So we were feeling all cool and prepared from our Durango shopping and ready to take on another chilly night in our next stop, Mancos, CO. The campground was unmanned and completely empty. The reservoir, Jackson Gulch Lake, was so low that the boat ramp ran out before you reached the water. We drove around [...]
Tagged camping, Colorado, Mesa VerdeWe cross Wolf Creek Pass and roll down through Pagosa Springs (mellow on eastern edge, mall-y on the western), then south on a smaller road lined with autumn-leaved cottonwoods to Arboles, CO–almost the New Mexico border–and set up the giant tent (thanks, Naomi!) on a pretty spot overlooking the lake. That night the wind shifts [...]
Tagged camping, Colorado, travelI am getting tired of cleaning out registration spam (they don’t comment, but they do create tons of fake registrations), so I’ve added a new captcha thing to the commenter registration. It seems to work fine, and those of you already registered I don’t think will have to do it again. Registration remains pretty easy, [...]
If I had gotten this inspiring rant, maybe I would have amounted to something. Come to think of it, I don’t know that I’ve ever been the target class for a good commencement address. Martin Scorsese was at my college graduation, picked up his honorary diploma, and sat down without a word to us. I [...]
I just bought some tea, and there’s a slightly distressing marking on the front. It starts out pleasantly enough: “Produces produces the tea-stowing region from the Taiwan high elevation.” But then it says “Smell fragrant entrance glycol.” Okay what? Smell fragrant entrance glycol? I don’t even know what it’s trying to say. And I can’t [...]