Future Arborists of America, attend!  Who decided to plant these trees this way?  Why would someone do this?  This was most certainly an intentional choice!  The courthouse was decently styled for a newer building.  I wouldn’t say I was in love with it, but it was pleasant.  But these trees, planted in their perfectly spaced … Continue reading 870. Durango, La Plata County (CO56) →

When I pulled into town, I saw a tower and thought to myself that I had arrived.  I was wrong; that was just City Hall.  The courthouse was more impressive, more like what I would have expected (or at least hoped) to find.  Once again, the streets were filled with muggles as Fourth of July … Continue reading 869. Silverton, San Juan County (CO55) →

Ouray was celebrating the Fourth of July. Unlike Telluride, however, they were more lowkey, opting for a baseball game, frolicking in the park, and other smaller diversions instead of a giant, community summoning one. Or so I thought initially. When I entered town, I found my self partially blocked by people seated in the street. … Continue reading 868. Ouray, Ouray County (CO54) →

About a year ago, I did a fourth interview for Groundspeak (obviously after the first, second, and third ones). Well, they asked me to come back and do it again. Did you think I was going to say no? Yesterday, my fifth interview dropped! Since it went along with the beginning of Making Memories, I … Continue reading Here It Is 15: I Guess They Like Me Or Something? →

The drive to Telluride was not as bad as I had feared.  While the road was winding, it was not the twisty, annoying, high mountain road crap I had come to loathe around Creede and Lake City.  However, I was slowed down on the way into town for the most unexpected reason.  The Fourth of … Continue reading 867. Telluride, San Miguel County (CO53) →

The drive in from Montrose was blessedly flat and simple: no windy roads, no hairpin curves, no cresting anything.  I never felt so happy for a simple drive before.  The courthouse was adequate, though not special.  There was the unfortunate issue of a tree covering up the name of the place, but otherwise no big … Continue reading 866. Delta, Delta County (CO52) →

Now that is a courthouse! It's also obviously the old courthouse. There is actually a more modern structure, a combined court building at another location in town. I came here because the county clerk is based behind this old courthouse, and got to see this beautiful old chonker. Yes, I know that it's not the … Continue reading 865. Montrose, Montrose County (CO51) →

It was too rainy when I arrived in the middle of the night, so I hit the courthouse first thing in the morning. Unfortunately, I wasn't impressed with it. Much like Creede, it was a fairly newly constructed courthouse that seemed a lot like a megachurch. It obviously did the job, but but it made … Continue reading 864. Gunnison, Gunnison County (CO50) →

Lake City made me mad from the jump.  First of all, I had to summit an 11,500 foot mountain to get to it in the first place through the Slumgullion Pass.  But I did make a quick stop at... ...North Clear Creek Falls. The intermittent rain no doubt helped make it more picturesque than it … Continue reading 863. Lake City, Hinsdale County (CO49) →

Unlike my confusion upon approaching the courthouse in Pagosa Springs, I know what the problem with this courthouse is.  It’s not that it’s bad, it’s just not good.  It’s basically a barndominium or like a prefab church or something.  I mean, don’t get me wrong, Creede is a small town so it’s not like they … Continue reading 862. Creede, Mineral County (CO48) →