If I had a wagon...

We have wanted to go back to Colorado since 2008. Many things have happened - we've lost both of Ray's parents, I had the broken back, surgery, and a year of rehab. In June of 2012, when we were finally able to go, it was too late to find a house to rent in the mountains for 3 weeks but the perfect time to plan a trip for the summer of 2013!

That's right, we planned a 3 week trip but the best laid plans.... 

A friend of ours, who is into photography as much as Ray, found a photo workshop in the Tetons. She thought he might be interested and, of course, he was. That left a 2 week gap between the Colorado trip and the Wyoming workshop so we extended our stay in Estes Park to 5 weeks. We got such an amazing deal on the house we are renting that the two weeks are almost free - nice!

As usual for us, we will take our time traveling - we thoroughly enjoy the journey of our trips - so I guess we'll be gone about 8 weeks. 

We still need to do are a few errands and pack. It's almost time to leave - just a couple more days!

In case you don't know the significance of the title of this post, watch this:

When we were in graduate school in Colorado, KHOW radio played this song every Friday at 5 PM. It always signaled the beginning of the weekend. Isn't it funny that the weekends were never the same after we left the state?!

One of a number of versions of Colorado:

COLORADO

Dave Allen / Paul Colwell (ASCAP)

Chorus

If I had a wagon I would go to Colorado

Go to Colorado, Go to Colorado.

If I had a wagon I would go to the State

Where a man can walk a mile high.

Verse

You come across the prairie

And there before your eyes

You see the Rocky Mountain peaks

Climbing up to the sky

Climbing up to the sky.

Chorus

If I had a Chevy I would drive to Colorado

(etc.)

Verse 

I'm lookin' for more than silver

I'm lookin' for more than gold

Just like the Rocky Mountain State

Got folks who are rugged and bold

Folks who are rugged and bold.

Chorus

If I had an airplane I would fly to Colorado

(etc.)

Verse

Just take a big deep breath of

That most abundant air

That's why so many folks from

California are there

California are there.

Chorus

If I had a spaceship I would land in Colorado

(etc.)

Verse

There's hating and there's fighting

Across this world so wide

Our uniting spirit they will find

At the Great Continental Divide

At the Great ontinental Divide.

Chorus 

I don't have a wagon, and I

Don't have a Chevy, and I

Don't have an airplane, and I'll

Never have a spaceship, but I've

Got two feet to walk with, and it's

Colorado or bust

Where America can learn again

Just like Colorado men

How to hold your head up high

How to hold your head up high!