Day Five: June 14 With Rocky Mountain’s reservation system putting off my park entry until 2:00 in the afternoon, as I described yesterday, I decided to drive Trail Ridge Road from one end to the other this afternoon, stopping at…
Day Four: June 13 Today did not go as planned, although it managed a partial recovery by the end. The drive from Colorado Springs to Estes Park was comparatively short, for a “drive day.” I expected to arrive by noon…
Day 3: June 12 Not a travel day today (although I did note my mileage for the trip report at the bottom of the page). Instead, today was the trip’s first full sightseeing day. I visited the Garden of the…
Day 2: June 11 I expected today to be a drive day without anything noteworthy alone the way, although getting into prettier scenery as I approached the mountains. In fact, I didn’t quite get into the mountains yet, they’re hovering…
Program note: it’s almost funny to look back at my last post and see myself confident about resuming a weekly or semiweekly schedule for my History of the United Offworld Colonies series. I could write a whole blog post in…
Military Base, Star City Sunward Dome The stream was, perhaps, a little too perfectly picturesque to be natural. It tumbled down a short hillside formed from rocky outcroppings to spill into a nicely ornamental pond, and then wandered away across…
