After our double header in Carlsbad, NM, we headed out today for our last leg home. It is a bitter sweet trip as it ends a great 5 month adventure but it will be good to be back at home, take a hot roomy shower, and see our friends. I will be updating and reorganizing …
Another first today, we hit two National Parks in one day. (Not for the faint of heart). Full disclosure, that was with a minimal amount of foot energy. Since the weather was unpredictable and forecast rain, we were happy to have reservations at Carlsbad Caverns NP. We were planning on hiking down but the ranger …
We decided not to venture out in Albuquerque since we were there only the one night and the weather was not cooperating. We headed out pretty early in the rain from Albuquerque to tackle the drive to Carlsbad, NM. After 4 1/2 months of rainless beautiful days, the precipitation has finally caught up with us. …
Leg 39 is a stop over leg on our trip so we will only spend the night before continuing on the Carlsbad, NM. The balloon fest is apparently this weekend so the park is full. Reserved a premium site last October at the KOA and when we arrived, they were all full. Did get a …
Leg 38 started off with a big of a rain storm as we headed to Gallup, NM with a quick side venture to the Petrified Forest our 15th National Park visit. After a quick lunch in Holbrook, AZ we turned off I40 and took 180 to the South end of the park. It took us …
We’re back!! Not sure what happened but last week my website was resolving to another site in who knows where so there have been no posts. After several trouble tickets, we finally got our website back. Thank you Faisa. As for this leg, we departed Las Vegas Friday. We had a slight error in our …
Today marks the last day we are in Vegas and it has been an enjoyable week. We enjoyed some great food at Poke Poku, EDO Gastro Tapas, and Yui Sushi Edomai. Not bad food and service at Gallighers in NYNY Casino and Ohanu Hawaiian BBQ and an unremarkable dinner at Lagos in Bellagio. Lagos was …
With Utah’s 5 in the rear view, we head to Las Vegas to the last weeklong stay of our trip. Original plans entailed lots of shows and a bit of poker and casino visits but with the “Variant” we will have to augment our plans somewhat. So far on the books we do have Cirque …
Today we left Bryce Canyon NP and headed out to our last Utah National Park- Zion. We took the long way around on 89 to avoid the switchbacks of Hwy 9 and get some reasonably priced gas in Arizona. After gas we drove thru FLDS country near Colorado City, UT and came in on the …
Been a good great couple of days in Bryce Canyon thus far. Got my lazy but out on a few days and was able to get a handful of sunrise shots of Bryce which can be viewed in the gallery. Saturday night I attempted to catch the Milky Way after a sunset and after waiting …