AM in CO

Holy shizzle muh whizzle has definitely been wetted!!
I cannot wait....

Gorgeous photos <3 <3

 

Thank you for letting me know where you'll be so I can finally meet you!

You can help me replenish my beef stick stash while I am there.

<3 Really would love to see you!!

 

For the most part, the city is friendly...I'm learning to stay away from the creepers. I don't make much eye contact anymore. I teach in a horrible area. Most of the city is going downhill. But there are still nice areas.

I ride around McConnell often and love attending the airshows there. They are building new base housing. The homes look amazing. You wouldn't know it was base housing if it didn't have the wall around it. The area is still nice and is continuing to be developed. I like riding around there and Spirit (formerly Boeing) to hopefully catch a glimpse of the Dreamlifter in flight. The thing is so huge it looks like it's barely moving in the sky. Looks like a right blimp.

Then fun things like this happen here too:

The plane was supposed to land at McConnell, but instead landed at our dinky Jabara airport 8 miles away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBYX2Xg-ivo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p82x9e3ovs0

As for being alone, I get the questions all the time...aren't you scared, what if something happens and you are by yourself, won't you get *gasp* LONELY????

I am an introvert...I always have to feel I need to disclaim that it doesn't mean Emotionally Unstable, EMO, Crazy, Antisocial, ETC...it just means, as you stated, that I am fine with being alone and feel it recharges me after spending time socializing or working during the week.

I like your word "aloneness". Yes, at times like last weekend when I saw the sun set behind Pike's Peak, I wished I could have shared the moment with someone. I've had those feelings before but that doesn't mean I'm desperately lonely.

Also, who else around here will go with me on crazy spontaneous ride your heart out adventures like this? The answer is really: NO ONE

So my only choice is ALONE. Because I refuse to sit on muh duff just because I don't have company.

I take myself to dinner alone, movies alone, I read alone, I play outside alone, I drink alone, I sleep alone...and sometimes I do those things with others. It's very liberating to be able to still have the spirit to do things alone and not be governed by feeling lonely like some people do...and some of those people just sit and pout instead of getting out.

Anyhoo, I will always have fun alone. If someone wants to come along, great!
My fun and happiness is never dependent upon anyone else.
I'm responsible for my joys and I'm lucky that having to be alone at times comes easy for me.

 

...as well as a dose of seeing the infamous Badbilly.

I'll be sure to send you my itinerary so you can be around when I am. First few days of this upcoming June.

 

Thank you!! Gunnison to Ouray ad Telluride to Mesa Verde is highly possible!

I have a friend riding the first part of my summer trip with me.
After going up Pike's Peak, we are heading to the Four Corners. We could detour up to Hotchkiss and back down as well.

Thank you for the suggestions...much appreciated as we haven't talked about roads to take yet.

 

Thank you!!
Look for muh next rode to begin in May...