Follow Me on Facebook
-Homepage Quick Links
Blogs I Like
Friends Travel Blogs
Where I'm At
Categories
Meta
Archives
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Yellowstone National Park – Grand Prismatic & Norris Geyser Basin
May 3-4We overnighted in Pocatello before making our last drive to Yellowstone. At the KOA RV park there, the owner told us about the several inches of snow that fell last night. It all melted by the time we got … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged bison, national-parks, norris-geyser-basin, wyoming, yellowstone, yellowstone-national-park
Leave a comment
Into the Anthropocene: Capturing the Kennecott-Bingham Mine Experience
Wednesday, May, 1 We arrived in Salt Lake City the afternoon before so that we could get an early start for our visit to the Kennecott-Bingham Copper Mine, located southwest of the city in the Oquirrh Mountain Range. The mine … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged history, kennedott-bingham-pit-mine, photography, travel
Leave a comment
Short Stops at Zion and Big Rock Candy Mountain
Zion East SideApril 28 Traveling north again, we stopped in Kanab, Utah for two nights. This is another area we have explored to some degree, but this time, we are going to do an old favorite by spending a morning … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged hiking, national-parks, travel, utah, zion-national-park
Leave a comment
Page, Arizona – Lower Antelope Canyon
April 25 – 26We got out of Dead Horse State Park at our usual mid-morning time on Thursday, and headed north to Page Arizona. I was able to get reservations online to walk through Lower Antelope Canyon on Friday and … Continue reading
Two Days at Dead Horse Ranch State Park
April 23 – 24 It was an easy 60 mile drive to Dead Horse Ranch State Park. We arrived a little early, so we took care of some business before checking in. The days were still getting pretty hot because … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged birding, dead-horse-ranch-state-park, hiking, landscape, nature, travel, wildlife
Leave a comment
Around the Chino Valley – Watson Lake and Perkinsville
April 20 – 21 We showed up on Janet and David’s doorstep in the afternoon on Friday. Our arrival was announced about a quarter mile before by their four dogs who just couldn’t wait to meet us. This is our … Continue reading
Owens Lake
Monday, April 15 The predicted near 100 degree temperatures for this week in Death Valley made the choice easy for us. We canceled our visit to the park and the extensive bloom going on there. Instead, we drove to the … Continue reading
Two Days in Carrizo Plain National Monument
Part 2Elkhorn RoadThursday, April 11 We were up and out at dawn again this morning to drive the 40 mile Elkhorn primitive road today. It’s a thirty mile drive to the start and begins by navigating the Elkhorn Grade portion. … Continue reading
Two Days in Carrizo Plain National Monument
Part 1Highway 33 – 7-Mile Road – Soda RoadWednesday, April 10 After a very hectic couple of weeks prior to leaving, we managed to get out of San Francisco and down to the Carrizo Plain to start our two month … Continue reading
Bisti De-Na-Zin Wilderness – Day 3
Orange Mounds and HoodoosMonday, April 24During the early morning hours of Sunday night, the distinctive plink, plink, plink, of drops on the RV roof added to fears of rain on our final day in Bisti. I knew it was chancy, … Continue reading
Bisti De-Na-Zin Wilderness – Day 2
Bisti Badlands TrailSunday, April, 23 It was such a good day yesterday, despite the wind, we decided to do another 5.5 mile hike through the badlands again today. This time, the trail is the Bisti Badlands trail. It is mostly … Continue reading
Bisti De-Na-Zin Wilderness
ArrivalApril 21 On Friday we drove from Albuquerque across the windswept plains of the Navajo reservation to the Bisti Badlands. The last 2 miles, once off the main highway, is gravel and it is a bumpy but solid drive to … Continue reading
Sante Fe & Bandelier National Monument
April 18-20 We drove the 60 miles north on and pulled into Santa Fe on Tuesday planning to spend a few days, figure out what we can do over the final two weeks of out trip, and wait out the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Bandelier National Monument, cliff dwellings, kiva, Sante Fe
Leave a comment
Albuquerque
April 10 – 18It was an uneventful drive to Albuquerque this morning and we were set-up by early afternoon. Mary contacted an old school friend now living north of town and arranged to have dinner together Tuesday evening. Tuesday morning … Continue reading
