the bright and variegated colors of the ones in the southwest…these were yellowish tan…but they look majestic nonethel...

We had a plan for today, and we pretty much completed it with little variation. The main event was Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. We left the hotel at 8 AM and 50 degrees (which got as high as 88 before the day was over) and under mostly cloudy skies, and set out toward the east. The drive took us through rolling hills of green pastures with grazing cows and horses (still trying to figure out why they never intermingle the two) and over roads cut ...

I've said this before, I have learned from experience on these road trips that, just when you think you have nothing to do, when you have nothing planned, that’s when life plans your day for you. And that is what happened to us today. We left our hotel at 7:20 and 61 degrees (which quickly descended to 48 degrees and later hit 90), under mostly cloudy skies. All we had planned was a drive to Gunnison, CO and to enjoy the scenery, which is always s...

We left the hotel this morning at 8:40 and 57 degrees. We dressed in genes, expecting it to be a bit chilly on top of Rocky Mountain National Park. But half way through the day I changed back to my shorts. It was comfortable. Today we experienced changes in elevation from 5,000 ft. to 11,300 ft. and temperatures from 57 degrees to 91. Starting the day, we struggled a bit with Mrs. GPS. She wanted to take us to the wrong side of the park, so we had to get crea...