Sante Fe to OKC Drive

Great day for driving, overcast and no rain.   Kitties were a little anxious at first, Jerry hunkered down for the long haul and Benne decided to be a good traveler and was interested in seeing everything.

We stopped at the Big Texas Steak house for a burger and to give everyone a break.

Finally arrived in OKC about 7pm central time.

Santa Fe, NM

The drive was great and beautiful, going over the continental divide. Ben and Jerry prefer the super slab over back roads. The object to curves.

We checked out downtown Santa Fe, way cool and not to many people this time of year. On to OKC in the morning

4/25/09 It started out a great day. Clear skies, a light breeze and about 60 degrees. With our early start in Cortez, we were in Durango by 9am and found our expresso fix in the historical downtown. The little cafe dualed as a kitchen store with all the coolest new inventions. We moved on to the million dollar highway and explored the high mountain passes which at this point before Silverton were mostly clear of snow and were showing their beautiful red, tans, yellows and green colors. The spontaneous waterfalls were everywhere. After a short break at the information depot in Silverton we were on to Orvis Hotsprings Spa. The trip had spectacular views, waterfalls, very curvy and steep roads, finally snow in the upper elevations. Once we reached Orvis, we took another break. This place holds lots of memories from our last visit about 15 years ago with friends, where we had camped in the small campground right at the hotspring. After our spa, we moved on again. We lunched in Telluride, which was completely changed from the last time we were there. We had a great lunch of tacos at the local bakery in the middle of town, it was the about the only place open for business at this time of year. This was a beautiful day and a great 1 day loop.

Cortez CO

We took a great drive to Durango, CO, Silverton and Telluride. It snow on us at about 8K ft. The drive took us to 10K. We also stopped at the Orvis Hotsprings for a soak. Great place. Back in Cortez trying to get a little work done

Moab

We entered my favorite place in the world (so far). What 360 beauty. We hike Arches National Park, took lot of pictures. We had our dinner on the bank of the CO river at sunset. We just got a call from some old friends of our Michelle and Uwe and they are also in Moab so we are meeting them for coffee in a few minutes. We are leaving Moab to day and headed for Cortex, CO.
More soon.

day 1

We are in Jerome ID. Swinging place Ha! The cats were not very happy about the trip. But all in all not a bad trip

Jeff and Marie's Big adventure

Welcome,

To whoever cares, Marie and Jeff are about to embark on a trip that they have been planning and dreaming about for many years. To live for an extended time in a foreign country. 3 months in Argentina. This blogs will cover our story and adventure.

Here we go.