Some new flowers in our meadow

Our intention was to find a new spot to camp closer to Durango, but we had no luck. Our first stop was Junction Creek, a national forest campground about 5 miles north of town. We took a drive to check it out, only to discover that its location amid a tall Ponderosa Pine forest resulted in no usable cell signal. So we drove on, past the campground and up a steep switch-backed dirt road. For some reason dispersed camping is not allowed in the national forest until seven miles past the campground. Unfortunately, when we reached the seven mile point there was a gate across the road. Apparently this portion of the road doesn’t open until the end of May. It was too bad because from way up there we had excellent cell reception. There was also some awesome views of the valley below with white capped mountains in the distance.

Our almost view- too bad the road was closed

Our other option was an RV park, but there were none in town that we could get excited about. Also, it’s looking like we’ll spend a week at an RV park when it finally gets warm enough to head up to Silverton. The thought of two weeks in a row at an RV park is not appealing, so we made the decision to stay in our little meadow for awhile longer. Or at least until we need to go dump our tanks.

Phineas loves his grassy yard- perfect for playing ball

Not too much has happened that’s been blog worthy in the past week. One day we drove over to Mesa Verde National Park for the afternoon. We elected not to go on a guided tour, instead just exploring some of the park on our own. Below is one of the largest ruins in the park. You can get a pretty good view of it from above, but if you want to hike down into the ruins you must go with a guide.

Cliff Palace Ruins

This is the Spruce Tree House Ruins. It is the only ruins in the park that you can hike to and explore around without a guide.

Spruce Treehouse Ruins

It was pretty impressive up close and amazing to think that years ago roughly 200 people inhabited this mini city in a cliff.

Spruce Treehouse Ruins

We also took the two and half mile hike out to Petroglyph Point.

Ancient art

The rest our our week was pretty uneventful. We went on a few more small hikes near our camping spot, and lucky Phineas got to return to the nearby river. The weather has been gorgeous with temps in the 70s and bright blue skies filled with the most perfect puffy clouds.

Blue sky + clouds

On Friday we made our way into Durango to take care of some errands. The plan was to pick up some packages, do some laundry and get the oil changed on the truck. We left the house a little before 9:00 with the intention of returning home no later than 1:00. It didn’t work out that way. Instead we spent most of the day in the waiting room at the Goodyear tire place and returned home with two baskets of dirty laundry and a rental car.

Our waiting room view

Here’s what happened. After getting the oil changed at Jiffy Lube, Tim decided to stop at a garage and see about having new front brakes put on the truck. He purchased the brake parts awhile ago, but due to a tricky bolt was not able to get the old brakes off. At first he was just going to ask them to loosen the bolt, but since they agreed to use the parts we already had, and could do it right away, we decided to let them do the entire job. It should have only taken an hour. An hour and half later the guy came into the waiting room and showed us the bolt that Tim had not been able to remove from the brake caliper. It was stripped and they suspected that whoever last replaced the brakes (before we owned the truck) had screwed it in wrong. Great. The really sucky part was that since the bolt couldn’t be put back, the truck wasn’t drivable. The even more sucky part was that the only way to fix it was to get a new caliper. A new $200 caliper. It gets worse. Apparently there were no calipers to be found anywhere nearby. They finally located one in Cortez and told us someone would go pick it up on Saturday and the truck would be ready to go by noon the next day. Pretty sucky right? The next hurdle was finding a way to get back to our boondocking spot 25 miles away. After calling all the rental car places in town we finally found a place that had a car we could pick up right away. Of course it was at the airport which is almost 20 miles outside of town. One $40 cab ride later we had our car. By the time we got home it was nearly 4:00. Not how we thought the day would go.

Airstream + Ford Focus

On Saturday morning we drove back into town with the intention of doing our laundry, picking up the truck, returning the rental car, and getting home no later than 1:00. Once again, thing didn’t work out as planned. Laundry went off without a hitch and we even got a chance to walk over and check out the farmer’s market. It was only the second market of the year, and since the growing season is just starting around here there were more goods than produce for sale. I did find an awesome jar of Strawberry Jam called “Not Yer Mamma’s Jam”. It was strawberry mixed with jalapeno and had just the right amount of kick to it. I was pretty excited because earlier in the week I came upon a recipe for Balsamic Strawberry and Chicken Pizza with Sweet Onions. It called for a sauce made of strawberry jam and balsamic vinegar mixed with a bit of Sriracha for heat. I just knew this jam would be the perfect thing for what sounded like a pretty awesome pizza.

