Month: May 2021
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Nevada
May 12 – 15, 2021 On May 15, 2020, we left our home in Golden, Colorado with basic necessities and a few toys. Our toys included an inflatable stand up paddle board, two bikes, and running shoes. The requirement for bringing stuff was that it first should meet Maslow’s hierarchy of needs pyramid of basic…
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Highlights from our Adventures in the Desert Southwest
April 21 – May 9, 2021 Since we’ve fallen way behind on our blog entries, we sought a way to catch you up without eliminating too much of the good stuff, so we are going to provide ONLY the good stuff. This blogisode eliminates the descriptive turns, brodies, trees, foliage, and details on the many…
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Lee’s Ferry
April 16-19, 2021 I recently read the book, Under the Banner of Heaven, by John Krakauer. This book was recommended by a frequent reader of the blog so I bit after previewing the free sample. It explores the history of the Church of the Latter Day Saints while using their past as a pivot to…
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Grand Canyon National Park
April 13 – 16, 2021 The Grand Canyon has history of exploration and profit seeking, from hotels along the rim that no longer exist, to tolls charged for using trails, and camps constructed for tourists along the Colorado River. Early explorers such as García López de Cárdenas of Spain never got to the river as…