I'm outa here...for a bit

This photo is completely misleading. It's the same day as the "hot and tired" photo. We are incredibly content and happy, but so beat that it looks like we are having a terrible time. Nothing could be further from the truth. Both of us were in a nearly Zen-like state.

 

Moving on, still in Colorado, this is at the top of a fourteener. Note the person in the upper right of this photo, which gives some sense of scale.

 

Me at the top, watching a snow storm whirl by.

 

Okay, here's the confession: I was going to let you guys think we climbed a fourteener, but Tripp or one of those other pesky Colorado people might have recognized Pike's Peak. We took the cog line train up from Manitou Springs.

 

And the train...complete with foreign tourists. As best I can tell, there are more foreign tourist out west than local people, by about a two to one margin.

 

The exciting trip back home. This was pretty much the view all the way back to Michigan. I could have tied off the steering wheel and taken a nap.

 

I have a lot of additional photos, but I've already posted more than any sane person would care to view. If you want any specific details, such as photos from the trip up Pike's Peak, or more of my ten thousand nearly identical canyon photos, just let me know.

Tom

 

Thanks.

The photos are misleading. Our black Prius was so dusty that it looked like a magnetic gray model. For some unknown reason, the dust doesn't really show up in the photos.

We carried a roll of paper towel and a spray bottle of windshield cleaner. I figured if we were going to drive through the great outdoors, would should at least get a glimpse of it. The cleaner proved to be a good idea.

Tom

 

I discussed the lower density of the air with my wife while we were at the Great Salt Lake. As usual, she pretended to listen.

The lower SG of fresh water where we sail makes boats sit lower in the water. It's always a surprise for people moving to the Great Lakes from the ocean.

Tom