Sans Wifi

When we decided to quit our jobs, and experience some of the world, a number of friends and family asked that we do a blog so they could follow along. Well, we are coming up on 3 weeks in and here is our first post. Seems like once we got out of Austin, wifi has been a little bit hard to come-by. So far, we have been to: (i) Marathon, Texas; (ii) Big Bend; (iii) Carlsbad Caverns; (iv) Santa Fe; (v) Montrose, Colorado; (vi) Telluride; (vii) back to Santa Fe; (viii) Albuquerque; (ix) Vallecito Reservoir outside of Durango; (x) the South Mineral Creek/Clear Lake outside of Silverton, Colorado; (xi) Miramonte Lake outside of Norwood, Colorado; (x) and finally, we sit here sweating in Moab, Utah. I think we've covered around 2,900 miles so far. We've covered a whole lot of ground in a short time, but are really enjoying ourselves. And, thankfully, I finally caught a couple of keeper-sized trout this morning. Heather says "Yea!"

We started off at the Gage Hotel in Marathon, and, like everywhere else, it was hot. Luckily, though, they also had really good food, wine and a pool. Try the sweatbreads when you go there. I'm not sure what they are, and I refuse to look it up. They are, however, very tasty.

On our second day in Marathon, we were debating going to Chinati Hot Springs or Big Bend. To get to Chinati, you need to have 4 wheel drive, and Big Bend was supposedly 110 degrees. Luckily, you can see for 300 or so miles when you stand in front of the Gage, and a storm was blowing in down south. So, Heather and I hauled down to Big Bend. We arrived just as the storm hit and hid under a tiny cedar. It rained so hard that we thought it was hailing, but they were just really fat drops. The storm passed and the temperature dropped to 60 degrees. I wanted to hike to the Window since I hadn't been there since I was a kid. Waterfalls popped out of every cliff face. Really beautiful.

I'll try to catch up on the other towns and places over the next few days by typing them into Word as Heather drives. BUT, that means that Heather has to drive, and she drives creatively.
Kris and Heather