Sometimes we leave a small footprint. Last time we tanked up was crossing the New Mexico border into Colorado. We stayed a week in Cortez, did a job. We did another job in Cortez the next week, moved to Durango, did another job, moved to Ridgway, did a job in Montrose, moved to Montrose and did a job in Telluride. Left Montrose this morning and stopped for fuel on the way out. Took half a tank. Haven’t done the math, but we’ve left behind a lot of resource consumption (water for a house and big yard, gas, electricity, city commute…) in exchange for some diesel fuel. Seems like a fair exchange. Drove north to Grand Junction, west to Glenwood, southeast on Highway 82 to Basalt. Centrally located for a series of jobs mostly here in the Roaring Fork Valley: Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, and Aspen. Nice weather; a little hot. The Roaring Fork and some really nice walking trails are just a few coach-lengths behind us.
Evening light
At Montrose.
Evening light
At ridgway.
Can you spot…
Can you spot the puppy in this picture?
In the first picture. The second picture is a clue.
In the first picture. The second picture is a clue.
Montrose
A record travel day. Start to finish, seven miles. We finished the job in Montrose yesterday and started a job in Telluride today. We’re not actually going to Telluride; there aren’t any RV Parks there, we’re going to do this one “remote”. We’re exchanging all the information electronically. We’ll talk by phone, fax, and email. We needed to come out of the canyon so we get a cell signal. We also wanted fifty amp service so we can run both air conditioners. The state park only has thirty amps. It’s hot here, ninety degrees every day. That’s pretty hot for the mountains. Is it hot everywhere?