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Weekend Road* Trip to Juneau, Alaska

*So it’s not exactly paint on pavement, it’s a big, blue watery road, but the U.S. D.O.T. designated the Alaska Marine Highway a National Scenic Byway, so it counts. M/V Fairweather I f’ing love the ferry! It is the poor … Continue reading

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Carlsbad(ass) Caverns Part II – Spelunking

I am not exaggerating when I say Carlsbad Caverns is one of my absolute favorite places I have ever been. If you ever loved Indiana Jones or the Goonies (and I can’t imagine why you would be here reading if … Continue reading

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Carlsbad Part I – Cougars and Cacti

Somewhere between Juarez, Mexico and Lubbock, Texas is the absolute coolest place I have ever seen in my life – Carlsbad Caverns (more about that tomorrow). Before or after one has seen these caverns, however, there is the matter of … Continue reading

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Roswell, New Mexico – Next, please

There – I just saved you a trip to Roswell. This is the best I saw. The drive out of Santa Fe was an exercise in ass clenching. The clear Southwest sun beamed onto pavement recently plowed of the last … Continue reading

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Flagstaff, AZ to Santa Fe, NM: Snow on adobe

Giant Santa Fe horse head Happy Holiday cow skull at El Paseo (almost as beautiful as the $1 tacos) With snow flying through the air of Flagstaff, I busted a freeway move all the way to Santa Fe, New Mexico. … Continue reading

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Sedona, Flagstaff and a Grandiose Canyon

Day Four The Sky Ranch Lodge is not the cheapest place in Sedona, Arizona, nor is it the most modern. But waking up to a fantastic view from bed of the famous Sedona red rocks, I didn’t really care about … Continue reading

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Laughlin, NV to Sedona, AZ: finally some cool rocks

Sunrise over the Colorado Straight roads Behold, a cactus FROG ROCK! Not southern Idaho. Arizona. No really. That’s more like it. Sedona. Oooooooooh. Festival o’ lights at the Tlaquepaque (which is nothing like Tlaquepaque in Guadalajara) And it is cold … Continue reading

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Oddlights: Cali to Lake Havasu, AZ to Laughlin, NV

(I decided to focus on the things that seem the strangest to me from day to day on this trip, thus the “oddlights.”) Leaving Blythe, CA I soon hit Ehrenberg, AZ which, as my trusty navigator (Mr. Holden) pointed out, … Continue reading

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Fishpocalypse at the Salton Sea

I’m sitting at the Courtesy Coffee Shop in Blythe, CA enjoying coffee, sunshine and eavesdropping. So far both conversations between the waitress and other patrons are about illness and lethargy – no one feels well enough to start decorating for … Continue reading

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Ireland on a budget. What NOT to do.

Blending in Last month I took a trip that some might call blow-your-mind-fantastical. It was quick (one week) and consisted of my greatest friend Megan The Gnome and I tooling the entire island of Ireland. “Whoa, fun!” you say, and … Continue reading

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