I Concede

It's true....Colorado is more beautiful than UT. I spent the last two weekends driving through the San Juan mountains and was absolutely speechless! It has been a dream of mine to drive these mountain passes ever since I heard C.W. McCall's song Wolf Creek Pass (a classic you have to YouTube if you've never heard it :)) on a record I made my Dad cycle through over and over and over again while growing up.

Approaching Ouray, CO (Switzerland of America)

Look at all those Aspen just waiting to change color!

"Here comes the Silverton up from Durango, here comes the Silverton a shoveling coal. Here comes the Silverton up from the canyon, see the smoke and hear the whistle blow!"

Another classic C.W. McCall song about the narrow gauge steam locomotive that runs between Silverton and Durango which my parents rode back in their long haired days ;)

Silverton was beautiful!

I spent the night at a rest stop in Santa Fe, it was beautiful! They even had a Whole Foods :)

"Wolf Creek Pass way up on the Great Divide..."

"...and right in the middle of the whole damn show was a real nice tunnel, now wouldn't ch'ya know. The sign said clearance to the 12 foot line, but the chickens was stacked to 13 9. Well we shot that tunnel at a hundred and ten like gas through a funnel and eggs through a hen. Took that top row a chickens off slicker 'n scum off a Louisiana swamp."

"We went down and around and around and down and we run outta ground at the end of town, bashed into the side of a Feed store, in downtown Pagosa Springs."

It was an incredible trip and a dream come true! :) I can't wait to go back in the Fall

Food Co-ops Rock!

A friend told me about a food co-op out here called Bountiful Baskets. This is my second week using them and I couldn't be more impressed! Each week you get different fruits and veggies depending on what they got in on their shipment. Check out this week's winnings :)

In case you can't make it out, it's:

1 head of Romaine lettuce

2 huge stalks of celery

10 pears

4 green peppers

3 heads of broccoli

1 bag of red seedless grapes

1 cantaloupe

1 lb of strawberries

6 oz of raspberries

7 tomatoes

1 lb of carrots

8 bananas

Yes, that's A LOT of food for a week but since all I'm eating are fruits and vegetables it's awesome because sometimes I get stuff I never would have picked up in the store and it forces me to learn how to cook it and to try new things. If my last order is any indication, this fruit is some of the best I've ever had too! So......how much does it all cost?? Try taking a quick estimate from your experiences in the grocery store and then scroll down :)

$16.50 and no membership is required. You just place your order Monday night online and pick it up early Saturday morning. Unbelievable!! We'll see what we get when you're (Mom, Dad, Jesse, Jessica, Liam and Ana) out here to visit! :)