Of all the places I’ve dreamed of living someday, Colorado is certainly at the top of the list.  VO artist and science writer Carolyn Petersen and her husband are living my dream…now.

In the final day (Tuesday) of my 3400-mile sojourn to Illinois and back, my travel partner and I made the 40-mile sidetrip North from I-70 to the place where CC and her husband, Mark, live high high up in the Rockies.  They’ve been in their gorgeous log-cabin about a month, having moved from Massachusetts.  Both are from CO, though, and clearly seem to relish the reality of being back.

Here’s the video I took of the last few hundred yards of gravel road leading up to their mountain perch:

…and here’s the photo of (left) Carolyn, husband Mark (middle) and me on the right.

Both were very generous in sharing the story of their lives and their new digs with us.

Their stiffest early challenge was finding a reliable internet connection (microwave was the answer)…something they’re still tweaking…and how they might someday be able to bury some pesky power lines you see in the background of our photo. Those lines do tend to interrupt an otherwise incredible view of the Continental Divide from their front-porch.  Wow!

CC and I are beneficiaries of a wonderful online VO community I often mention, here, on my blog:  The VO-BB.  These virtual forums allow for strong bonds to be created, and yet, an eventual honest-to-goodness physical meet-up always manages to solidify the ties a little more.

Thanks, Carolyn and Mark for sharing your living dream with me!  You guys rock!

CourVO