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Sept 4 – Colorado Ntnl Monument
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This morning started off as any normal Sunday, with work. The difference today was that I was working out of the van in a Walmart parking lot a few miles out of the Colorado National Monument. By noon, I was …
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Wildlife Sanctuary
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We learned something new today, and that was that just down the road, less than 40 miles, is the oldest and largest nonprofit Sanctuary in the US dedicated exclusively to rescuing captive exotic and endangered large carnivores and it is …
Black Chasm National Landmark
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Black Chasm is a natural underground cave located in Volcano California, only few minutes drive from where we are staying in California. Tim and I took a break from the afternoon heat (high 90′s today) to take the 45 minute …
Camping in the Teton Forest
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Just outside the National Park is the National Forest. While it may sound the same, on paper the different between a”Park” and a “Forest” is everything. Within the National Parks, the public is very limited in what we can do. …
Waking to the Tetons
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After the 12 hours of driving, arriving in the park well after sunset, we found a place to park for the night. Timmy and I watched a bit of recorded TV before calling it a night, but by 11pm the …
Another quick hike into the meadows
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I have hiked into the Homestead Meadows a few times, usually by the Lion’s Gultch trail. This past Monday, Conor and I chose to hike in from the Northern side following a short trail and the dirt access roads to …
Gray Rock Mountain hike
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Conor got me motivated for a hike, so after getting my work done for the day we hauled ourselves up Hwy 14 to a hike that he had partially done a few months back, Gray Rock Mtn. This trail is …
Sunset over the Dragoon Mountains
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I am not educated enough to have the words to describe these events, so I will keep quiet and just show the pictures.
San Pedro house (and trail)
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I did not read up on the history of this area, though I did see that this was a stretch of land which multiple families attempted to raise cattle on in the 1800′s only to be run off by the …
A windy start & pics of McCarrell Ranch
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Wind kicked up just after the alarm woke me at 6am. By 6:14, I was outside trying to rescue my awning which was just hanging on with the wind trying desperately to rip it off the trailer. It did not …
Pima air museum and the boneyard
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Conor recommended I see the Pima air and space museum while I was in the Tucson area, so today I finally made the 10 mile trip. I arrived as early as possible as I was told that it is easily …
Tombstone AZ
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Today we head into Tombstone Arizona, hoping for a little peace and quiet while visiting a historic place… but, as it turns out, Tombstone is quite the tourist trap much like Fisherman’s wharf in SF. Little of Tombstone-proper exists now, …