Adventures including visit(s) to National Park Site(s)
Isn’t weather Grand?!? We got here on Saturday and didn’t plan much for Sunday. It was laundry day, and we had to deal with our decision to cancel our imminent 5-day camping trip to Guadalupe Mountains National Park…figure out our re-route and make new reservations. Thought maybe we’d do an afternoon Read more…
We did NOT leave the Snow and Cold in Arizona! We got to Silver City, New Mexico on Monday, for 5 days. Forecast was for cold and some snow starting in ~24 hours, so we made our trip to Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (#185) on Tuesday. It was our Read more…
Lizzy Adventure Album at: January 14- February 20, 2023 (OK…took 3 weeks to wrap this up…hard to “keep up” on the road! Need to work on that process, eh?) Overview The first leg of Life with Lizzy 2023 was 37 days, driving ~3,400 miles (~2,000 Towing, ~1,400 exploring), staying in Read more…
And more SNOW! Not “camping in the snow”, here in Willcox, at just over 4,000′, but it was COLD! It got down to 15o one night. We encountered the snow, hiking! Two new National Parks, in 3 days, with 15+ miles of hiking Our stay in Willcox was all about Read more…
Gail is so EXCITED! That’s because she’s a J.A. Jance fan. Mark isn’t, but agreed to join her on a J.A. Jance/Sheriff Joanna Brady Lavender Jeep Tour while we’re here. J.A. Jance grew up here, and one of her 3 major mystery series is based here…Sheriff Joanna Brady. Note, we Read more…
Lizzy Adventure Albums at: June 2-June 24, 2022 June 24-July 22, 2022 Overview We took our first long Lizzy Trip in 2+ years…50 days, mostly in the Rocky Mountains and High Plains (sleeping above 4,000′ for 35 nights….highest was ~7,165′ @ Laramie, WY) We originally called this trip “Loop thru The Rockies”. Read more…
Leaving Bonneville Salt Flats / Salt Lake City Arrived for one night in Wendover, UT/NV yesterday, and were delighted to find that we arrived at Historic Wendover Army Air Base in time for the once-a-day tour! It was once the largest airbase in the world and was part of the Read more…
Dinosaurs, Fossils, & Petroglyphs Oh My! Actually camping at a KOA on the Mormon Pioneer, Oregon, California, and Pony Express Trails! During our 4 days in Vernal, Utah, we took 4 day trips to Dinosaur National Monument (#178), where we saw lots of Dinosaurs, Fossils, Petroglyphs, and Spectacular Geology. We Read more…
A week in the Colorado Rockies & Front Range! We stayed on the Big Thompson River (cover photo of the river right behind our campsite), just west of Loveland, 25 miles from Estes Park. We drove up Big Thompson River Canyon 3 days to explore Rocky Mountain National Park (#177…1st Read more…
National Park Day Trip Album at: February 14-21, 2022 Overview We took another Valentine-ish Getaway to Olympic National Park, 3 nights at Kalaloch Lodge (beautiful sunsets), 4 nights at Lake Quinault Lodge. We had rain in the Olympic Rain Forest, but also a fair bit of sun, some clouds and Read more…