Winter 2020 - Mobile Cabin III
January 15 - 21, 2020
Final Stretch
Wednesday, 1.15.2020 Valley of Fire State Park
Sam biked in the Vegas area since Monday morning. I fly in to Vegas by 9am on Wednesday, my 32nd birthday! He picked me up from Vegas airport with Dusty all decorated with birthday banners, balloons, hat, SPKs, and senorita bread for my birthday. What a great guy :)
Breakfast at Coco's bakery, then drive NE to Valley of Fire State Park.
Petroglyphs, petrified wood, red rocks, red canyon walk, Fire Wave hike, mtn sheep! Awesome!
Gorgeous, sunny day. Tropical Smoothie in St George, UT. Dinner at MeMe's cafe in Springdale - free crepe dessert with candle!
Drive up Kolob Terrace for BLM spot to park for the night.
An amazing and super special birthday, to say the least.
Drive through Zion Canyon! Beautiful day. Busy-ish, but reasonable.
Parked at the Grotto to hike to Scouts Lookout / Angel's Landing (went a little bit!). Blueberry
scone at the top. Heating up, got to 60! Perfect weather, great hike. Easy van lunch.
Drive up out of Zion, through the tunnel! Sam's favorite drive (Hwy 9). Kept up Hwy-89, scenic
route then cut over on I-70, to take I-15 North toward Provo, UT. Quick dinner in the Provo madness,
then over the mtns on Hwy-189.
I-80 for days until we pulled over to sleep west of Rock Springs, WY for the night due to icy, rainy, sketchy weather. Gonna be a cold one!
Friday, 1.17.2020 Fort Collins, CO
Continental Divide, 6930 ft
Woke up early, hoping to beat the icy storm in WY. Made our way to Fort Collins, CO to spend the weekend with friends, Pat and Emily Kohan!
Breakfast with beignets at Lucille's - awesome. Surprise Pat at work! Party at the Kohan's, complete with charcuterie board and barrel-smoked/cooked meat ... more awesome. So excited to spend time with them!
Saturday, 1.18.2020 2020 National Western Stock Show!
Went to the National Western Stock Show in Denver, CO. Watched Emily's friend compete in horse jumping, really cool! Rodeo was sold out. Dinner and drinks at Blue Moon Brewery, then walked to Mission Ballroom for a fun concert.
After a big day and late night Saturday, we followed up with a very chill, relaxing Sunday... complete with Megacouch! A few major accomplishments for today: watched the complete series of Lonesome Dove, walk to see neighbor horses, throw rocks on the thin ice of nearby reservoir, lovely but chilly sunset on the Front Range. Such fun to hang with the Kohan's!
Woke up early on Monday, 1.20.2020, to make the 15+ hour drive back to Duluth.
Thank you to our AWESOME hosts for such fun adventure :)