At the farmer’s market

We showed up at the garage at noon. Since we hadn’t heard from them we assumed everything had gone smoothly. Never assume. The guy at the front desk (who we later learn was the manager) tells us that the caliper showed up defective. For some reason instead of immediately trying to locate another one they decide to try and fix it. He informs us that he has a guy working on it now, but if they can’t fix it a new one will have to be ordered. Not sure why they didn’t call to tell us that hours ago when they first discovered the problem. At this point we’re still holding out hope that we’ll get the truck back in one piece by the end of the day, so we headed down to the river to have a little lunch while we waited.

Some rafters floating past

After lunch we went back to the garage to see if any progress has been made. We spend more time in the waiting room, occasionally getting updates. At one point it sounds like some progress has been made. Finally a little after 2:00, the manager guys comes out to tell us that they’ve given up on fixing the part and will need to order another one. He’s already called around and the soonest they can get one is Tuesday. Needless to say at this point we’re both pretty annoyed. Keep in mind we’re just taking their word that the part was broken when it arrived. For all we know it was perfectly fine and they are the one’s who broke it. I mean otherwise why would they spend all day trying to fix it? If it came in broken why not send it back immediately? Tim says as much to the guy and he in turn gets all defensive and tries to claim that he’s giving us a deal by not charging us for the six hours of labor wasted trying to fix the part. WHAT! Of course you’re not charging us! Finally after some back and froth arguing the guy ends up handing us the keys to the company truck so we can return the rental car. It was a good move on his part but we’re still pretty ticked off about the whole fiasco. So we return the rental car and make the drive back home, once again arriving home at almost 4:00. At least this time we have clean laundry.

Airstream + Goodyear truck

We had originally planned on going to the Taste of Durango festival on Sunday afternoon, but after driving into town two days in a row neither of us felt up to it. Instead we had a quite day at home. I replanted my traveling garden with a new grass that will hopefully be drought tolerant. This container started off full of herbs, but since we’ve been doing a lot of boondocking and every drop of water must be conserved, this combo of plants seems better suited to our lifestyle.

The traveling planter in all its glory.

It was one of those cloudy over the mountain kind of days, and the while it never actually rained the clouds kept rolling in and obstructing our sun.

Clouds rolling in.

Since our hiking shoes got left behind in the truck we couldn’t go on any ambitious hikes, but we did walk up the road aways in an attempt to at least get a little exercise.

Phineas leading the way

Hopefully tomorrow we’ll get the truck back and things will be back to normal. Oh, and by the way that pizza I mentioned earlier- It was incredible!

The most amazing pizza ever!

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Okay, on to the good stuff. This is where we moved to next.

A meadow of our very own

We discovered this dispersed camping (free) spot on the site Freecampsites.net. We’ve had mixed results using this website. In general we’ve found that some of the info on there is out of date, or sometimes just plain wrong. I guess that’s what happens when you have a database of free, and almost free, camp sites submitted by users. This time it was spot on though. The directions and sites descriptions were perfect and we easily found ourselves a great spot. Here’s a map link to where we are. There are several other good spots nearby, some even suitable for rigs much larger than us.

Through the trees

The most difficult part was finding an area of the meadow that was somewhat level. After driving around in a circle we settled on a spot near the edge of the trees, and with only a few blocks managed to level the trailer. The downside was that we ended up in a slightly muddy area. Since it was raining when we arrived, we (by we I mean Phineas) immediately tracked mud inside. So much for our super clean Airstream. Eventually the rain stopped and after only one day of sunny skies the mud dried out.

Forget-Me-Not

We’re up at ~8,200 feet and signs of spring are just starting to appear. The grass in the meadow is greening up nicely, but the short trees that surround us, called Gambel or Scrub Oak, are not yet showing any leaves. We took a drive up the forest road that passes our site and found the hillside covered with an Aspen forest. There was not even a speck of green anywhere.

No leaves in sight up here

The forest had obviously been logged at some point and was in various stages of re-growth.

New Aspen trees filling in a recently logged forest

As we climbed higher a very recently logged area with no new trees offered us a view of the valley below.

