<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe High & Dry Air<\/strong> – This wasn’t ALL bad. I mean my hair loved it. I could go like 3 days without washing it, which is a really special combination of pretty awesome and kinda gross. My skin, however, required more convincing. I literally had to go buy all new skincare products because what I was using just wasn’t cutting it. Thankfully after a few weeks, it started to get better, but lotion just has to be an investment for anyone living there I guess. And a humidifier. Also it was hard to breathe while on jogs, but I know that’s normal at first for such high elevation, plus the whole asthma thing. Adapting to it probably takes longer than the one month we had. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Dirty Car<\/strong> – I’m wondering if this is mostly a winter thing, but every time it snowed, our car looked hilarious with slushy grime splattered all over it. Thankfully everyone else’s did too, so no judgement. Just dirty hands. And if we took Juneau hiking in it, she’d end up with it all over her legs and belly, so keeping a towel in the car was a must. I guess this is just something people there get used too, but thankfully there are tons of drive-through car washes with like $30 monthly memberships for unlimited exterior washes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Wildlife *Almost* Incident <\/strong>–<\/strong> This could have been a really bad low, but actually just ended up being a pretty good story. You already know Juneau loved hanging out in the back yard. Well, one morning Nathan heard her barking incessantly – something she NEVER does – and when he went to check it out, he found Juneau face to face with a freaking bobcat. Literally. In our back yard. The bobcat had a recently-killed, headless squirrel in its mouth, which Juneau apparently thought she deserved seeing that it was her back yard. Nathan went outside and yelled at the bobcat, which was enough to make it drop the squirrel (which J promptly picked up) and jump over the fence. Nathan eventually convinced Juneau to give HIM the headless squirrel so he could throw it over the fence to\/at the bobcat. The bobcat, however, apparently did not like flying squirrels, so we ended up with a headless squirrel just over the fence. Awesome. At least Juneau didn’t have it, and she still had a face, even though the bobcat was as big as her and pretty darn fierce looking. This might all sound crazy, but I do in fact have photo evidence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure><\/li> <\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nOUR TAKEAWAY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nAll in all, we loved our time in Colorado. That wasn’t surprising to us since we had been there a decent amount before, but it was nice validation. It was actually the first place we all felt sad to leave – and I include Juneau in that. For a couple days, she was sluggish and wouldn’t even eat one morning. She’s since bounced back, but we hadn’t seen her act like that before on this trip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure><\/li> <\/figure><\/li> <\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWe also crossed the 6-month mark of traveling while in Colorado! In some ways I can’t believe it’s been that long since we left Atlanta, but it also feels like we’ve been doing this forever. It has been nice for me to take a break from work and have the time to pursue some other things I’ve wanted to for a while, but we’re also definitely missing community and relationships that are really only sustainable by being in once place. We haven’t decided yet exactly how long we’ll keep traveling, but right now we have at least another 2 months booked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thankfully our next location – Utah – wasn’t too far of a drive and still offers plenty of skiing and snow to enjoy. We’ll be in a suburb of Salt Lake City called Ogden until March 20, and then we’ll head to South Lake Tahoe until the end of April. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For the start of 2021, we headed west! It took us three days to drive from Memphis to Colorado, stopping in Oklahoma City and Albuquerque on the way. Our ultimate month-long destination was a suburb 30 minutes south of Denver called Castle Rock, but we added a little ski trip on the front end in Telluride (our first time there and it was AMAZING). Nathan and I both grew up traveling to Colorado for family vacations – mostly for skiing – but we had also been in the summer and fall once. Because of this, we’d spent more time there prior to our nomad travels than any of the other places we’ve been. After being sick for so long in the fall, and having a much-needed slow December in Memphis with family, it felt good […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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