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Bryce Canyon National Park – May 4 – May 5, 2024
Day 2 of park exploration was decidedly lower key with all hiking being short jaunts along the amphitheater rims. We started at the far south end of the Bryce Canyon Scenic Drive at the Rainbow Point, Yovimpa Point, and Bristlecone … Continue reading
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Bryce Canyon National Park – May 2 – May 3, 2024
We met up with Joy and Larry at Las Vegas after driving north in the jeep and did a little Vegas sightseeing including trying out a beer garden right above the strip — very civilized and excellent beer selections. On … Continue reading
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The Colorado Plateau – May 1, 2024 (Geology and maybe a picture or two)
Recently this blog and the gollywobbler domain were migrated to a new hosting service due to previous hosting service wanting almost 4 times the annual fee that the new host, which is faster and more focused on WordPress blogs wanted … Continue reading
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Anza Borrego State Park – Sandstone Canyon – March 7, 2024
On Tuesday morning after enjoying more of the sculptures near Borrego Springs, we headed back to the southern portion of the park to an area called Fish Creek Wash which includes Sandstone Canyon at about the 14-mile mark in the … Continue reading
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Anza Borrego State Park – The Slot – March 6, 2024
A 2-day trip to Anza Borrego to do a little hiking and offroading, but mostly to see the desert flowers blooming. With the wet year, the bloom was forecast to be pretty spectacular, peaking around the second week of March. … Continue reading
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Road Trip – Portsmouth, RI – Gloucester, MA August 29, 2023 – August 31, 2023
After stops in Mystic CT, and Newport RI and enjoying the foggy coast of Long Island Sound, we turned north to Gloucester, MA. We tried to make the drive as scenic as possible, but it is a struggle when you … Continue reading
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Another Road Trip – Cathedral City – Sedona, Az January 11 – 12, 2024
An exciting road trip with several planned stops. Kiara came along for the first few days and Joni rode with her in her car while I was learning to be at one with the new Jeep. We left early on … Continue reading
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Salton Buttes and Bombay Beach – February 3, 2024
Wowzers!!! Three adventures in a week and this one more of an unusual location for us! The flat and very low-lying Salton Sea area. The Salton Sea is that big darn lake that has a higher salinity than the Dead … Continue reading
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Geology Tour Road – Joshua Tree National Park – January 31, 2024
It has been an exciting week at Taos Court. Adventures have been piling up and getting accomplished at a dizzying rate. Joni had to work on a groundwater report for Northgate and I think she gets a little freaked out … Continue reading
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Big Painted Canyon – Overland – January 30, 2024
An off-road/hiking trip primarily to retrieve more rocks for landscape enhancements at Taos Court. A great day at Painted Canyon! The trip started by following the two-track for about 1/2-mile. At that point a drainage to the northeast presented itself … Continue reading
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