July 5 – July 18, 2021 We decided in early June to finish our trip at the end of July, drive to Golden to fix up and sell the trailer, and move on to the next thing in life with no idea as to what that was. We also decided to take the last few …
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California Edition 6: North Coast Culinary Caravan with the Clan
June 17 – July 5, 2021 The Northern California coast is remote, rugged, and beautiful. It is visually stunning with its coastal mountain ranges, lush rainforest, and tall trees that all abruptly end in a dramatic scene where they collide with the Pacific Ocean. It is at this point that the ocean sends the force …
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California Edition 5: Monterey, Big Sur, and the Collector
June 15 – 17, 2021 Lysette likes to say I am a collector of things, to which I disagree. My position is that a serious collector of things would have lots of things, more like Fred Sanford of Sanford & Sons amount of things. A serious collector of things is way more disciplined and organized …
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California Edition 4: San Simeon State Park and Pismo Beach
June 9 – 15, 2021 This bogisode covers our first of what will be many stops along the California coast throughout the rest of June and half of July. The Hunt family interlude represents a big portion of this blog which is a slight stray from the nature stuff but a large portion of what …
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California Edition 3: West to the Coast
June 4 – 9, 2021 This blogisode is one of our shorter editions, as we left the Sierra’s south and west across the state to the coast. An area of Caifornia that doesn’t get the California love as it is mostly agricultural, ranching, and hot (no Elvis surf movies were ever filmed here). It does …
California Edition 2: The Upper Eastside
May 23 – June 4, 2021 This blogisode features highlights of our wanderings through the Sierra Nevada’s along the 395 northern corridor including June Lakes, Lower Lee Vinings Campground, Tioga Pass Road, Yosemite National Park, Bridgeport, and Grover Hot Springs State Park. Rest assured that we are chronicling our journey daily through words and photos …
California, The Lower Eastside
May 15 – 23, 2021 The Owens Valley River Basin lies between the White Mountains and the Sierra Nevada Range and at one time was a lush agricultural and ranching hub with ample water flowing from the snow melt off the Sierra’s. There is a complicated history of the area formed around the battle over …
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 …
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 …