It was an auspicious sign as I rolled into town and saw fireworks.  It was the Fourth of July after all.  I saw lovely explosions in the air all the way from the outskirts to the courthouse.  I was caught off guard by all the muggles, but I shouldn’t have been.  They were all there … Continue reading 874. Moab, Grand County (UT11) →

Back in Utah again!  Just as Manila was easier to get to from Wyoming, Monticello was only a short drive from Dove Creek.  That said, I doubt Thomas Jefferson imagined either of them.  I managed to get my courthouse photos in the final rays of the dying sun.  Almost couldn’t get a decent one, thank … Continue reading 873. Monticello, San Juan County (UT10) →

I don’t especially like to speak ill of courthouses (unless they’re egregiously bad), but I feel that the Dolores County Courthouse speaks for itself. It’s definitely not in my top ten (which, now that I say that, I may have to compose a top ten courthouse list someday), but it’s also not in my bottom … Continue reading 872. Dove Creek, Dolores County (CO58) →

I’ve seen a number of counties and seats that form names, but I believed Cortez was the first time I’ve seen two connected names put together that are related historically but did not belong to the same person (I was wrong, thanks to Thomas Gilmer and Abel Upshur).  However, putting these two names together seemed … Continue reading 871. Cortez, Montezuma County (CO57) →

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) →