EXPLORING life SINCE 1973
We’ve realized that in life, as in our travels, that there is both joy and pleasure, misery and pain. By sharing the parts that were not good, the pain was halved. And the pleasurable times? Ah, those joys were doubled!
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Waterhole Canyon, Near Page, Arizona
We’ve been to the very well known Antelope Canyon a number of years back. As beautiful as it was, the crowds were awful. We had booked a photography tour. Must of had twenty people in our group and there were a dozen groups all lined up coming and going. Never again....
Carrot Men Petroglyphs, Near Rangely, Colorado
I love maps. I was about ten years old when I noticed an offer on the box of Salada tea that my mother drank. It was for a free world map if you sent proof of purchase. I sent it in and a few weeks later I received a 3’ x 4’ map of the world. I planned so many voyages...
Flaming Gorge, Part 2, Wyoming & Wild Camping Near Red Fleet State Park, Utah
The alternator belts, so far, have not caused a problem so I guess it’s fixed. I had found what looked like a great spot on the Flaming Gorge reservoir. Google maps wanted to take us down Highway 191 to the southern entrance before heading off road to our spot. I...
Flaming Gorge, Wyoming
Made of spectacular red canyon walls and arid green forest, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area sprawls across 207,363 acres of scenic landscape and wilderness. We headed out on Hwy 191 and turned on Flaming Gorge road. Then took a secondary and a tertiary dirt...
Red Canyon & Atlantic City, Wy
We left the Badlands and headed to Red Canyon. We got to the spot where we would turn off the highway onto a dirt road and saw it was gated. When we got closer, it read “closed December 1 to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic”. “No camping”. This area was part of the...
Shoshone National Forest
We are camped at 8500 feet in the Shoshone National Forest about 20 miles north of Dubois, Wy. We intended to go to the end of road (another 6 miles) which would have taken us to Horse Creek. We had been there before in our Jeep about 5 years ago. However, this being...