Valley View

Eventually we reached 10,000 feet and some snowy mountains.

snowy mountains

We also spotted some patches of snow on the ground and let Phineas out for a bit of fun. He remembered exactly what to do with the white stuff.

Sweet, sweet snow

We’ve been amusing ourselves around camp by hiking on the numerous trails and roads nearby. The Rio Grande Southern Railroad (RGS) once ran through this area, and while the tracks were abandoned in the early 50s, the pathway through the forest created by the narrow gauge railroad is still alive and well in the form of national forest roads and hiking/biking trails. The RGS twisted and turned its way through Colorado’s mountains and forests for 162 miles from Ridgeway to Durango. It opened for business in 1890 and closed down in 1954. For most of its existence the railroad struggled to survive, fighting ever constant financial burdens, the silver Panic of 1893, and the great depression. Today you can still find remains of the RGS scattered along the former route. From old depots to trestle bridges, bunkhouses, water towers and sections of untouched track, the railroad remnants are still there for those who care to find them. Here in the area east of Mancos, the remains of a railroad water tower can be found tucked down in the forest alongside a stream. We came across the tower on one of our hikes. Unfortunately, we didn’t know the significance of the building at the time and neglected to take any photos. We did, however, take pictures of the lovely stream and our very happy dog enjoying it.

Happy in the stream

Yesterday our afternoon hike took us along the section of the old railroad the runs east from Mancos to Durango. After a few miles we came upon a spur trail that traveled south to the Target Tree National Forest Campground. This had been one our options for a place to camp if the dispersed camping didn’t pan out. It was a nice enough campground with wooded sites. But for $18/night with no hook-ups, and not even any potable water because the spigots are not yet turned on for the year, it doesn’t seem worth it.

One of the sites at Target Tree

Tim using the picnic table at site 15 for a little nap

Especially not when we can find a spot like this for free!

Free camping rocks

Tomorrow we’re going on a scouting mission to seek out a camping area a bit closer to Durango. While we love our spot here, we plan on staying in this area until the end of May and would like to be closer to town. Right now we’re about 20 miles west of Durango and about 25 miles east of Cortez. The tiny towns of Mancos and Hesperus are nearby, but there doesn’t appear to be anywhere to get fresh water which will eventually be a problem. We probably won’t move until near the end of the week though because this place is so enjoyable.

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Utah = Cool

Our last destination brought us only ~100 miles east of where we first entered Utah at the bottom of Lake Powell. Goosenecks State Park is a free park near the southern edge of Utah only about 25 miles north of Monument Valley. That’s right, I said free. Free to camp, free to picnic, or free to just peer over the edge at the San Juan River nearly 1000 feet below.

One of the “necks” at Goosenecks State Park

For a stretch of six miles the San Juan River flows through a series of tight turns- known as Goosenecks- over a distance of only one and half miles. An ariel view of the area shows the incredible path that the river has carved in the rocks. The park sits at the edge of one of these turns and offers up a viewing area with railing, a picnic shelter, a pit toilet, and a long stretch of road where you are free to camp.

On the ridge

We chose a spot near the edge of the cliff with an awesome view of the deep canyon below.

Living on the edge

Out the door view

Our second night at Goosenecks we were joined by some fellow airstream travelers. This family of three + one dog live in California and travel whenever possible in their cute 19′ Bambi. They contacted us back when we were in Zion asking for some advice on the area and the logistics of traveling with dogs. We’ve been keeping track of each other through our blogs and Facebook pages ever since, and somehow ended up at Goosenecks on the same night.

Two airstreams at the edge of a cliff

Dave, Ann, Wynne and pooch Gorilla (not pictured) pulled up just in time for us to enjoy a delicious group dinner. I was already in the middle of preparing a Lentil Cottage Pie, and they generously offered up some delicious ground pork from the pigs they raise on their mini-farm back in CA. It was a great addition to the meal and I am not sure if this dish will ever be as tasty again. Somehow in the lentil vs. pork battle, the pig wins every time. We spent the evening trading travel stories and plotting where we might possibly meet up again. As always, it was wonderful to meet like-minded travelers and we sincerely hope to cross paths again in the near future. And hey, you never know, the next time we’re in CA we might just pop in for some more of that tasty pork!

