What a long and wonderful trip it has been! I logged over 3,000 miles behind the wheel and burned nearly 100 gallons of gas through six states in the last nine days. I saw mountains, valleys, rivers, flats, canyons, deserts, cities, and much more. It was the most successful road trip I think I've ever … Continue reading End of the Road
Today was a long day. Which is odd, really, when you think about how busy every day has been for the last week. But the 8 and 1/2 hour drive from Flagstaff to Amarillo isn't populated by much. Lots of wide open spaces full of scrub brush and dust. We only had one stop planned, … Continue reading The Home Stretch
Friday brought with it the last big destination on my trip west: The Grand Canyon. After decided to just wing it on the day of, my attention turned to the possibility of getting a picture of the sunset at the canyon. Since the sun sets at about 7:40 PM this time of year, that would … Continue reading Back to the Canyon
Monument Valley: a place I've wanted to visit as long as I could remember. And visit I did. For a brief time, I walked in the footsteps of John Wayne and learned some of the sacred history of the Navajo Indian tribe, the valley's original inhabitants. Throughout my time there, I thought about my father … Continue reading Monument Valley
Wednesday morning came early, as one of Alex's cats decided rattling blinds was the best fun-time activity to pursue at 6:30 AM. Though, considering I'd awoken early every day of this trip anyway, it wasn't that big of a deal. Too quickly, it was time to say goodbye to Alex. We had such a wonderful … Continue reading Arches National Park
We didn't have much in the way of plans for our full day in SLC; in fact, it wasn't until Tuesday morning that I recalled the salt flats as a point of interest. Alex was definitely up for the trip, even though it was two hours outside of town. We piled into her Rondo and … Continue reading A Dash of Salt
The Grand Vista Hotel in Grand Junction, at the end of all things, was a little less than Grand. I don't have any big time complaints, especially in light of some of the places I've stayed in the past, but it straddled the line between hotel and motel such that I had higher expectations AFTER … Continue reading The Beehive State
Some people take vacation and decide they're going to sleep in every day, relax, and not do much of anything. That's fine and good…when I take a day off here and there, that's definitely what I TRY to do (my body doesn't let me sleep in that far these days, and if it does I … Continue reading "As I look out over this magnificent vista…"
Don't you hate it when you wake up in the morning suddenly, startled, somehow KNOWING instantly you overslept? "WHAT TIME IS IT?!" your brain screams before anything else even registers. That's how I woke up on Saturday, at five minutes to 8:00 AM. I was supposed to go pick up a rental car at 8, … Continue reading Hitting the Road
It's been a while since I've posted here! Truthfully, it's been a while since I've done much in the way of travel or had anything I felt was worthy enough to write about. Thankfully, over the extended 4th of July weekend I had thanks to a strategically-placed vacation day, I was able to get out … Continue reading A Piece of Route 66
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