So, what did I bring back from Colorado?  Well, I don’t know if you picked up on this subtle throughline that I wove into the narrative, but I hate mountain passes.  They are the most difficult type of driving and wear me out like little else.  But I also realize that I need to evaluate … Continue reading Lessons →

The front of the courthouse was partially obscured, but that I cannot blame on the trees. There was some kind of event there, so they put up a canopy for it. Not the first time I’ve run into a courthouse in use. Heck, not the first time on this trip. All the kids running around … Continue reading 880. Leadville, Lake County (CO64) →

The drive into Aspen was not at all what I expected.  It was all a wide main road, highway-like even, until I hit the town and then the courthouse.  And look at the gorgeous beast of a courthouse it is!  All red brick and, considering the holiday, liberty or some kind of crap like that.  … Continue reading 879. Aspen, Pitkin County (CO63) →

I know it’s hard to tell that the county associates itself with eagles, so the giant eagle over the doorway of the courthouse was a helpful, much needed clue. It actually wasn’t a courthouse, it was an administration building, but it had all the hallmarks of a county courthouse: the flagpoles were there, the election … Continue reading 878. Eagle, Eagle County (CO62) →

I was almost a little amazed that I even found the courthouse in Glenwood Springs.  There were so many options to choose from: a county administration building, the clerk’s office, another combined courts building, and so many other county offices.  Yet somehow I made it.  By that point, I had driven over 2200 miles so … Continue reading 877. Glenwood Springs, Garfield County (CO61) →

Future Arborists of America, attend!  This is another perfect example of the front of a courthouse being ruined by ill-placed trees!  Getting a closer look at the entranceway, I feel the shot could have been far more picturesque if not for the thrice-hated foliage.  All that said, one thing Meeker has that a lot of … Continue reading 876. Meeker, Rio Blanco County (CO60) →

I was pretty confused figuring out where to go for the courthouse.  The closest nominee I could find was the combined District Courts, which may or may not have been the right building, but I couldn’t find a county judge to make that assessment.  The county clerk was in a totally different building, surrounded by … Continue reading 875. Grand Junction, Mesa County (CO59) →

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) →