chas

Life has been hectic lately so this morning as my wife and I sat around the living room I suggested "how about we just go for a drive today?" Thinking maybe some quality family time in the truck would be a nice way to spend our Sunday rather than getting tied up in housework, projects, etc. 
 
She immediately lit up - "How about we drive to Wyoming?"
 
Funny thing is, living in California our whole lives you kind of get stuck in that part of the country. We hit northern CA, we drove down to the border, we've been to Vegas and Arizona... but now living in CO we're a little more central to a lot more of the country. 
 
So we packed Tanner up, grabbed some snacks and hit the road today. We drove north, stopping in Ft. Collins which was beautiful. (NOTE TO SELF: work on saving up money to move to Ft. Collins, CO). After a quick lunch there we jumped back on the road and headed towards Cheyenne, WY. 
 
Along the way we saw all kinds of cool stuff. Since I was so consumed with just having a fantastic day with my family I didn't take a ton of pictures. We wandered thru the old west parts of Cheyenee (buildings dating as far back as the 1860's) We stopped at the capital building which was built in 1878.
 

 

 

 
When we finished up in Cheyenne we figured we could keep exploring north... so we continued on to a small town about 65 miles north called Chugwater. It was as small as it sounds... population 212 (and I think that was being generous) we stopped in front of a cool old/abandonded hotel. As best I could tell the plaque outside indicated it was built in 1922. Just thought it was a cool, forgotten part of the world
 

 

 
Since we'd gone that far we figured we might as well keep exploring. After all, the farther north we went, the less populated the world seemed. So we left Chugwater and continued north... driving thru some beautiful scenery until we got to a point where there were no signs of civilization we found a turn off and found a dirt road that wandered (in increasingly less maintained fashion) thru the plains and into a valley where there was just nothing but beautiful views. 
 

 

 
On the drive out this isolated road I stopped to snap a few pics of the truck. 
 

 

 
The view coming back down out of the hills towards the highway
 

 
Based on where I picked up GPS I mapped out the journey and made this map. 
 

 
This trip was such a great reminder of whats important. A great day with my wife and Tanner just enjoying the scenery and seeing some places we had never seen. No shopping malls, amusement parks, and not even taking a ton of pics. Just being consumed with exploring new places and being with eachother. Saw some truly breathtaking things today.
 
My wife happened to catch this picture of me wandering thru the fields looking for a shot with my camera that I thought was cool. 
 

 
Hope you enjoyed the pics. 
 
Thanks for reading / looking!

It amazes me how much purchasing Adams products and being a member of this community has motivated me to buy American made/crafted products.  This extends to the sandals I wear.  I wore my old pair out and sought out some Made in the USA sandals for the beach and lounging around.  Found a company called Okabashi that makes various footwear made within our shores.
 
Here is a link to their homepage:
 
http://www.okabashi.com/
 
 
Got my pair for around $20 and I can honestly say they are the best sandals I have ever worn. They are durable, comfortable, etc.
 
Hope this motivates others.
 
Chas

It amazes me how much purchasing Adams products and being a member of this community has motivated me to buy American made/crafted products.  This extends to the sandals I wear.  I wore my old pair out and sought out some Made in the USA sandals for the beach and lounging around.  Found a company called Okabashi that makes various footwear made within our shores.
 
Here is a link to their homepage:
 
http://www.okabashi.com/
 
 
Got my pair for around $20 and I can honestly say they are the best sandals I have ever worn. They are durable, comfortable, etc.
 
Hope this motivates others.
 
Chas

Wow man! Hope you recover quickly.

This is one of the reasons I have no temptation to see my previously owned cars not in my hands/care.  I know you didn't bring it upon yourself, but I would be gut wrenched.  Rare that you will find someone who will take care of it just as you would.  Sorry you had to see that man.

Looks great Chase.  Man with everyone on here buying some sweet trucks recently, I'm really getting the itch to trade in the Grand Cherokee. AHHHHH!

My sincerest thoughts and prayers go out to those devastated by this horrible tragedy spawned by mother nature.  Just surreal to see those images from Moore, OK and surrounding cities.  I hope all those members on here who reside and tornado alley remain safe.  I hear some more storms with tornado potential may be headed that way again today.