That's the Ignacio run, and I took that into consideration. No official pirate gatherings, that I know of, during that time.
My wife booooo'd at Taos. Said it's "Boring," so I'm thinking Durango is the ticket. I just need 15 minutes of free time. Thought today would be perfect until my phone rang at 0830 and our second in command started with a smart assed comment which led to an ass chewing that I don't hope to repeat.
As my career has progressed, I have gone from being yelled at by Sergeants and Lieutenants, to getting calls from the #2 guy and getting my ass chewed. Not once, not twice,but three times, including a meeting. AND, the fucked up thing? Turns out I'M right. He's not gonna like what the memo he's requiring me to write says. I found out he lied to me about how some things are done and knows what my unit did is exactly in line with what he approved a month ago. He has a hard-on for one of my guys, and takes it out on the entire unit, which fucks up my whole day...
All that being said, I'll work on hotels, or get my retired Irish guy to do it, and we're going to focus on Durango. It's right off the Million Dollar highway. Easy ride to Telluride. Nice rides to Aspen, SouthFork, Gunnison and Pagosa. That should work very well.