We have been on the road a week today! woo-hoo!!!
So far we have traveled approximately 896 miles (not including driving around town and scouting camping spots). We are in state numero four, although I don't really think we should count Oklahoma or Texas.
We have only spent $67 on overnight RV parking - two nights at an RV park in Taos ($30/night) and $7 for a night in the Wild Rivers camping area in the Questa/Cerro, NM area over the Rio Grande/Red River Gorge. The other four nights we parked for free at Wal-Marts, free public parking and an auto shop.
We're eating mostly from the food we brought but occasionally (like this morning) we splurge on coffee and breakfast for the wifi and a chance to update/charge. We keep a pretty strict budget ($400/month for food, about $13/day). So far it balances out eating in Scampi and eating out.
Yesterday was a particularly hard day as we found that all the camping spots in Colorado are closed until May 1, two weeks away. We didn't find any RV parks we particularly felt like paying for, and our backup plan of parking in Durango's Wal-Mart fell through when we pulled in and saw the signs everywhere warning that RVs parked overnight would be towed. Awesome. We used the last of our daylight to hightail it to Cortez (where we could get to another Wal-Mart). The Jeep was worrying us after the thousands of feet climbing elevation pulling Scampi. I was in a bad mood, I made Rae in a bad mood, and we arrived in Cortez frazzled and ready to fly to Seattle.
Our quest for beer began. Wal-Mart only had domestics, the liquor store closed an hour earlier, and the bar we went to was closed on Sunday. (We thought we left the Midwest?!?!) We walked a couple stoplights up the road and found a little restaurant with sign boasting "micro brewery" so we praised the heavens and stopped for a couple Fat Tires and food. The owner struck up a convo, then offered the back lot under the security lights for us to park overnight, gave us a free round of drinks and info about campsites at our next stop. Lovely to find hospitality like that after such a day.
Major plus - I have cell reception here in Cortez! I haven't had it since we left Las Vegas, NM last Wednesday. That's not very long, I know, but navigation is so much easier when you have an interactive map and internet in your hands! Travel through the mountains will remain navigated with paper, though. :)
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| Taos Valley RV Park |
So far we have traveled approximately 896 miles (not including driving around town and scouting camping spots). We are in state numero four, although I don't really think we should count Oklahoma or Texas.
We have only spent $67 on overnight RV parking - two nights at an RV park in Taos ($30/night) and $7 for a night in the Wild Rivers camping area in the Questa/Cerro, NM area over the Rio Grande/Red River Gorge. The other four nights we parked for free at Wal-Marts, free public parking and an auto shop.
We're eating mostly from the food we brought but occasionally (like this morning) we splurge on coffee and breakfast for the wifi and a chance to update/charge. We keep a pretty strict budget ($400/month for food, about $13/day). So far it balances out eating in Scampi and eating out.
Yesterday was a particularly hard day as we found that all the camping spots in Colorado are closed until May 1, two weeks away. We didn't find any RV parks we particularly felt like paying for, and our backup plan of parking in Durango's Wal-Mart fell through when we pulled in and saw the signs everywhere warning that RVs parked overnight would be towed. Awesome. We used the last of our daylight to hightail it to Cortez (where we could get to another Wal-Mart). The Jeep was worrying us after the thousands of feet climbing elevation pulling Scampi. I was in a bad mood, I made Rae in a bad mood, and we arrived in Cortez frazzled and ready to fly to Seattle.
Our quest for beer began. Wal-Mart only had domestics, the liquor store closed an hour earlier, and the bar we went to was closed on Sunday. (We thought we left the Midwest?!?!) We walked a couple stoplights up the road and found a little restaurant with sign boasting "micro brewery" so we praised the heavens and stopped for a couple Fat Tires and food. The owner struck up a convo, then offered the back lot under the security lights for us to park overnight, gave us a free round of drinks and info about campsites at our next stop. Lovely to find hospitality like that after such a day.
Major plus - I have cell reception here in Cortez! I haven't had it since we left Las Vegas, NM last Wednesday. That's not very long, I know, but navigation is so much easier when you have an interactive map and internet in your hands! Travel through the mountains will remain navigated with paper, though. :)
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| Taos |
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| Taos Valley RV Park |
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| Taos, NM |
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| Our fave coffee shop in Taos, World Cup |
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| Hiked to the bottom of the Red River Gorge, Questa, NM |
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| Red River, Questa, NM |
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| Red River, Questa, NM |
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| Wild Rivers camp site on the top of the Red River gorge, Questa, NM |
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| Wild Rivers |
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| Wild Rivers |
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| In the Wolf Creek area, CO. Not sure how much Rumi enjoyed this.... |
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| Where we are updating/charging/planning from this morning - Spruce Tree Coffeehouse in Cortez, CO |
I agree, World Cup is the best coffee shop in the world. Love their whole vibe.
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