With the huge anti-LGBTQI+ political organizing coming out of here since at least the early 90’s, I have never been much inclined to show my super-gay self with my super queer wife in this town. But… it is really really beautiful here. The amount of red rock peeking through the trees and bushes in the middle of a sizable city is remarkable. And the riding areas are so accessible from town and just gorgeous. Again I am floored by the lack of fees charged for open spaces here.

Yes, that cloud behind the fin at the end is very ominous. I completely thought we’d get dumped on at the end but it missed us and blew away. Weather here is hyper local. We had a scary drive home some hours later in the dark. One minute I can barely see the lines on the road, the next it’s dry ground, the next total downpour again. This time with lightning!

This may have been the prettiest ride we have done. So much variation in terrain and view. It was also cloudy so the pictures don’t do it justice.

And we got to spend one last evening with Kristin! In the midst of her clinical experience down here she spent her evening with us.