Tuesday, June 23 Our adventure today was to drive the famous Trail Ridge Road. The road is legendary in both our minds from trips as children and as a trip with our kids over 30 years ago. Tom was prepared for the white-knuckle drive, having driven The Road to the Sun last year, and Mt. Washington the year before. The road navigates three distinctive ecosystems: Montane (below 9,000 feet), Subalpine (9,000-11,000 feet) and Alpine (above 11,400 feet.) Our highest elevation reached was 12,183 feet. There were lots of twists and turns and ups and down, and many places to pull over for pictures. I won’t try to describe – just show the pictures. As we have been encamped at Rocky Mt National Park, we are slowly gathering information about the Covid impact on the park. The park is operating at 55% capacity, and only those with a camping reservation permit, or those with a reservation to enter the park, are allowed to enter. Visitor Centers are closed and all park employees are wearing masks and setting up information stations outside of the visitor centers. With a self-contained home and masks we are able to follow standard quarantine procedures. We have not gone out to eat, have and will make a few excursions into grocery stores to stock up food, and feel that we are keeping just about as safe as if we were at home.
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October 2021
We don’t go camping any more . . . we go ‘streamin’ ! The “SIlvermine and His” is our 2018 25' Airstream Serenity with Salsa interior and front twin beds., and ‘streamin’ is the name we use to describe our adventures. Stream along as we document everything from weekend trips to longer summer excursions and full-blown vacations. You know what they say: if you’re not in an Airstream – you’re just camping!
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