tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48339501609071118902024-03-13T05:54:55.894-06:00For Travel's SakeKara Fingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979049744411524262noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833950160907111890.post-20923508117522078762011-07-11T16:03:00.000-06:002011-07-11T16:03:41.595-06:00The Starting PointAlthough tracts of fertile land considerably extensive are occasionally to be met with, yet the scarcity of wood and water, almost uniformly prevalent, will prove an insuperable obstacle in the way of settling the country. Edwin James in 1823
WOOO HOOOOOO! It's time for a road trip......
We begin our current adventure in Pueblo, Colorado. According to the official Colorado vacation Kara Fingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979049744411524262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833950160907111890.post-70229285899345192622011-06-24T14:21:00.001-06:002011-06-24T14:27:56.564-06:00Take Me Out to the BallgameOn a recent Monday afternoon, we escaped the parched southern Colorado prairie and traveled north along I25 to Denver. The prairie became greener the further north we traveled until we actually saw the lush green of Spring that we hadn't seen down south this year.
I look forward to the few days of green that spring provides before the hot summer sun reminds me that we live in a desert completeKara Fingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979049744411524262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833950160907111890.post-55062708151800524992011-04-03T16:45:00.000-06:002011-04-03T14:27:03.463-06:00Chocolate Covered Santa Fe TrailChocolate doesn't make the world go 'round, but it sure does make the trip worthwhile!
Who knew the Santa Fe Trail was chocolate covered and so delightfully yummy! But based on one of those brochures from the hotel lobby, we set out to find the Santa Fe Chocolate Trail....Home of the Territory's finest chocolatiers. With a little maneuvering we wound our way to an amazing little gem called The Kara Fingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979049744411524262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833950160907111890.post-1506170500740432352011-04-03T11:11:00.003-06:002011-04-03T11:50:07.206-06:00Where the Deer and the Antelope PlayAnd while I stood there I saw more than I can tell,
and I understood more than I saw; ~Black Elk, Black Elk Speaks
The view, driving north from Santa Fe, New Mexico towards Colorado, on Interstate 25 is one of the rolling prairie. This time of year the grass and flowers have not yet awakened from their winter slumber, so the prairie sports the many shades of gold, rust and brown.
As we drive Kara Fingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979049744411524262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833950160907111890.post-71310902554325457522011-03-29T21:00:00.033-06:002011-03-30T09:10:14.830-06:00In the Heart of Santa FeI travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
It was chilly and still quite windy when we started the second day of our trip which meant the Sandia Peak Gondola Ride was out of the question, again! So we headed to the Plaza. The Plaza is the center of Santa Fe. It is where you will see the Palace of the Governors, Kara Fingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979049744411524262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833950160907111890.post-2384747806834702732011-03-29T12:50:00.005-06:002011-03-29T13:04:15.427-06:00Does Anyone Know the Way to Santa FeEverything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed. ~Joseph Addison
We left Gorge Bridge feeling very satisfied with our choice to go down a two lane road, through miles of sagebrush to be awed by the power of a relatively small river, Kara Fingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979049744411524262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833950160907111890.post-80038312732034710442011-03-27T14:14:00.005-06:002011-03-27T15:34:05.109-06:00On the Way to Santa Fe“Thanks to the interstate highway system, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything.” – Charles Kuralt
Recently, we decided to get off the highway and in so doing, turned a 3 hour drive into a 10 hour adventure. Our intended destination was Santa Fe, New Mexico, but we got off Interstate 25 at Walsenberg, Colorado and went west on Hwy 160.
It was a blustery MarchKara Fingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03979049744411524262noreply@blogger.com1