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West Coast Tour 2016 – Albuquerque, Part Two
Timeline: October 16-18 Our goal for our last day in town was to get in a moderately long day hike, do a bit more random sightseeing and eat dinner at a well-known Albuquerque restaurant, The Range Café. After a leisurely morning in camp where we scouted out hiking options, we set out for the […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Albuquerque, Part One
Timeline: October 16-18 The first half of our drive to Albuquerque was off the interstate as we made way on the diagonal from Scottsdale up to the I-40 in Holbrook, which lies about 30 miles east of Winslow, where Glenn Frey and Jackson Browne are still standing on a corner looking at a girl, my […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Mt. Lassen National Park
Timeline: September 27-28 We ate breakfast in the room at the Budget Inn, checked out, gassed up next door at the Pilot, topped off the coffee mug and headed south on Highway 97 towards Klamath Falls and our destination for the next two nights, Mt. Lassen Volcanic National Park. It is centered around Lassen […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Moab – Part Two
Timeline: September 7-11 With four nights and three full days in Moab, we decided to dedicate Friday to bike riding, relaxing and shopping. We’d inquired about road bike routes around town (there are hundreds of miles of dirt biking trails close by) and with information in hand took off from camp heading north out […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Moab
Timeline: September 7-11 The drive from Parker to Moab would be fairly simple, with portions along the I-70 we’d traveled many times. This is a scenic route, crossing over the Rockies at Loveland Pass, the highway carving through steep canyons as sun capped mountain peaks twinkle in the distance. Crossing into Utah you leave the […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Black Hills – Part Two
Timeline: August 30-September 2 As planned we left camp in the morning heading for the George Mickelson Trail, roughly an hour away at the trailhead in Rochford. We took the scenic route through Spearfish Canyon and drove down into Spearfish on Main Street to get to it, only to encounter a detour caused by a […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Black Hills – Part One
Timeline: August 30-September 2 We’d be shifting locations this day, heading 130 miles west to Spearfish for four nights to get us closer to the tourist sites we wanted to visit, Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial and Wind Caves National blah. We’d make a stop in Rapid City to drop off the Highlander for service, […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Badlands – Part Two
West Coast Tour 2016 – Badlands – Part Two Timeline: August 27-29 Our plan for our last day in the Badlands would be to hit the Fossil Talk at 10:30am and then head down to Saddle Pass to do a four-mile hike on the loop trail from there. It gave us some time to relax […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Badlands, Part One
Timeline: August 27-29 With an approximate seven-hour drive ahead of us we didn’t feel the need to hustle on the way, so took the time that morning to work on the blog, catch up on internet related tasks and put some time in at the workout room of the motel. On the road we continued […]
Stone Mountain State Park
Timeline: July 11-14 After our return from the bike tour, we enjoyed some dedicated time at home, spent catching up with our Charlotte friends, riding our bikes regularly with the Charlotte Area Cyclists, and taking care of a few small projects around the house. We’d planned on taking one mid-week camping trip and the […]
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