Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
“If they want to stay they stay If they want to go they go They don’t care how they get there long as they get somewhere they know” – Eric Hutchinson When we woke up the smell of fish in the room had diminished significantly, hopefully a good omen for the rest of the day. […]
Read More Rock & Roll“What a field-day for the heat” – Buffalo Springfield Today I discovered my favorite part of Arches NP, the hike to Tower Arch. We hadn’t planned on hiking there at all, but I’m really glad we did. Last night Ranger Mike suggested we climb/hike a route used by repelers with views over the southern parts […]
Read More For What It Is Worth“There must be some kind of way outta here” – Jimi Hendrix Today we hiked the Fiery Furnace at Arches NP all on our own! We arrived at the trail head a bit after eight, geared up and began descending to hike in the recommended counter-clockwise direction. One of the benefits of hiking on our […]
Read More All Along the Watchtower“Then how come all the other Unicorns are dead?” – The Unicorns Day 31, and we finally made it to Arches! While Ellie was unquestionably the most excited I think we were all looking forward to today. We got to the visitor’s center just after it opened and picked up our ticket for the Firey […]
Read More I Was Born (A Unicorn)“I can’t wait . . . castle on the hill” – Ed Sheeran Today was pretty low key as far as road trip days go so this will probably be a shorter post. We started our day on Wetherill Mesa with a hike to Mug House. Like our tour of Square Tour House yesterday we […]
Read More Castle On The Hill“See I can see good things for you and I” – The BoDeans First full day in Colorado. Best day of the trip? I don’t know, but it keeps looking worse and worse for Kansas City. We were up at the crack of dawn – 5:45 AM – in order to make it to the […]
Read More Good Things“And we walked off to look for America” – Simon and Garfunkel Today I discovered that the best fireworks display in the country happens in Cortez, CO. Fireworks shows are pretty much all the same, except this one. We found a spot in the grass near the place where the fireworks were going to be […]
Read More America“To be part of the miracles you see in every hour / You’ll know it’s true that you are blessed and lucky” – 10,000 Maniacs Day 26 of RTXVIII was an unexpectedly busy and great one. It actually started a bit slowly. We were able to sleep in a bit since our first destination of […]
Read More These Are The Days“And it stoned me to my soul / Stoned me just like goin’ home” – Van Morrison No, we’re not in Colorado yet, but today we did visit Petrified Forest National Park! Our first stop of the day though, was the Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site. We woke up at our last National Park […]
Read More And It Stoned Me“North Country winters keep a-getting me down . . . I ain’t turning back to living that old life no more” – Old Crow Medicine Show Day 24 and we’re over halfway gone. Sad to think that three weeks from now this will all just be memories. As a bit of consolation I did make […]
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