Day 7 started with some exploration of Arches National Park and then finished with a long drive to Arizona. While I was hoping to visit the Grand Canyon, I am going to have to do that some other time. Ironically, I got stuck on State Route 160 in a road construction traffic jam. After sitting there for 45 minutes, I back tracked and drove through the Navajo...
Day 6 of my journey started well. I managed to get an extra hour of driving during the previous evening and in the morning discovered Frisco, CO. I made a short 10 Mile side trip to Breckenridge, home of some of the scenes from Dumb and Dumber. The remainder of the day I would drive the rest of the way across Colorado and finish in Moab, Utah. Sometimes, I feel good...
Today I left the mountains of the Black Hills National Park with the goal to get to Denver, Colorado. This is a part of my journey I have been looking forward to because of the epic drive along the Rocky Mountains and for the opportunity to see my bro John Jr. I started the day in Custer, SD. The temperature was 50F or 10C and represented a major change from...
After a few good days of exploring Eagle River and a little more of Anchorage my friends invited me to take a road trip south along the Kenai Peninsula, visit the Russian River, and then enjoy some halbut fishing in Homer. What I have learned is that unlike Ohio where everything is just a few hours away, Alaska often requires 8-14 hours of driving to see some of the...