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Day 10 – Day 11 Along the Santa Fe Trail
Whatever day we’re on – I’m starting to lose track of them, took us to Bandelier National Monument and The Manhattan Project National Historical Park. Both were so very cool. And yet, I forgot to take picture….. However – on the way to Los Alamos – we ran into (almost) a herd of mule deer!…
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Day 8 – 9 Do you know the Way to Santa Fe? Oh Wait, that was San Jose….I should have taken that left turn at Albuquerque
Day 8 had us leaving the WigWam in Holbrook and chasing a few more National Park sites The history all over this country is amazing. We finished the day in Gallup, NM where we had dinner with Lou Diamond Philips! Ok, Ok, he was eating in the same place we were and walked past our…
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Day 5 – 6 – 7 or Where Am I Now?
Day 5 started with us leaving Barstow, staying in Seligman AZ. We went through the desert, the lava fields, visited the Bagdad Cafe and the Bagdad tree. After leaving California, we drove through Oatman AZ. We started running into the wild burros way before the town. After Oatman, we meandered our way to Seligman where…
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Day 4 – Its still Hot
It took most of the night for the wigwam to cool off last night. I woke to a pleasant 73 degrees. Unfortunately that didn’t last. By the end of the day in Barstow it was a balmy 108 degrees! YIKES Today we passed Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch. And we start the kitchy part of the…
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Day 3 – But its a Dry Heat
We left Joshua Tree and moved onto San Bernardino. And it was still hot! At one point the car said it was 112 degrees (but its a dry heat). Mostly settled at 107. I know the desert can be beautiful, but still! As I am a little crazy, and I like to take photos at…
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Day 1 or Day 2 – And Here We Go Again!
Happy Anniversary Route 66 Finishing our Route 66 Adventure. We flew into LAX on Aug 20th, well actually the 21st until we actually arrived at 2am Pacific Time. We spent the rest of the ‘morning’ at the hotel and drove to Joshua Tree, spending the night in the cutest desert home. This morning, I captured…
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Catching Up
So it’s been a while and I haven’t kept up on my adventures, so this post will be a catch up of what I’ve been up to since Mary Ann’s birthday…..Not a lot of travel, but a lot of baseball. We did our normal trip to Chincoteague for two weeks. And we have a mini-plan…
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Colonial Williamsburg
We went to Colonial Williamsburg to celebrate Mary Ann’s Birthday. It was a dye day that weekend, so unexpected bonus. We also went to Jamestown and Yorktown And you know me, i make friends with the animals One very friendly cat was not supposed to be out of area, so a nice solider escorted him…
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Chincoteague for My Birthday
This won’t be too photo heavy, but we came to chincoteague for my birthday. The Waterside loves me…. It was a beautiful weekend in November!
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Day 13 – This is really the End
And here I sit in a hotel in Dallas. Our flight is tomorrow at 7:30am. This morning we went to the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. I didn’t take any pictures, but it was worthwhile side trip (and one that had been on my list a while). They did a nice job with the…