When bad weather put the kibosh on our plans to visit Taos and Chimayo, New Mexico, we implemented plan B and checked out a national historical park relatively near Santa Fe that wasn't originally on our radar. We enjoyed our quick - and windy! - visit to Pecos National Historical Park, where we spent time …
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We finally explored Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado, which was the only national park in that state left on our list. We stayed a couple nights in nearby Alamosa, which was a perfect jumping off point for our day in the park. Like other national parks, the approach is quite impressive as …
When we needed to reroute our planned road trip through New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah to commence in Ohio instead of Colorado, we spent a whirlwind afternoon plotting out our new route and a few brief stops along the way. In the process, we decided to stay overnight in Missouri and Kansas on our drive …
It only took me 40 years to make it to New Orleans, Louisiana. I was growing tired of rolling this destination over into each new year's planning ideas so I decided to finally make it happen! New Orleans in January January was an ideal time for us to go. Carnival was underway so we got …
We concluded our national park visits during our Labor Day motorcycle trip with Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Black Canyon is known for its incredibly deep and steep cliffs as well as its very narrow widths - some so much so that only half an hour of sunlight reaches the canyon floor each …
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One of the highlights of our Labor Day motorcycle trip was spending a day in Mesa Verde National Park. Brian booked us a room at the Far View Lodge, which is about half-way into the park, so we technically had a late afternoon/evening as well as most of the following day for our visit. That …
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Brian planned an awesome motorcycle trip over Labor Day weekend that took us south along the backside of the front range in Colorado, over to Four Corners, and back north through Eastern Colorado. We ended up riding 1,348 miles across 5 states - visiting 3 national parks - and happily the weather cooperated the majority …
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Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
