My first night in Arkansas was spent at the Arkansas Welcome Center. This was one of the biggest I’ve seen and there are shelves and shelves of brochures and travel mags for each part of the state. I knew I would mostly be seeing Hot …
Texas and Oklahoma 2023
I love it when I find out a state is completely different than I originally expected. I wasn’t sure what to expect in Amarillo, TX. I always associated it with the Glen Campbell song ‘Amarillo By Morning’, but didn’t have any idea of what the …
Great Sand Dunes NP – CO, Sep 2023
I am feeling very lazy about writing this post. Partially because there weren’t a lot of interesting things to talk about until I got to Great Sand Dunes National Park. I’ll make a few comments on what I did, but mostly it will be pictures. …
Salida, CO – Aug 2023
I always love it when I find a great boondocking (free) campsite. About 20 miles North of Salida, CO there are multiple forest service roads with hundreds of free campsites. We ended up in a large area surrounded by trees but treeless in the middle. …
Colorado: Walden to Buena Vista – August 2023
At the end of July, I needed to escape the summer heatwave coming towards me and I knew that the Colorado high elevations would help me do that. I scurried from Idaho through Wyoming and into northern Colorado over 3 days, landing at Teal Lake …
Sawtooth Mountains, Stanley, ID
July 5th I left my sister and got ‘On The Road Again’! I had been to the Sawtooth Mountains Recreation Area near Stanley, ID once before but had forgotten how beautiful the drive is getting there. The highway follows a fork of the Payette River …
May/June 2023: Nevada & Idaho
Better late than never for this post. I’m combining the last part of my May travels through Nevada up to Boise, and then some pics from day trips with my sister Alison and family while staying with her the month of June. Brother in Law …
Zion Nat’l Park, UT – May 2023
Zion National Park is another place we visited as a family when I was young. We also saw Bryce Canyon which I remember. But for some reason, I don’t remember anything about Zion from that time. I have seen the other 4 national parks in …
Vermilion Cliffs & Lee’s Ferry, AZ – early May 2023
Originally, I had planned on stopping at the Vermilion Cliffs in northwest Arizona and then visit the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Like many places this year, the North Rim was still closed due to the record amount of snowfall received. I was so …
Prescott and Sedona AZ – Late April ’23
My friend Anne met me at Prescott, AZ where we camped at the Yavapai Campground (I liked this place!). Unfortunately, I didn’t take many pictures except at Lake Watson where we went kayaking. I’ll add a few of those pictures at the beginning of the …