
“You don’t really like people, do you?” a coworker asked me yesterday upon realizing I would be making our final drive north, to Colorado, by myself. “No,” I responded and smiled to myself, though that’s not entirely true. I do like people. I just like being alone in my car, with my music, camera, and…
It was drizzling when I woke in Chama, NM, this morning and as I stepped through my screen door and onto the shared front porch of the Vista del Rio Lodge, it smelled like the mountains as rain covered newly fallen leaves and still blooming flowers. After chatting with the women at the front desk…
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