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I designed the header shown at the top of this blog last year, but just figured out how to get it to fit this blog. Anyway, it's not as "slick" looking as the other one, but it's more fun.
By the way, if you are reading this right now, you might be "follower" of my blog, meaning that you read it sort of regularly, or at least check in to see if I've added anything new (I know, I'm not great at posting regularly). If so, it would be nice if you would register as a follower by clicking on the "Follow This Blog" link shown in the right hand column. That would be nice.............
I am getting the itch to travel lately. The funds to do anything extravagant are not there, so I'm trying to come up with a long weekend somewhere around here. Last year, we went to a cabin and skied for a couple of days. Maybe something like that again. I'm already planning two trips for later this year. One will be our typical wanderings around USA Southwest and the other (in the fall) will be new travel territory up north to Glacier National Park and beyond. I have started planning spreadsheets for both of these trips that show destinations with mileages, # of RV nights and/or motel nights. I calculate gas costs, lodging costs, food costs and any miscellaneous costs so we can start planning how much money we need to have available. I've done this for years and it works. My estimates are fairly accurate and so we can go without worrying about credit card bills and such after our return. It makes that aspect (the largest) stress free.
On Sunday, we packed up some hiking apparatus and headed to a nearby, very small town for breakfast. This town is called Hygiene - yes, like clean and it is a very hygienic little town. Very pretty and situated in fairly close proximity to larger towns for shopping and such. Here's what Wikipedia says about the origin of this unusual name - it makes sense once you read it. Afterwards, we drove a couple of miles to Rabbit Mountain Open Space and hiked one of the trails. It wasn't a long hike, but it was adequate and gave us some great views of our front range area. By the time we got down to the trail head again, the parking lot was almost full. It was also warm, so we put the top down on Merle's Wrangler and drove through the mountains a bit and then back home. A very satisfying outing.
It is supposed to be 71F today - in January, believe it or not. The past couple of days have been in the 60's Farenheit. Wonderful! I have hiked and biked and made every possible effort to be outside before it turns winter like starting day after tomorrow. Temps will then be more typical for this time of year. However, we are all just totally enjoying the tropical breezes for now.
Malama Pono means "take care" in Hawaiian.
Malama Pono to you
