
I wasn’t the best at either as I’ve never had a lot of stamina but even if I couldn’t go fast, I could hike for a long time. Hmm, where are all my photos? Come to think of it, I am not sure where all my photos actually are. I remember on my trip to see Great Sand Dunes, it started raining - but only on 1/2 of the road! I have that picture somewhere. I loved going to National Parks and for awhile I collected quite a few stamps for my National Park Passport (hmm…wonder where that is now?) I loved taking pictures and soft of fancied myself to be some amazing photographer - well, I still do. (The Teapot Dome Scandal was one of the things I remember from history class.) I also tried to find Teapot Dome where I almost ran out of gas but thankfully found a gas station before I did. I also took trips to visit my friend Pam in Wyoming, my brother Trent in Kansas City and one year I took a few extra days driving out via South Dakota where I saw the Corn Palace, the Badlands, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Monument and one of the most amazing things I have ever seen, Devil’s Tower.

In Colorado I saw Pike Peak, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, went up to Bolder and had many many miles of driving winding roads in the mountains. So, I did a little managing, a little storytelling and a lot of driving!


But the only way I could really make working at the festival possible was taking on the role of managing the workers at the front gate, similar to what I did at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival. The great thing about this was that I worked on the weekends and could travel and sightsee during the week. For a few summers I was fortunate to perform and work at the Colorado Renaissance Festival.
