Blogs from Telluride, Colorado, United States, North America - page 3

So, remember how we said that this was our great adventure...well the real adventure started on Saturday, when we left the Great Sand Dunes. We headed north, went through Creede, an old mining town, and wanted to take "Highway 110" for the 31 miles from Lake City to Silverton, as it would cut about 100 miles off of our trip. It started out fine, albeit a little surprising, as the road was dirt. We should have known. It gradually got steeper, and narrower, and we eventually passed a sign stating "No campers or trailers past this point. No winter maintenance." We still thought, "No trailer, check. No camper, check. Not winter, check." They neglected to mention that we needed 4-wheel drive and high-clearance, neither of which comes standard with the 2004 Chrysler Pacifica. As we continued, ... read more

It's been five months since we returned from our two-year-long, 15-country adventure. Within days of our return, reverse culture shock quickly ceded to the bliss of hot showers, comfortable beds, home cooking, and washing machines. After 23 months of laundering clothes by hand in freezing water followed by mosquito-ridden nights on bug-infested beds, America seems truly luxurious. We've been taking advantage of our respective parents' hospitality, staying first with Randy's mom in northern California, and then with Jenny's folks in southwestern Colorado. Spending two years around the Equator didn't exactly prepare us for winter—but getting in some much-anticipated time on the slopes is well worth the chilly hands. You can click below to see our 5 minute video, or visit lonelyplanet.tv ... read more

Hey Guys, Hopes you are all doing good! Currently writing this to my own email to add to my travelblog later as the travelblog website is down as it has been for ages! Gash hey! I shall add this and a previous blog update to it when its back up! Last update was at Sante Fe - that evening we had some Southwestern cuisine at a restaurant called "The Shed" - I had an enchilades and taco plate and this stuff was hot hot hot! This place also rumoured to be the home of margaritas - dont know how true that is but I had a couple of fruity ones and they were good! The next day we went to Monument Valley in Utah (one state where no alcohol is allowed - whats that all about?!).. ... read more

There we are... MARRIED!!! and I am officially Mrs Adam George... So, on the morning of the wedding, we still had no idea where it was all going to happen... the night before, we were hit by a major snow storm. as we had planned on doing it outdoors and had no plan B, we were all a little concerned as to where it was all going to happen. We woke up in the morning and my mum and I went to the hair stylist and make-up stylist to get me all pretty. This happened at the Peaks resort in Telluride. And the women who sold us the bands was our photographer, together with her husband. A friend, Kim Reynolds, lent me her wedding dress. I hadn't planned on wearing a white dress, but since the ... read more