Dave, Ann and Wynne

Our two days at Goosenecks were not so great in terms of weather, but we did manage to get out and take a drive on the famed Valley of the Gods Road. Originally the plan was to boondoock on the VOG road. The are numerous spots along the seventeen-mile road with  gorgeous views all around. We changed our plan when the rain rolled in though. I was scared off by the folks on numerous RV forums who warned of wet, muddy roads and stuck RVs. After driving it with just the truck I can see why people with RVs would want to avoid the western portion of the road- in any weather. The road makes several deep dips that probably would have resulted in some sort of trailer damage had we attempted it. The east end of the road, however, is easily passable for any size rig. We spotted a few huge, gorgeous boondocking spots that would have been perfect for us. After leaving Goosenecks we almost moved over to the VOG for a night, but we were running low on both water and food so decided to move on. Next time we’ll be finding a spot on the eastern end of this road for sure.

This one is called Lady in a Bathtub- Can you see her?

More rock beauty

Yes, the rocks really were this red. This photo has not been altered in any way

Tim bravely climbed up to the base of this rock in search of a Geocache. Can you see him at the base of the pointy part? He’s the tiny blue speck. Unfortunately, after climbing all the way up there the Geocache was nowhere to be found.

Tim in search of the elusive Geocache

Phineas and I waited for him about halfway up the rock. The view was incredible.

The large rock on the right is called Battleship Rock

The road zigzags through the massive rocks

These two are called Rooster Butte and Setting Hen Butte

After the Valley of the Gods Road we drove a few miles south of the park to see the famous Mexican Hat Rock that the town of Mexican Hat is named for. The rock was cool, but the town itself didn’t warrant any photos.

Mexican Hat Rock

Monument Valley was only about 20 miles south of Mexican Hat, so we figured why not go see it. By the time we arrived the weather was pretty grim and we decided not to pay the fee to enter the visitor center and viewing area. Instead, we took some photos from the side of the road. The light was really strange so only one photo is worth sharing here. I think on a better weather day Monument Valley would be fun to explore, but if you’re looking to avoid crowds and have a more up close and personal experience with the rocks, the Valley of the Gods Road is the way to go.

Monument valley

There you have it. Our last stop in Utah. See you down the road in Colorado…

See ya later Utah

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The Cedar Mesa

Amazing Comb Ridge

Much of Cedar Mesa is owned by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which means camping is free and plentiful. From our last stop near the Adobo Mtns. we drove south to Blandon, and then west on Route 95 through the mesa. Route 95 is the only major road that runs east to west through Cedar Mesa. All along 95 there are numerous dirt roads and pull-offs with tons of spots to camp. Not all of these roads and pull-offs are RV accessible, but with a little caution and common sense I think any size rig could find a suitable boondocking spot somewhere on Route 95. The easiest spot is in Comb Wash where a wide swath of land filled with Cottonwood trees and flat sandy terrain makes for a popular RV destination. The downfall to Comb Wash is that you will most certainly be near other campers. After so much time in Zion, and then Arches, surrounded by other campers we were really looking for a solitary existence, so we bypassed the wash in search of a more private spot. Lucky for us we arrived with some sound advice from a couple of fellow RVrs who had recently visited the area. They gave us directions to several roads that would be safe for us to travel with the airstream. This was extremely helpful because we are often hesitant to drive down small dirt roads with the airstream in tow without knowing what we are getting into.

An airstream sized spot in the forest

We ended up on Forest Rd 342, which is called Bailey S. Lower Rd. on Google maps. Here are the GPS coordinates for our location 37.539884,-109.755926. If you zoom way in and change the map to satellite view you will see the dirt pull-off where we parked. This was really the only spot on this road that we could have fit. There were a number of other spots, but either the spot was too small or the dirt spur to get to the spot was too skinny. After a few days of driving around the area we discovered several more areas that had some great boondocking spots. One was the next road to the west of us. I can’t remember the number posted by the road, but it had some great spots with awesome views of the mesa. The other area was on Cottonwood Road, a few miles to the east of Comb Ridge. We drove a portion of this road with the truck and spotted at least 6-8 different boondocking spots, some that could fit several rigs.

The biggest downside to boondocking on Cedar Mesa was the fine red dust that covers the land. By the time we settled in our site the outside of the airstream and truck were covered with this dust. After one day, the inside of the airstream was covered with red dust, and after one minute our brown dog was rolling and sleeping in the red dust. It made for a few dirty, dusty days.

