Pirates Plank

I can’t remember a better summer vacation than the one I took three years ago with my husband and our best friends Mike and Denise to the countryside of Colorado. Being from Southern Arizona it’s hard to imagine that a state that sits directly on top of our own could be so drastically different in its geographic elements and the rocky mountains are really that close. Of course it’s not like a literal next door, but still. We only spent ten days on the road that year, and it was a road trip, but we had more than enough great memories that could actually correspond to a three-month vacation.

We headed up through Flagstaff and then detoured over to where the four corners meet. For those of you who don’t know what that is, it’s the location were Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah all come together at a particular point. It has the distinction of being the only place in the nation where four states actually meet like that. Mike had always been fascinated with visiting that place though I’m not sure why. I think it had something to do with expressing the transcendence of his and Denise’s love. And they did just that. Each of them stood with a foot in one state and held hands so that they were able to express their love across four states. They were always the silly romantic ones while Kyle and I were always a bit more practical. And to be honest it was kind of fun jumping from one state to another.

I think the difference in our personalities contributes to why we typically have so much fun together. And we certainly had a great time on that trip. After four corners we headed up into Colorado and that night was the only night we stayed in one of the Colorado hotels. Every other night we put up our tents and slept in sleeping bags in the great outdoors. We had a fabulous time hiking and fishing and grilling our meals. We also had the canoe attached to the top of our jeep though we only got it in the water once while we were gone. However, that did nothing to deter our fun.

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