Friday November 10th - Sunday November 12thIt was bittersweet to leave Tucson with its giant saguaros speckling the mountain slopes above, but it was time to explore one more Arizona gem with my cousins - the Chiricahua mountains. We drove the scenic route through historic...
Thursday Nov 2 2023 Later that week, I took myself all the way to the top of Mount Lemmon to the very end of the road. The tiny ski village town had multiple restaurants and tons of hikers, tourists, and residents bustling about. I parked at the...
Friday October 20 - Monday October 30 2023We finally left the Gila Wilderness after a blissful, relaxing week immersed in remote wilds of New Mexico. We were bound for Tucson, Arizona for a few weeks with my cousins Mike, Brian, their 11-year old daughter Olivia...
Thursday September 15 We woke up at our parking sport on the hill outside Page, AZ with a spectacular view and quickly started driving the rest of the way into Vermillion Cliffs, National Monument. The entrance to the park was at the Navajo Bridge crossing the...
Monday September 12 We left Camp Noyo exhausted and fulfilled the previous day, and only managed to drive a short distance to the nearby town of Ukiah for an evening out watching the Packer game. We barely managed to stay awake until 8pm and were up...
Wednesday Dec 15 I woke up early and decided to finish up some quick work things from the previous couple days. 2 hours later, I was cranky, irritated that we weren’t already on a trail and that things seemed to be taking longer all the time....
Monday Dec 13 We left Joshua Tree Monday morning without a real schedule or time frame beyond a loose plan for the next 11 days, and being back in Denver by Christmas Eve. We stopped at the Joshua Tree visitor’s center for some souvenirs, and then...
Tuesday - Nov 16 Given this was our first trip in the ol Karma ride, we didn't plan too much by way of activities on the drive - aside from getting the van organized, and catching up on work when possible. One thing I immediately thought...
Sunday Nov 14 We are loving the honeymoon phase on our first trip in the van. We rushed our move out an additional day earlier to give us more time on our 1200 mile journey. We had just barely enough time over the first week of...