So much red dust!

The Anazasi Ruins are the reason most people visit the area. It’s hard to say just how many ruins are located on the Cedar Mesa Plateau because many have not yet been discovered. Some of the ruins are marked on maps and easy to find, and others are not. A quick Internet search revels the most popular ruin sites, but it is also possible with a little persistence (and a good GPS so you don’t get lost) to find them on your own. We started with some of the more easy to find ruins. One of the most popular sites is the Butler Wash Ruins. This area is maintained by the BLM with an easy to find trail and informative signs at the site. The Butler Wash Ruins are believed to have been built and occupied by the Anazazi Indians around 1200 AD. You can’t explore inside the ruins because they are set high up on inaccessible cliffs.

Butler Ruins

Here is a close up of the Butler Wash ruins. We visited in the afternoon when the sun was already behind the cliff, so unfortunately the ruins were in the shade and kind of hard to see.

Luxury accommodations in the cliffs

From the Butler Wash Ruins we hiked a quarter mile east to the trail head for Upper Butler Wash. You can also park at the this trail head if you choose. The walk up Butler Wash was a very pleasant stroll along a small stream lined with tall grass and Cottonwood trees.

The Phineas beast stalking his prey in the grass

The lizards were out in amazing numbers scampering around and sunning themselves on rocks. This little guy stopped to pose for Tim. Why does it always look like they’re frowning?

Larry the Lazy Lizard

About a mile up the trail we spotted a deep cave off to the left. This is the Ballroom Cave. There are a few visible ruins near the edge of the cave and lots of large boulders. We didn’t hike up and into the cave, but I later learned that we should have. After reading more about the Ballroom Cave I discovered that back in the cave lies more ruins and a few petroglyphs.

Ballroom Cave

A few hundred feet past the Ballroom Cave we found another site with ruins. Even after an exhaustive Internet search I couldn’t find a name for these ruins, which is strange because they are obviously visited often. There is another ruins site nearby called Target Ruins. We thought that’s what we had found, but I later realized that we missed the turn for the Target Ruins altogether. I guess next time a little more prior research would be helpful.

No Name Ruins

A very rickety ladder, ceiling art from ancient fires, solid window construction

Another easy to find ruins site is in Mule Canyon. After a short one mile hike we spotted a well used trail off to the right. It lead up some slickrock to the House of Fire Ruin, named for the patterns on the rocks in certain light. This one was easy to walk up to and explore around.

House of Fire Ruins

Due to the deteriorating weather we only stayed on the Cedar Mesa for two nights. Therefore we only visited the tiniest fraction of the ruins in the area. If (when) we come back I want to explore the area east of Hwy 261 that runs north to south through the mesa. I found an informative website that provided directions and descriptions for some very impressive ruins on the east and west side of 261.

Another great draw to the area is the Natural Bridges National Monument. This fairly small national area is easy to explore in single day or even a few hours. The most popular ways to see the park are either by driving the 8.6-mile park road and stopping at the pull-offs to view the bridges, taking two short out and back hikes to each bridge, or hiking one of the six-mile trails that gets you up close and personal with several bridges.

The first view of Sipapu Bridge as seen from the park road

Since it was a nice day and we came prepared for a hike we chose the later option. The trail first took us down into the canyon under the Sipapu Bridge.

Sipapu Bridge up close

Tim provides perspective

We then hiked along the canyon bottom to the next bridge. Along the way we passed some ruins tucked up in the cliffs.

Horsecollar Ruins

The second bridge was impressive for its width. The Kachina Bridge is a massive stone  structure with a relatively small opening.

Kachina Bridge

Kachina Bridge

Kahcina Bridge

A few hundred feet past the bridge are some ruins and pictographs. The park ranger told us about another area of petroglyphs near the bridge, but after searching for awhile we couldn’t find them.

ruins

From the Kachina Bridge we hiked up and out of the canyon, and then almost two miles across the Cedar Mesa to where we had parked.

Up to the mesa

We continued on the park road to the final bridge, Owachomo Bridge. There is no trail that hikes down to this bridge so we viewed it from afar.

Owachomo Bridge

We wanted to stay longer and continue exploring the area, but with the rain that was predicted to fall over the next several days it didn’t seem wise. Our soft sand site was sure to become muddy and sloppy when wet, and getting our house stuck in the mud is something we try to avoid at all times.

