Pipe Spring National Monument & Grand Canyon National Park Kanab to Cedar City August 12, 2016 Miles Driven: 251 Parks Visited: 2 Some days, you just have to slow down a bit. Now, I don’t mean to say that I didn’t visit two sites today. In fact, I did and I am quite tired. Rather, I…
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Colorado National Monument & Arches National Park Grand Junction to Kanab August 11, 2016 Miles Driven: 494 Parks Visited: 2 So is the entire state of Utah a National Park or Monument?! If not, why not? Having just driven from the northeast to the southwest regions of the state, I don’t think I was without spectacular…
Dinosaur National Monument North Platte to Craig August 10, 2016 Miles Driven: 332 Parks Visited: 1 Holy Moly! I do not understand why Dinosaur is not a national park. It’s like a slightly shallower Grand Canyon with piles of dinosaur bones. In fact, I did ask the owners of the Bedrock Depot, while I was sipping…
Scotts Bluff National Monument & Fort Laramie National Historic Site North Platte to Craig August 9, 2016 Miles Driven: 653 Parks Visited: 2 I saw a moose! In the middle of a clearing. He was just standing there. No mistake about it. I think I saw two moose in Yellowstone, but I’m really not sure….
no destinations GenCon to North Platte August 8, 2016 Miles Driven: 890 Parks Visited: 0 I shall admit up front that today’s blog will be a bit more of a visual montage since my brains are muddled after such a long drive. Really, I’ve got only three stories standing out in my mind. Illinois -…
no destinations Chamberlain to Morton August 2, 2016 Miles Driven: 700 Parks Visited: 0 700 miles is a long drive in the car by yourself. Wait, I wasn’t really by myself. Chickie was with me. For those who don’t know, Chickie, my brother’s, bedraggled, 35-year-old, stuffed chick, travels the world with family members. Truly Chickie has been…
Badlands National Park Spearfish to Chamberlain August 1, 2016 Miles Driven: 278 Parks Visited: 1 As I sit down to write this entry, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly just came on television. How oddly appropriate given that I just passed through the Badlands and got a belly full of Western kitsch in Wall,…
Jewel Cave National Monument In Spearfish July 31, 2016 Miles Driven: 205 Parks Visited: 1 I did it! And it was great! What might that ‘it’ be, you ask? Today I dared myself to take the ~800 step, Scenic Cave Tour at Jewel Cave and I finished without having to be rescused. Basically, I started…
Wind Cave National Monument & Mount Rushmore National Memorial In Spearfish July 30, 2016 Miles Driven: 239 Parks Visited: 2 I’ve been on the stairmaster today. I’ve had philosophical thoughts. And I’ve eaten more pizza. Bison and bison ‘pups’ were in abundance to greet me as I drove into Wind Cave this morning. The signs were…
Devils Tower National Monument Sheridan to Spearfish July 29, 2016 Miles Driven: 237 Parks Visited: 1 Let me start at the end again. I just ate dinner at the cutest, most eclectic, incredibly yummy pizza place with the nicest (ever) staff. I stumbled upton The Dough Trader simply by looking on Yelp. What a find! If you…