Grow old along with me

May 27, 2018 Monday we biked about 15 miles in Durango along the Animas River. Tuesday we drove to Mesa Verde National Park. Monday-Riding along the Animas river in Durango. Many people on kayaks, canoes, and rafts. Our site in Durango, CO.  We are just about to pull out and head to Mesa Verde.  We decided not to tow the car because of a 5-mile steep uphill grade on the way.  Nadene followed me in the car. Lunch break Written by Steve: Mesa Verde National Park is tucked into the southwest corner of Colorado.   It was unknown to me until I began studying a map of Colorado.   I could have easily overlooked this speck of green on the map.   What a loss if I had.   Mesa Verde lives up to its name.   The table top mountain rises to 8,000 feet and the steep sides of the mesa are covered with the deep green of pinion pine and juniper.   As you get closer you can see the sandstone cut i...

May 20, 2018 We have friends, Carol and Jerry, that are slightly older than us, that bike 35 miles a day several times a week. We had dreams of getting “in shape” this year. But first we made the mistake of bringing only a bike rack for the RV and not for the car. Left that one in storage. That meant we could not bike unless   we started from the RV park. And only in Everglades City was that possible. So the bikes went unused and we stuck to walks and hikes. While we were in San Antonio, Steve bought a new bike rack for the car.   He ordered it online and had it sent to the RV park.   Logistics is a little harder when you are constantly traveling.   Despite estimated shipping times, it is not always possible to have packages arrive where we are.   Steve has learned one of the worst ways to have something shipped is to pay for expedited delivery.   He has done this twice and each time the delivery took longer than standard delivery. ...