Thursday, January 5, 2023

Leaving Colorado, New Year's Day 2023

SUPER snowy

My dad, getting smoked by his Big Green Egg. We had the most delicious beef tenderloin before we left for Durango.


My favorite view!


falling snow...

Paco helped us change sheets on the beds.

so snowy

sweet boy






elk in the road

treacherous drive to Durango



Ironically, we heard this song "Wolf Creek Pass" while driving.

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LONG story short...about 20 minutes outside of Durango we learned that our flight the following day had been canceled. We were planning to stay overnight in Durango on January 1st in order to catch an early flight on January 2nd. BUT, due to the snow, that flight was canceled. We thankfully were able to rent an all-wheel-drive car at the Durango airport that we then drove to Albuquerque (in the snow storm, with avalanche warnings) to catch a flight home the following day (January 2nd). On January 2nd, we flew from Albuquerque to Chicago to Fort Lauderdale, finally getting home around 12:30 a.m. on January 3rd. Crazy!

We were sure excited to see a Whataburger in Albuquerque. :)

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