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Refills While You Travel

Tips to Top Off Your Tankard and Get You Back on the Road. For many when they travel, having their trusty metal cup or mug in hand is essential. For others, it’s a thirst-quenching insulated water bottle. I get it! My husband uses a tall Yeti for his coffee every morning. And in the afternoons …

Tips for Traveling With Your Furry Companion

If you are like us, pets are family members. Fun family members, the type we like to take with us on our trips, as opposed to the family we need a break from. Sometimes it is a hassle, but it is almost always worth it once we arrive at our destination. When we plan our …

One year!

It’s been too long since we put together a post, but as we celebrate our first year, it is the perfect time for an update. 2021 was a whirlwind of activity, with new experiences, new faces, and new friends! Starting out at the motel during the off-season was the best move, even if it wasn’t …

We like to share our stuff…

If you know us, you know we love stuff. Mostly old stuff, but always cool stuff. But we aren’t quite hoarders…and we know that for everything cool thing that comes down the pike, there is another one right behind it, so we are not especially attached to most of the things we collect. One of …

Winter is coming

With a title like “Winter is coming” you’d probably expect a nice snowy, frosty chilly looking photo, right? Well, oops, I didn’t have one handy, so you get to look at candy cigs instead. What winter in Raton means is that it can be cold, really cold. We’re at about 7700 feet here, so that …

Damn it, winter

Right now, it’s March 3. If you’re old enough, you remember that old saying about March, “In like a lion, out like a lamb.”  Rocky Mountain crazy weather would modify that to include everything up ’til  around Mother’s Day. Right now, it’s snowing and 16 degrees, with a “real feel” of FIVE DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.  Dude …