Most Recent Travels…are at the Top! The rest is history.
Only our 2nd time…in 23+ years! Last time we visited 2 islands in 14 days (Hawai’i for 12, Oahu for 2). This time we’re visiting 4 islands in 22 days…flying to the farthest west first, then hopping back east an island at a time. Overview of plans for the next Read more
After 5 days…3 long driving days, 2 stops We stopped over in Twin Falls, Idaho and Pendleton, Oregon, just long enough to get a little more organized for returning home, and to add more ideas to our “Next Time” list! In Twin Falls we did at least visit both the Read more
Gateway to Great Basin National Park Tiny little town at ~5,300′ elevation, with a population of 41 in 2020. We camped in one of 5 spots behind the only gas station in town and spent our 2 days… Visiting 1 new National Park Site: AND, we learned about the Great Read more
Red Rock Gateway to Arches & Canyonlands National Parks We stayed 5 nights, ~20 minutes from Arches, ~1 hour from Canyonlands-Island in the Sky, ~1.5 hours from Canyonlands-Needles. We used pretty much 4 full days for our… Visits to these 2 new National Park Sites: On our way to Nevada Read more
Where the Gunnison enters the Colorado River And on the Colorado Plateau. The Colorado Plateau is roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the Southwest, covering an area of 130K square miles. It is largely made up of high desert, with scattered areas of forests. In the south-west corner of the Colorado Plateau, Read more
Between Gunnison and Montrose…Amazing Geology! Two stops to explore 2 new interrelated National Park Sites. Curecanti National Recreation Area (#368), made up of 3 reservoirs and surrounding lands in western Colorado. It is a landscape of tradeoffs; natural and human made features exist together. Geologic wonders are abundant from the Read more
SO much to do/see, SO little time! Seriously, we have to come back. We’ve added 3-5 times as many things to do/see around Colorado Springs to our Next Time List as those we saw or did here. That was partly due to this being a bit of a “chore stop”, Read more
And acclimating to the elevation? Camping near Mosca on the High Plains @ ~7,540′, at Ramble, a most interesting campground. There are Mountains, Sand and scrub brush all around us. Intended primarily as a “Glampground” for tenters (each site comes with a mini kitchen under a canopy), it’s dry camping Read more
A little hiking, a lotta driving (6,680′ <-> 9,820′ elevation) Staying in Raton, New Mexico, at 6,680′ elevation, just 8 miles south of Raton Pass, the highest point of the Historic Santa Fe Trail (and border with Colorado). Getting here we found ourselves driving on the actual historic route quite Read more
Exploring from Lamar Lamar, at ~7,700 population, is the largest municipality and the county seat of Powers County in the Southeastern corner of Colorado. It is in the Lower Arkansas River Valley, roughly 30 miles west of the Kansas border, and sits at 3,619′ elevation. Lamar is the major industrial, Read more