Southwest September 2025 Wrap-up
I always like to look back on my trips to see what worked well and what could use some improvement. Probably the biggest change on ...
Blog: 2025
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36 Years Ago
As I continued home, I was able to schedule a visit with an old friend along the way. I have a list of people that ...
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The Other White Sands
Plan Continuation Bias is where you stick with your original plan despite new information that you receive. It has led to some pretty big disasters. ...
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White Sands
Today could have been planned better, but I blame the internet. I had a few things on my list for the White Sands area - ...
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Petrified Forest
After resting my ankle for a couple days, I decided to move on to a couple of places that don't have uneven ground, giving it ...
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More Grand Canyon
Today was my descent into the canyon. I know better than to descend 5000 feet to the canyon floor and try to come back up ...
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Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is another of the big draw National Parks, pulling 5 million visitors a year into a big hole if you will. It ...
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Antelope Canyon
Today was intentionally a light day. My one thing to do was tour Antelope Canyon. Specifically I toured Lower Antelope Canyon. There is also Upper ...
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Snow Canyon
I rolled out of Cedar City this morning onto Interstate 15 and sped up to 80 MPH. That was the limit, and I find it's ...
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Red Canyon and Cedar Break
As I left Bryce Canyon, I stopped at Red Canyon. It's close and could have been done as a side trip from Bryce, but I ...
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Bryce Canyon
Today I hiked Bryce Canyon. I walked down among the hoodoos for 4 miles, then completed the loop along the rim trail for another 3 ...
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Kodachrome
Today I left Goblin Valley heading for Bryce Canyon, which is pretty much 100 miles on one road. I stopped at a scenic view so ...
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Wild Horse Canyon
I got started early this morning to tackle Wild Horse Canyon and Bell Canyon. I was on the trail by 7:00 to hike these slot ...
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Natural Bridges
Yesterday afternoon I decided to press on to Natural Bridges National Monument to spend the night, and that paid off today. I was able to ...
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Monument Valley of the Gods
In this section of country, they have what the call "Open Range" roads. On these sections of road there are no fences and the cows ...
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Pueblos: The Buildings
Today I shifted across the state of Colorado so that I could see some real pueblos. The first stop was Chimney Rock National Monument which ...
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Pueblo: The City
Today was an off day. I knew that I'd need my oil changed once I got across the country, and I decided to stop in ...
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The Big Egg
This morning I headed around Kansas City in the morning traffic. I should have cleared it last night. In my defense, I had originally planned ...
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Some Settling May Occur in Transit
Like so many of these trips, I started by driving west. Labor Day Weekend had very little traffic on the PA Turnpike. Also, there wasn't ...
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The First Day
The trip was supposed to start today. Spoiler alert: It didn't. I simply didn't get done in time. Also my prescription wasn't ready until 2:30 ...
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Planning the Next Trip
It's time to start blogging again with another trip imminent. This one was suggested by Val, about the time she met my friend Josh who ...
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Blue Ridge
Today is heading homeward. My plan was simple; follow the Blue Ridge Parkway for a while, do a waterfall hike accessible from the Parkway, and ...
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Crossing Tennessee
The first stop for today was Fall Creek Falls State Park. It's located more or less in the middle between Nashville and Knoxville. It is ...
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The (Other) End of the Trace
I finished the Natchez Trace Parkway today. I can't claim that I covered 100% of it; my side trips didn't bring me back to where ...
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Natchez Trace Digression
Today I started back on the Natchez Trace Parkway, driving to the Pharr Indian Mounds. These are ancient burial mounds near what was a fairly ...
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Natchez Trace
I started off the day with a walk to Fort Rosalie, which google assured me was only a few blocks from the hotel. When I ...
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Houston, we have 49!
I started the day at Space Center Houston. This is where Mission Control is located for all manned space missions. They don't open until 10:00 ...
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Battleship!
I started the day at the USS Alabama, a South Dakota class battleship. That means it's a bit smaller than the Iowa Class ships like ...
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Panhandling
I started today with a stop at the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site. The site is at Moton Field, where the pilots learned to fly ...
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Auburn in the Rain
Today was supposed to be a hike at Cheaha State Park; however, that didn't work out. A lot of the state park visits early on ...
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Motorcycles
Today's activity was a trip to the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum just inside of Birmingham. It holds the Guinness Record as the largest motorcycle museum, ...
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Little River Canyon / Desoto
Today I headed off to Little River Canyon National Preserve and Desoto State Park (roughly adjacent) to look at some waterfalls. It was another short ...
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Cathedral Caverns
Today was a light travel day, shifting only an hour or so to Cathedral Caverns State Park. I got there roughly when the park opened ...
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Huntsville Rocket Day
It was a warm Alabama day today, getting up into the low 80's. I figured that was normal, but I'm told it's warmer than usual ...
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Huntsville the First
Today is the cooler of the two days I have in Huntsville, so I decided to use it for a hike while tomorrow I can ...
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Tennessee in the Rain
It was a rainy morning. The weather apps predicted this, which is why I pushed to see the sights last night. I killed some time ...
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Six State Day
Today I began my road trip. Sure, I'm still suffering minor ailments, but this year it seems like a new problem crops up before I ...
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Spring Road Trip
Today was supposed to be the first day of my spring road trip. Unfortunately the cold I caught last week ended up being Covid. It's ...