White Sands National Park – Day 2
Dune Life Nature TrailSaturday, April 8 To follow up our morning hike yesterday, we decided to do an afternoon walk today. Temperatures have risen a lot in two days so by late afternoon it might be more comfortable. The Dune … Continue reading
White Sands National Park
Day 1 – April 6-8Thursday morning we drove the 40 miles south to Alamogordo. Once again our preferred camping at Oliver Lee State Park south of town was booked. So was our second choice, but we found a decent RV … Continue reading
Three Rivers Petroglyph Site
April 3-5The day dawned windy. Not nearly as strong as the past two days and certainly not too heavy to drive the 100 miles or so from Socorro to the Three Rivers Petroglyph Site. We might have gone straight to … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
The Road to Trinity
March 28 – April 1From Tucson we had more than 400 miles to drive to make it to Socorro in New Mexico – the closest town to Trinity, ground zero for the first ever atomic detonation test. The site is … Continue reading
Tucson – Saguaro National Park
Cougar Hike – Bajada Loop DriveMarch 26-27 Sunday was spent driving to Tucson where we will stay for a few days while we visit Saguaro National Park. It was a little difficult to find camping anywhere near the western section … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Organ Pipe National Park – Part 4
Pureto Blanco DriveSaturday, March 25 We debated whether to do the 40 mile Puerto Blanco drive that loops through different terrains of the Sonoran Desert on this trip. It’s a long bumpy ride on a largely dirt track – mostly … Continue reading
Organ Pipe National Park – Part 3
Alamo Canyon and StarsFriday, March 24 The Bull Pasture hike yesterday was hard on Mary and she decided it was a SOB day (sit on ass). I couldn’t argue with that, but there was still one other hike I wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Organ Pipe Cactus National Park – Part 2
Estes Canyon and Bull PastureThursday, March 23 Today’s Estes Canyon hike will be fairly challenging for us. It is mostly level 2.6 mile loop, but the extension we are adding, a rocky 2 mile out-and-back up to Bull Pasture that … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Organ Pipe Cactus National Park
Getting ThereMarch 21 Getting here was a breeze – as in windy and cloudy – but it was still a pretty easy drive and the changing desert landscape kept us interested. Crossing into Arizona with an empty tank, it was … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Anza Borrego State Park
Saturday-Sunday, March 18-19Coyote Canyon Saturday we drove under cloudy skies from Joshua Tree and Twentynine Palms and arrived in the town of Borrego Springs in just a few hours. We’ve been so fortunate to have bypassed all the severe weather … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Ryan Mountain & Hall of Horrors
Wednesday, March, 15 Morning arrived a bit on the blustery side. Where we were camped in Twentynine Palms, it was quite sunny, but looking out over to the park I could see plenty of clouds hanging above the higher elevations. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Adelanto
Friday, March 10-11 We traveled a little further south today and ended up in Adelanto, a little south of Lancaster for the evening. We decided to not push on to Twentynine Palms until tomorrow. The weather has been very cooperative … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Away!
Monday March 6 It was a very busy and somewhat stressful week as we prepared for our latest road trip. The Lazy Daze was brought up on Friday afternoon to be loaded over the next days. Most everything doesn’t go … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Smith Rock State Park and Petersons Rocks
Thursday – Saturday, May 26 – 28Of course plans changed pretty quickly. As much because of more wet weather coming in, as for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, instead of heading through the mountains to get south to Redmond, we … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Catherine Creek and Columbia Gorge
Sunday, May 22 After relocating our camp a little further north so we could access a couple of other trails we were looking at, we found ourselves with another beautiful day. We headed out to hike around the Catherine Creek … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Marking Our Place 