Econo Lodge Durango

... worked, worshiped, hundereds of years ago. It felt a little like invading space that was not there for me, somewhat educational and mostly I heard a lot of opinions about this or that concerning the civilization. The structures were amazing and the history was All very interesting. It must have been amazingly hard to live during that time. Of course for many people of the world today, this is not an easy time to live ...

... mountain town that has grown because of the railroad that stops here. We met some lovely people from New Mexico, Lisa and Brad, who camped next to us with their dog and 2 cats. Tomorrow we are headed North along a scenic route through the San Juan National Forest. RVing is the best.

Yay! Tonight we had our first show (1 of 2) in Durango, CO and it went phenomenal! Everyone kept talking about how "it' happened. For those of you that have been involved with theatre before, then you know that "it" is. During each of our songs tonight there was an ephemeral moment, a moment in which we all felt the goosebumps and had to blink back tears. We felt like the audience could really understand our message and music. We touched lives tonight ...

... how my parents surprised me by coming to our first show in Denver?

Well, it wouldn't be the full (original) Luebke family without my awesome sister, Alyson!

She flew from Minnesota last Saturday to see the show in Aspen! I was so excited to see her! It meant a lot to me that she came, especially since her Aspen stay lasted less than 12 hours as she was on a plane back to Minnesota before 6:00 a.m. the next morning.

Can you say best ...

... able to say good-bye to my Dad before leaving for Durango. I frantically called his cell phone and thankfully, it was one of the few times he answered :) He left the coffee at the coffee shop and sped over to my Mom and I. By that time I was sobbing, along with my Mom. I had a wonderful time with my parents! It was so relaxing to spend time with them and I miss them greatly.

Everyone, work on them for Germany! :)

We had ...

... who were already in line.
Anyway, we waited and waited and once it turned 10:00 and the gates opened the line started moving...slowly. We didn't end up getting to the box office- they sold out before we got there, but even before they sold out, people were already walking up and down the line trying to scalp their tickets. Once we saw that they had sold out we asked a couple people how much they were selling their ...

So while sitting in the tent in New Mexico, freezing to say the least, and remembering the fact that we never exactly finalized plans to sleep on anyones floor, couch or anywhere really in Colorado where we planned to travel the next day, Caitlin made herself useful by chatting on Facebook. As per usual, we all put half an effort into finding an accomodation, and eventually got distracted, but this time it actually paid off.  Caitlin had told us about Molly off ...

... like the movie) and had a reading of the story. All of the kids were spell-bound. But the arrival at the North Pole was the most special. Santa and half a dozen of his elves were on our side of the train and the North Pole was well alight with Christmas lights. Now, the kids went crazy, Zac included. He was out the window, waving and cheering (the couple of times we have shown him the movie seem to have worked a treat). Hopefully, we have capture his ...

... National parks. There are no fires allowed in the park, nor are there showers. So tomorrow morn. we get up early SHOWER and hit the road. Oh yeah, deadhorse area is supposed to be the best place in the U.S. for stargazing. We already have seen plenty of satelites and a few shooting stars. Gotta fly dinner ready, Peace Jim more pic's to follow after dinner. Hi we are back, late now so going to go to bed. Just wanted to let ...

... moving, and I couldn't get a hold of a friend in town to hang out. When I did, conversation was difficult. Dad had also just moved into a new place while I was gone, but the loft was nice enough, in town, and comfortable. I was happy to be out of the woods. I wouldn't even say I was suffering from terrible reverse culture shock. My euphoria at returning was simply dampened by physical exhaustion. All I really wanted to do was stare at the hills and accept that, finally, I ...