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The big part of our trip to Colorado has been looking at land and seeing if we like this area as a future place to live. We had found some properties on Zillow before leaving Texas that we wanted to see and contacted a realtor. While the realtor didn’t take us to the properties (noneContinue reading “A Bit Overwhelmed”

Monday we got up early with the dogs – time changes and a good nights sleep after a 300 mile drive fighting crosswinds makes people pretty tired. This KOA in Pueblo has a lovely option of a few “private patios”. It has been a huge blessing being able to take the dogs outside and letContinue reading “Errands and Looking at Land”

In our world today we are highly dependent on technology in so many things we do. When we were planning a trip years ago we would have used an atlas or different maps of the states and roads. Nowadays, we have a gps on our phone or a separate unit for gps guidance. In today’sContinue reading “Technology and Camping”

Today’s trip was about 325 miles and not the route we planned. When planning a trip we map as we go on Google Maps to get an idea visually of the route. This also helps us gauge miles between destinations, refueling stops, and can let us know when we have to make additional stops ifContinue reading “Planning ahead”

When planning our trip we had planned a route that would not take us through the Raton pass as it is steeper over the mountains that way. We set the route in Michael’s phone and about an hour and a half in to the trip realized that the GPS had changed our route sending usContinue reading “GPS Knew Better”

When we’ve talked about going to Amarillo in the months we’ve been together Michael has often mentioned a restaurant called The Big Texan. They have a 72oz challenge that if you eat in an hour you get the meal free if not you owe them $72. It comes with 4.5 lbs of steak, a bakedContinue reading “Food and Relaxation”

Friday morning Oct 9 we got up very early (for us anyway) at 5:30 am so that we could be on the road around 7 am. We made some breakfast sandwiches ahead of time that we froze and can reheat the days we are driving. We walked the dogs, filled the last minute things inContinue reading “Amarillo By 5pm”

Wednesday we needed to make a trip in to town for a few supplies – ice seems to be one thing we always want a lot of as we both like ice in most things we drink (even at home we struggle with the ice supply at times). Before heading to town about 7 milesContinue reading “Local Cafe’s Are Fun”

The cooler (cooler as in not 100 degrees all day) temps have made it so enjoyable to be outside more on this trip than in many past. We spent Tuesday hiking and having a picnic with the pups. We took part of the Bakba trail here to the Pineywoods Boardwalk trail. The Pineywoods trail isContinue reading “Hikes, Smiles and Sunshine”

We left the house around 10 am to head to the Eastern part of Texas to camp for the week. The dogs love riding in the truck – Bella usually sleeps and Moki loves looking for cows. He seems to be very fascinated by them. After some weird roads that the lovely GPS took usContinue reading “Lake Livingston State Park”