• Moblog

    Where the Hell is my Window Seat?

    CTG is unhappy with his seating arrangements, and doesn’t get to go out on hikes, either. He gets to stay back in the room when we go out for gourmet meals, too. Not too happy a camper is Crash Test Goofy, but then he’s only along for the ride. Sending pictures to the blog is interesting, but not easy to do without a few more things set up in advance. Also, damn Verizon and their stupid added advertising text. That’s the first thing that’s going to get macroed out of existence as soon as I get some decent access. Tonight…

  • Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

    Estes Park, CO Romantic Riversong

    Big Horseshoe/Fall River Road 40.24N 105.38W 8671ft What an incredible day — we had a great drive in from Grand Island and made good time, in spite of getting off I-76 too soon and taking an extra 10 miles on the 2-lane highway. We listened to :NPR again on various public radio stations. When they faded, started to repeat or played yesterday’s programs, we stuck CDs in the player — the RAV doesn’t have one and the Silver Beast does, so that was a treat. We got into Estes Park at 12:30 or 1:00pm — much higher average speeds were…

  • Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

    And we’re off

    We’re moving. Tonight we’re in Grand Island NE which was probably an important stop on the pioneer trail, but now it’s the junction of two highways, a lot of hotels, and a river. We started late this morning (me, my bad, didn’t get much done last night and dinked around blogging). But anyway, we’re on the road and think we’ll arrive in Estes Park tomorrow.