and into Telluride
our friend Ken, who is a builder/architect type guy, has this amazing house in Telluride which sits empty most of the year. he built the whole thing himself, mainly with materials found on the property. i can't express how amazingly cool this place is so i'll just show lots of pictures. in fact, for our stay in Telluride, most of the pictures i have are of the house anyway, since most of the time we just relaxed around the house. neither of us were feeling very well at this time (i think we got a minor flu bug in the Tetons) so i figured the best thing to do would be take it easy, not exert ourselves too much, and drink a lots of beer.
anyway, Ken's epic house:
it was fun being in Telluride and pretending to be rich. we checked out some of the real estate listings in the area and there were literally houses that were selling for 6 million dollars. i don't think there was anything under 2 million.
Ken bought his property like 20 years ago i think, and then build his whole house from scratch. i can't imagine how much he could sell it for, but he could probably buy a small island in the south pacific..
beyond all the cool Southwest / New Mexico touches, ken's got an epic record collection in the house too. very heavy on the 60's / 70's mountain man / psychedelic stuff. Neil Young, John Denver, The Byrds, Donovan, Love, etc...
we spent a lot of time listening to records and feelin' groovy
after visiting Snoqualmie we've both been wanting to see TWIN PEAKS again. we actually found it at the local video store (the whole 1st season) and rented it
when i say we didn't leave the house much, i mean it
it was a treat to be able to cook our own meals again (in a real kitchen)
all along we had planned to go to Santa Fe after Telluride, but it turns out there's some kind of "Indian Market" going on right now, and every single place is booked for 2 weeks. we were both looking forward to it, but then decided that no place we stayed in Santa Fe could possibly be as nice as Kens (plus, his place looks like it could be in Santa Fe).. so we decided to chill there a little longer instead.
things not pictured:
i did manage to get out and go running on this great trail but didn't bring my camera.
also, we went to this great hot springs place in Ouray, which is one of the nicest ones we've been to. i would definitely recommend checking it out if you're ever in the area.
here's a picture kiki by a rock, to make it look like we did some outdoor stuff...
on our way out of Telluride we saw this guy and his kid unicycling together, which kiki thought captured the spirit of Telluride pretty well.
kiki was impressed that such a young kid could unicycle so well. i thought so too, but i thought i could do it better, if i wanted to.
at the moment we're staying at kiki's good friend's house in Utah. i have some more catching up to do, but just wanted to show the awesome spot i'm blogging from, in her back yard next to a stream (with wireless internet)
we're slowly making our way back to Los Angeles and whether or not we're going to Vegas is a big topic of debate right now. i'll be sure and update you on the outcome
till then...
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