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) →

Once I arrived in Pagosa Springs, I was stuck in a traffic slowdown. There were pre-Fourth celebrations afoot, so downtown was filled with pedestrian muggles. When I finally made it to the courthouse, I was confused as all get out. What the holy heck was going on with it? Parts of it had been closed? … Continue reading 861. Pagosa Springs, Archuleta County (CO47) →