For several years now, I’ve been a big fan of broadcasting my mistakes so that other people can avoid making them. It’s a bit humiliating to admit stupid, stupid errors, but it’s important to be honest with yourself and others about where you screwed up in order to learn your lessons as completely as possible. In that spirit, let’s talk about Monday.
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After a much needed night of sleep we opted to raid a nearby McDonald’s for breakfast and coffee, then go for a hike. There are apparently trailheads everywhere surrounding Bozeman, so we chose a manageable one to preserve our energy for later in the day and headed out. Read More
After driving basically all night, covering 900 miles in roughly 24 hours, we awoke to the sun’s merciless rays flooding the car in a Walmart parking lot. We were not pleased, but still in relatively good spirits. So we got breakfast. Read More
Our fifth morning was understood to be a working morning. We had to drive from Fort Collins, CO, to Badlands National Park in Wall, SD. Since we wanted to get out of Colorado as quickly as possible and fit in as many states as we could into our trip we also planned to go through Nebraska. For being a “work” day, it was surprisingly full of fun and notable experiences. It was also a 40 hour day, but more on that later. Read More
Waking up on day 4, I was a cold, cranky mess. It was 32 degrees and I was slightly hung over. It wasn’t a good start. I countered this by breaking camp in the way Boy Scouts taught us: quickly, efficiently, and with little regard for how well I could feel my fingers. Jordan, being the hero that he is, had started jetboiling the blackest coffee on earth for us to consume. Read More
The third morning of our trip proved that we were in a vicious cycle of searching for coffee while hung over. Naples, Utah is exactly what you expect, minus the overt mormonism. It’s a western town that looks as such. It’s got a touristy hotel with dinosaur statues as well as a statue of a Huey Cobra for some reason. In short: it’s an average middle American small city. It also happens to be adjacent to Jensen, Utah, and Dinosaur National Monument. Read More
Waking up fresh, with only a tinge of a hangover, we departed Boise early in the morning. Listening to Tina Fey’s “Bossypants” audiobook, we set out for Nevada, and the Bonneville Salt Flats. Read More
In life, it is understood that good friends don’t exactly grow on trees. It is an absolute rarity to find someone you can spend long stretches of time with without arguing and screaming at. I am lucky enough to have such a person in my life. His name is Jordan, and we went on a roadtrip.
Then it was back to loose fist sized gravel with sharp edges for the next 15 miles or so. At some point I entered a bird sanctuary where I saw a friendly Game Warden cruising along on his ATV. He looked to be having a better time than I.
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Curiosity Kills Colby 