Category: Road Trip 2016

Beautiful Day

Things are finally happening! After breakfast at the hotel in Craig we drove about an hour and a half to Dinosaur National Monument. Our first stop was checking in with the ranger to find out about the availability of camp sites and road conditions. Everything seemed to be fine so we filled up the tank […]

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Anticipation

Once again we did pretty much nothing today. As with any good vacation though we did make sure to get an early start on the dayx with Molly’s alarm clock waking us at 6 AM. We got in a quick breakfast at the hotel and were on the road shortly after 7. I took the […]

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Beer Poem

After reading Zoe and Ellie’s poems I decided that I should write one of my own. I found E’s meat poem particularly inspiring, so here is my ode to beer. Beer! Bubbly brew bringing happiness at the end of the trail A cold mountain stream cascading down my throat A ray of sunshine straight to […]

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On the Road Again

I’m going to be up-front here: Nothing happened today. We got in the car at 7 AM, and sat there for about 11 hours. There were a couple stops to break up the monotony. First, the world’s largest truckstop, which is big, but not appreciably bigger than most other truck stops. It’s kind of like […]

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Day 1

Day 1 is in the books. We woke up early, crammed a few last things in the car, waved good-bye to the fish, and took off. Our first stop was a few minutes in to fuel up on coffee. Then we just started driving. Of course we had to stop at the World’s Largest Truck […]

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Navigation School

We’re all well aware that navigation isn’t one of our strong points. I’ve spent a lot of time over the past couple months studying maps and trails. I have sought out GPS waypoints and tracks from all corners of the internet to see where people before us have gone. However, I know from our experiences […]

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#RTXVI Journal

Before last year’s trip we had the idea to get a journal made for us to record our thoughts in at the end of each day. This turned out to be one of our favorite souvenirs of the trip so there was no question that we would do it again. Below are the pages from […]

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41 Days

As of today, we will be gone the same number of days as days it is until we leave. Thoughts on that? Zak: I’m torn as to whether I want them to go by slowly or quickly! I guess I want the next 41 days to go fast and the 41 after that to go […]

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Friday Night Shopping

This occurred as Mumford and Sons and Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats blasted from the record player and we sipped Stone’s Delightfully Dank Enjoy by 4.20 and cherry 7-Up. Zak: So we need to talk about some big summer purchases. Molly: Really, now? We always fight when we talk about money. Zak: No, this […]

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