Departed Montrose, Colorado: 7:30 a.m. MDT. Hours driven: 9.5 Miles driven: 503 Average speed: 52.9 Fuel mileage: 39.9 mpg (still hoping to see 40 mpg!) States: Colorado, New Mexico Wildlife spotted: deer, burros (though the burros may or may not have been “wild”) Other VW Jetta wagons spotted: 0 Weather: sunny and warm Bicyclists going up the mountain as we…

Albuquerque, New Mexico

We stayed last night at a cute little vintage-y motel in western Colorado. The kind they used to call “motor courts” where you park right outside your bedroom door. This one had a western motif with log walls, and each room had a different western theme. Lyle had reserved the John Wayne Room for us. Not that we’re big John…

We’re traveling again this week, driving from Idaho to Tennessee. We’re taking a couple of extra days to take the “scenic route” and to visit our parents briefly. Just thought you might be interested to see our route and our travel stats for Day 1. I’ll be posting about our adventures along the way, too. Trip Tallies: Departed Post Falls,…

Views from last week’s road trip… Heading east on I-90. Montana. My drivin’ man. State capitol building. Jefferson City, Missouri. Springtime in the Ozarks.(No doubt the picture would be better had the photographer bothered to roll her window down.) (But it was raining! What can I say?) See the “QT” on the road sign to the right?We like to stop…

Continuing this week’s whirlwind travelogue… Time in Missouri with family for Dad Cook’s funeral: not quite 21 hours. Departed Missouri Military Cemetery at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri: 1:45 p.m. CDT on Tuesday. Hours driven: 27.5 Hours slept: 3.5 Miles driven: 1,783 miles [I drove twice coming home for a total of about 200 miles while Lyle slept a little more.…