Protension

Not just a U2 album. And really lush right now. Check out the wildflowers.

(looking east) This place is pretty developed so I can blog right on the trail. Cool

This is our classroom

I thought this as interesting. Between Telluride and Lasal Junction there are at least four automobile graveyards. All clearly out of service, mostly trucks. Guess when they died someone brought them home (these are mostly near little towns) then decided it wasn’t worth moving them ever again.

I dyed my hair green. It looked turquoise at first. Now it looks like a putting green on my head. Sweet

If I don’t already have plans to meet you and you’re going to be in any of these areas, get in touch!

April 8-18: Moab
April 19-23: backpacking, probably in Escalante
April 24-27: Flagstaff area
April 28: Joshua Tree
April 29: Claremont
May 1: Altadena
May 2-4: Claremont
May 6-7: Santa Monica
May 8-9: Port Hueneme
May 10-11: Santa Margarita Lake
May 12: Park City
May 15-June 18: Wind River Range (WY)
June 19: Park City
June 21: Stanford

If this works then expect more posts from the road. Below is hopefully a picture of a straight highway in the middle of nowhere (western Wyoming). My car misses Wyoming but we’re working through it.

Yesterday was my first day of unemployment, and to celebrate I decided to drive to Colorado to visit some friends in Boulder and my cousin in Montrose. So far my vacation’s been going great. I’m still alive and it’s been an adventure.

I can totally understand falling in love with wide open spaces, so I don’t feel I can be too upset about my car falling in love with Wyoming. Unfortunately I wanted to get to Boulder, so we had to part ways yesterday. My buddy Jordan Kunz was kind enough to pick me up the middle-of-nowhere town of Laramie where my car decided it wanted to hang out. A very friendly mechanice happened to come into work on Saturday after the also very friendly I-80 Towing tow-man called by the friendly AAA operator brought me and the Cabrio over to visit.

So the mechanic has my name and key and promised to have a chat with my car on Monday. I had to leave the car before Jordan came so I’m currently living off my “just enough to survive overnight” bag and the charity of others (e.g. for fresh socks and most other amenities of civilization like toothpaste and a razor). Here’s to hoping that the Cab’s fling with Wyoming is just a 3- or 4- night stand and not true love.