June 13 – 27 After our week-long visit to Gunnison, Colorado, and a brief three day visit to our home base in Ottumwa, the Greens Summer Tour of 2024 continued on with a trip to Cannon Beach, OR. This part of the trip was so jam-packed with excitement that I’m going to break it into […]
Author: Wandering New Mexican
Breaking the Border!
Welp, we’ve finally done it. We’ve finally committed to leaving the country!
The Greens Summer Tour – Gunnison, CO
May 31 – June 7 The Greens Summer Tour of 2024 started last week with our triumphant return to the Western Slope of Colorado. This will be part one of, like, 100 in the series.
…And Here We Go
Today is Thursday, May 30. Tomorrow morning, we leave for the first leg of our massive road trip. First stop, Gunnison, CO.
Baseball Season
With baseball season in full swing (pun intended), I’m in full summer-time mode now. Watching baseball movies serves to propel me through the season.
Daily Dose of Gratitude
May 5, 2024 Every day, I wake up grateful for what I have in my life. I have an amazing wife, I have a terrific job that allows me to work from wherever I am, I have a great house (with issues, sure, but we love it the same) and so much more to be […]
The Calm Before The Storm
As we prepare for the most grueling four months I’m sure I will ever experience, I can’t help but wonder how in the hell I got so lucky as to have the opportunity to do it.
Quick Weekend in Des Moines
March 22 – 25 As I mentioned in my post announcing our new ride, Brandy just got back from a week in South Carolina visiting her property in Florence. She got back to Des Moines Friday, the 22nd, and had to fly back out to San Diego on Monday, the 25th. There’s no reason to […]
Our New Chariot
We came home to Coralville with Suzie Q, our 2018 Ford Edge Titanium, on March 28, 2022 after trading in Roxy, the Lexus RX350 Brandy had when I met her. While Suzie Q was a go-getter, and she made it through many, MANY trips with us, we’ve come to realize we’d outgrown her.
Canon City, Crested Butte, CO Part 2
As I mentioned in the first post on this trip, it was such a jam-packed getaway, I couldn’t contain it all in one post. In fact, the first week of our trip took SEVEN posts to adequately cover all the adenvtures we went on! The second week, however, wasn’t so busy.