We slept well, recovering from our long hike experience. When I got up in the morning my legs didn’t want to work, and they stiffen up again at any opportunity. We packed camp and headed out for a ten hour drive to Carlsbad NM. With 300+ miles yet to drive in our 600+ miles for …
In the last two days we hiked for 14.5 hour covering 17 miles with a total altitude gain and loss of approximately 14,000 feet. We are EXHAUSTED! On Tuesday, June 19 we got up at three a.m. to catch the bus to South Kaibab trailhead. We were in a hurry and didn’t eat breakfast. After …
Today’s post will be short because I have to get to bed. WE GOT A PERMIT FOR BRIGHT ANGEL CAMPGROUND!!! More about that later. We spent the day driving along the canyon rim Road stopping at Overlook points. We also Stopped at that to see you o stopped at the Tusayan ruins the ruins of …
Page AZ to Kaibab National Forest: Ten X Campground AZ I woke with a start and sat up, searching for my phone, sure we had over slept and were in danger of missing our canyon tour. I was surprised when I saw the time: 4:55 am. The alarm wasn’t set to go off until 6:15. …
Holbrook AZ to Page AZ Day five of our trip, and we are getting close to our main stop, the Grand Canyon. When we went to bed last night the wind was blowing hard, making me worry about something falling from the tree overhead. Sometime after midnight rain came, but not the lightning that had …
Albuquerque NM to Holbrook AZ Packing gets faster every day. We had everything put away in 30-40 minuets this morning. Yay for teamwork! The Rio Grande river flows on the west side of Albuquerque so after a stop at Walmart we went down to a small park to see the river. It was beautiful, flowing …
Wichita Falls TX to Albuquerque NM We were on the road by 8 am Central Time, making good progress toward our lunch stop in the Amarillo historic district.REPORT THIS AD Passing through Wichita Falls brought back memories for Stephen of his training time there with the Air Force. One of the interesting things along the …
Vicksburg MS to Wichita Falls TX We spent the night at a very pleasant campground a short distance from the historic part of Vicksburg. It took an hour to pack up, not bad for the first tear down of the trip. Today was a driving day. We traveled approximately seven hours…my backside is not happy! …
Pensacola, FL to Vicksburg, MS An early start got us to The Vicksburg National Military Park around 1:30. Our car is so loaded down with gear that we are bottoming out on bumps…a very unnerving clunk that catches us by surprise now and again. The siege of Vicksburg was a key victory that gave the …
The first leg of the trip went great, other than missing a turn or two. (Why haven’t we reached I-10 yet? Um…we did…a while ago. Oops.) A bit of rain cooled the summer heat and made for a pleasant snooze if you were lucky enough to be riding instead of driving. A warm welcome from friends made this evening special. Let the adventures begin!
