Days 126 - 127 , Aug 2nd - 3rd We arrived at Theodore Roosevelt National Park on Sunday August 2nd. As I stated earlier we had gotten some extra baggage in Atlanta, I personally had gained fifteen pounds, so we had been on a little diet. The diet primarily consisted of beans, oatmeal, bran, baked... »
Days 122-126, July 29th - August 2nd If you were to look at a map of South Dakota you would find very few roads. These roads are pretty much on a state wide grid. It is only logical that the huge tracks of corn fields would leave room for a few roads and allow for... »
Days 70-122, June 7th-July 29th It has been a while since my last post which means a lot has happened, so I’ll try to give a quick and dirty update to what has transpired since we were in San Diego. From San Diego we headed east to Atlanta making a quick stop in Tombstone to... »
June 5th & 6th, Days 68 & 69 There were several places I was super excited to visit on our trip. Most of them were places I visited as a child on family vacations. I was excited to see all... »
June 5th Day 68 We were in a race against the sun when we woke up at the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. The sun would soon have the temperature in the triple digits. The heat of camping in the... »
June 2nd-4th, Days 65-67 Our time in southern Arizona was focused on one thing, cacti. We had been in the Southwest for a while and had seen plenty of cacti, but these had been the little guys, prickly pear and... »
May 28th -31st, Days 60 - 63 There was only two things on my mind as we left Nevada, higher elevation and a Double Double. Utah and Nevada had been hot, real hot, triple digits hot, so we were looking... »
May 25th-28th , Days 57-60 There are only two ways to go from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon to Flagstaff, either five hours back the way you have driven in through Tuba City or up through Utah... »
May 24th & 25th , Days 56 & 57 We were totally exhausted from our trek to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, but all I could think about was trying to cross the Canyon. We had to deal with... »
May 21st-25th , Days 53-57 As we entered the trail I wondered to myself if we had over-prepared. Would the huge breakfast bog us down, were we carrying too much water, and could we make it? The trail immediately turned... »
May 19th-May 21st, Day 51-53 We have never given the Grand Canyon the credit it is due. Both Alison and I have been before and been a bit underwhelmed, or maybe it is that we were overwhelmed. The Grand Canyon... »
May 18 Day 50 We were somewhat conflicted before leaving Mesa Verde. The lush greenery and rocky peaks of Colorado had won us over. We had entertained changing course and driving up the Rockies and then coming down the... »
May 17th & 18th, Days 49 & 50, We woke up the day after driving around San Juan Skyway and took a short hike through the aspen trees down to the Mancos River. The hike was only three miles round... »
May 12th & 13th, Day 44 & 45 Northwest New Mexico’s land became more rugged the further North we went. Mountains and rolling hills kept us zig-zagging through valleys. In the distance we would see a mountain range, to the... »
May 13th - May 16th, Days 44 - 48 On Wednesday May 13th we said good bye to New Mexico and hello Colorado. It was kind of sad to leave New Mexico. We had been there for three weeks, the longest... »
May 9th & 10th, Days 41 & 42 The day after touring Carlsbad Caverns we headed North through Albuquerque then west towards Gallop. The landscape dramatically changed once again as we drove west on I-40. The dirt began to change... »