Tumbleweed

About ten days ago, we left LA and headed east to start this next chapter of our van travels. It was nice to get out of California as gas dropped from over $7 gallon to less than $5 gallon in Arizona (see photo below). We decided to spend a couple nights in the Grand Canyon since it was on the way to Colorado. It was actually my third visit to the Grand Canyon in the past few years but that's fine by me as being in the Grand Canyon never gets old. Ginny and I did a couple short hikes along the rim together and I did a 18 mile trail run down to Phantom Ranch while Ginny hiked down South Kaibab trail to Skeleton Point.  After our visit to the Grand Canyon, we drove northeast and headed right through the four corners of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado as we left Arizona and entered Colorado. We started seeing marijuana dispensaries and micro breweries left right and center once we got into Colorado. We visited Mesa Verde National Park where there any many cliff dwellings from t...

Greetings all from downtown Los Angeles, CA! We're wrapping up our time in California this week staying at a friend's amazing loft in the Art's District near downtown LA. It’s been great being in California for the past month and a half but it’s time for us to move on to our next adventure. We do love it here but it's gotten so expensive so it's not really the best place for early retirees like us living on a fixed income. At the very least, we're hoping to find gas prices below $6 when we leave California (see photo below of gas prices in LA). In my last post, I mentioned that I was struggling with some injuries leading up to the San Diego Rock 'n Roll Marathon. In fact, I couldn't even get out the door for training runs up until two days before the marathon due to nagging groin and rib injuries. I was pretty close to throwing the towel in but then miraculously my body started feeling better on the Friday before the race. So I felt really fortunate to m...