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Revisiting Arizona; Grand Canyon North Rim, Saguaro National Park, Tombstone, and back home: Days 17-21
Cover Photo: Angel’s Window at the Grand Canyon North Rim Adventure Map Days 17-21 Day 17: 06/15/23 (Thursday) Hampton Inn in Kanab was great. Good nights rest. Walls are a bit thin so I suggest you stay on the top floor but otherwise good. Left this morning and headed out to the Grand Canyon North…
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Utah is Calling; Bryce Canyon, Monument Valley, Canyonlands Needles & Islands, Deadhorse State Park, Arches National Park and more: Days 11-16
Cover Photo: Sunset at Bryce Canyon Adventure Map Days 11-16 Day 11: 06/09/23 (Friday) I feel like I need to add a disclaimer to this post since it’s so long. I promise that it’s worth it though. Lot’s of parks and adventures in here. I thought about breaking it into a couple of separate posts…
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Onward to Nevada; Ghost towns, Loneliest Highway, Carson City and so much more: Days 8-10
Cover Photo: Genoa Bar; Nevada’s Oldest Thirst Parlor since 1853 Adventure Map Days 8-10 Day 8: 06/06/23 (Tuesday) Woke up on our last day in Death Valley to a unbelievable 72 degrees and a cool wind blowing. Of course that was at 6am but the high today is only supposed to be 100 and cloudy…
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Death Valley Adventures: Days 5-7
Cover Photo: Dante’s View in Death Valley. Adventure Map Days 5-7 Day 5: 06/03/23 (Saturday) As I stated previously this is the continuation of our day 5 adventures. I wanted to keep all of Death Valley together hence the two Day 5’s. Just so you know I haven’t been drinking! Also, I did not color…
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Southwest HO!: Petrified Forest N.P.; Grand Canyon via rail; multiple Route 66 stops; petroglyphs and more adventures: Days 1-5
Cover Photo: Grand Canyon South Rim Adventure Map Days 1-5 Day 1: 5/30/23 (Tuesday) A delightful drive to Hobbs, NM today. Altogether it was 468 miles and about 8 hours. We didn’t get in until 6:30pm or so because we got a late start from home. We decided to not rush everywhere and to make…
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Southwest Ho! A National Park Adventure replete with tales from Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada and Utah. (05/30/23 – 06/19/23)
Adventure Map Days 1-21 Total milage: 5796; Average miles a day: 276; States visited: 6; National Parks visited: 10 (or 13 depending on how you call it); State Parks visited: 4; Monument Valley: 1 (like there could ever be another); Donuts eaten: So very few… Revisiting Arizona; Grand Canyon North Rim, Saguaro National Park, Tombstone,…
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Partial Route 66 (Joplin, MO to Oklahoma City, OK) (05/10/23 – 05/13/23): Days 4-7
Cover Photo: Embracing the spirit of Route 66 in Afton, OK Adventure Map Days 4-7 Day 4: 05/10/23 Today’s the day we head to Route 66!! Since we were up late last night we ended up getting a much later start this morning than we had planned on so while we were some delayed it…
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Partial Natchez Trace (Natchez, LA to Tishomingo, MS) (05/07/23 – 05/09/23): Days 1-3
Cover Photo: Hiking in Tishomingo State Park Adventure Map Days 1-3 Day 1: 05/07/23 It was a rainy day to start our journey and a rather late start. We had some business in Houston we had to attend to and didn’t finish until about 3:30pm. Fortunately the rain was pretty much gone by the time…
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A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That; Partial Natchez Trace (Natchez, LA to Tishomingo, MS) and Partial Route 66 (Joplin, MO to Oklahoma City, OK) (05/07/23 – 05/13/23)
Adventure Map Days 1-7 Total milage: 2179; Average miles a day: 311; States visited: 8; State Parks visited: 3; Donuts eaten: Sadly, so very few; Turtles crossing the road: 8; Museums visited: 13 Partial Route 66 (Joplin, MO to Oklahoma City, OK): Days 4-7 Day 4: 05/10/23 Day 5: 05/11/23 Day 6: 05/12/23; Day 7:…
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Big Bend Adventures January 2023
Cover Photo: Big Bend of course! Here is our overall adventure map for this trip. Big Bend Adventure Map Days 1-8 And here is our adventure broken down into color coded segments! Enjoy! Big Bend Adventure Map Days 1-2 Day 1: 01/02/23 Exciting day as the first day of a new adventure always is. Left…