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Look at this nice site!

The second loop has more sites with wider separation between them. The sites are dirt though and lack the nice cement pads and fire pits. We chose the relative luxury offered in the first loop. We really don’t mind a dirt or gravel campsite, but sometimes it’s nice to not be constantly tracking dirt and sand in the trailer. I think the last time we stayed at a park with a paved or concrete RV pad was in Phoenix, which was wayyy back at the end of February. Even though this campground appears to be in the middle of nowhere we have an excellent Verizon signal. We also get almost ninety t.v. stations! We don’t travel with a fancy schmancy satellite dish, and hardly ever stay anywhere with a cable hook-up, which means we rely solely on over the air stations that we can get with our roof top antenna. In Moab we didn’t get a single station so all this t.v. is quite thrilling. Of course, even with almost ninety channels we’re still reverting back to our old ways of streaming our favorite shows over the Internet. We can’t miss our Daily Show!

View from the other side

We suspect the influx of channels is due to our very high location. At nearly 7,500 feet we’re higher than most everything else around us. The high elevation has also ushered in colder temperatures and our first full day at the campground was chilly with temps only in the high 50s. The morning was spent inside and then we ventured out in the afternoon for a Geocaching adventure. First we walked down the road past the campground to a cache near the main road. Phineas approved of this afternoon activity.

A little walk with a view of the Abajo Mountains

Next we jumped in the truck and took a drive on the forest roads that make their way between the campground and the Abajo Mountains. It felt good to be among the tall trees again. We’ve really missed the forest.

Ahhh…love that forest!

After braving the cold wind to find a few caches we found our way back to the main road. As we exited the trees a gorgeous view opened up with tall mountains far in the distance.

Wide open view

Last night the temperatures dropped down into the low 30s and it never warmed up very much during the day, despite the persistent sun. We decided to stay close to home, getting some work stuff done. In the afternoon I took advantage of the cool temperatures to do some baking. I’ve learned the hard way that it’s never a good idea to use the oven in the airstream when it’s hot outside. Even with all the windows open and the fans on, it heat up in here like a…well, like an oven. Last summer I experimented a bit with making baked goods, like these mini cherry pies, on our Weber grill using the cast iron griddle. Now that the weather is warming up I need to figure out how to successfully make more of our favorite baked items on the grill. Like these breakfast cookies that Leigh blogged about a few months ago. We’re officially hooked on this tasty, healthy breakfast treat- that really isn’t a cookie at all. I’ve been using her exact recipe, except I substitute dried apricots for the cranberries, and honey for the Agave. Instead of baking them as individual cookies, which takes several batches to cook, I pack them into a 8×8-inch square baking dish, pop them into the oven for 25-30 minutes, and then cut them into squares. We eat these oat-filled squares alongside a bowl of plain yogurt with fresh fruit and a sprinkle of chia seeds and cinnamon- yum!

Our favorite breakfast

I also made a batch of my homemade granola bars and tried out a new recipe for these Gluten-free Lemon Poppy Seed Mini Cakes. I didn’t have a cute mini-cake pan like she uses for the original recipe. I could have used a muffin tin, but it’s packed away in the back of the truck and I was too lazy to go looking for it. So I improvised and made one big cake in the same square baking dish I used for the breakfast cookies. My photos of the finished cake were pretty bad, so instead I’ ll just show you the mess I made in the kitchen.

Messy, Messy kitchen

The best thing about a small kitchen is how easy it is to clean. By the time the cake came out of the oven the kitchen was spotless again.

Clean again

While I was inside baking, Tim was outside doing manly things. He replaced the rear  brakes on the truck and then removed both of the airstream tires to check those brakes. The prognosis was not good. Looks like the airstream needs new brakes. Guess when we get to Durango new airstream brakes will be on the agenda. We want to make sure all our brakes are in good working order before we start rolling up and down the big mountains of Colorado.

Manly stuff

Tomorrow we’ll move down the road to a boondocking spot in an area sometimes called Grand Gulch or Cedar Mesa. We’ve heard it’s a pretty spectacular area, and even got the down low from some fellow travelers on the best boondocking spots with a cell signal. If all works out as planned we’ll be sharing our new spot with you very soon.

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