Sometimes we leave a small footprint. Last time we tanked up was crossing the New Mexico border into Colorado. We stayed a week in Cortez, did a job. We did another job in Cortez the next week, moved to Durango, did another job, moved to Ridgway, did a job in Montrose, moved to Montrose and did a job in Telluride. Left Montrose this morning and stopped for fuel on the way out. Took half a tank.
Haven’t done the math, but we’ve left behind a lot of resource consumption (water for a house and big yard, gas, electricity, city commute…) in exchange for some diesel fuel. Seems like a fair exchange.
Drove north to Grand Junction, west to Glenwood, southeast on Highway 82 to Basalt. Centrally located for a series of jobs mostly here in the Roaring Fork Valley: Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, and Aspen. Nice weather; a little hot. The Roaring Fork and some really nice walking trails are just a few coach-lengths behind us.
