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Date |
States |
General Route |
General Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 26, | Missouri | I-44 & I-40 (very bad snow & ice) | Non-stop to Tucumcari, NM. |
| 2002 | Oklahoma | Mc Donald’s parking lot Tucumcari | Crashed here a few hours. |
| Texas | I-40 to I-25 to Hwy 550 | Drove this route to Chaco. | |
| Road Trip | New Mexico | Chaco Canyon National Historic Park | Explored Pueblo Bonito Ruins (snow) |
| (1 week) | Ah shi sle pah Wilderness Study Area | Drove two track to rim (snow). | |
| Farmington, NM | Motel one night. | ||
| New Mexico/ | Shiprock | Drove to tower (snow). | |
| Arizona | Page, AZ | Motel two nights. | |
| Winter Photo | Horseshoe Bend – Colorado River | Hiked to overlook. | |
| Trip | Water Holes Canyon | Hiked down into canyon. | |
| Cathedral Wash | Hiked into and to Colorado River. | ||
| South Canyon – House Rock area | Found Trailhead into Canyon. | ||
| Grand Canyon National Park | Bright Angel Lodge one night. | ||
| South Rim | Drove West Rim Drive on South Rim. | ||
| Hwy 89 to I-40 to Tucumcari | Motel one night. | ||
| I-40 & I-44 | Non-stop all the way back. | ||
Date |
States |
General Route |
General Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 27, | Missouri | I-70 | Non-stop to Denver . |
| 2002 | Kansas | Denver | Friends home one night. |
| Colorado | I-70 to Hwy 128 | Six hours to Moab. | |
| Road Trip | Utah | Moab, UT | Motel two nights. |
| (1 week) | Bow Tie Arch and Corona Arch | Hiked to both arches from Hwy 279. | |
| Long Canyon | Drove up-canyon from Hwy 279. | ||
| Utah/ | Dead Horse State Park | Visited overlook. | |
| Arizona/ | Canyonlands National Park | Island in the Sky District-several overlooks. | |
| New Mexico | La Sal Mountains | Drove backroads 180 miles around Mountains. | |
| Winter Photo | Canyonlands National Park | Needles District - drove to Elephant Hill . | |
| Trip | Route 95 – to Natural Bridges N.M. | Drove backroad to Bears Ears Pass. | |
| Muley Point | Drove backroad to overlook. | ||
| Arizona | Monument Valley Tribal Park | Drove Loop Road | |
| New Mexico | Keyanta, AZ | Motel one night | |
| Texas | Ah shi sle pah Wilderness Study Area | Found it - drove two track to rim | |
| Oklahoma | Tucumcari, NM | Motel one night | |
| Missouri | I-40 & I-44 | Non stop all the way back | |
Date |
States |
General Route |
General Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 3, | Missouri | I-70 | Non-stop to Denver |
| 2002 | Kansas | Denver, CO | Motel one night |
| Colorado | Grand Mesa Scenic Byway | Drove byway from I-70 to Delta, CO | |
| Road Trip | East Dallas Creek Road | Drove to Mt. Sneffels Trailhead | |
| (1 week) | Last Dollar Road | Drove from Dallas Divide to Telluride | |
| Telluride, CO | Ski Lodge two nights (off season) | ||
| Colorado/ | West Dallas Creek Road | Drove to Box Factory Park | |
| New Mexico | Illium Road | Drove from 62 to Ophir | |
| Fall Photo | Hwy 145 to Dunton Road | Stopped at Lizard Head Pass | |
| Trip | Dunton Road | Drove to Navajo Lake Trailhead | |
| Alta Road | Drove to the Alta Ghost Town | ||
| Hwy 145 to Cortez, CO | Drove this extremely scenic road | ||
| New Mexico | Aztec National Monument | Explored the ruins and great kiva | |
| Angel Peak | Stopped at overlook | ||
| De Na Zin Wilderness | Checked GPS coordinates | ||
| Hwy 371 | Drove this to I-40 from De Na Zin | ||
| Grants, NM | Motel one night | ||
| El Morro National Monument | Hiked the trail on top of mesa | ||
| Chain of Craters Backcountry Byway | Drove this road from Hwy 53 to 117 | ||
| El Malpais National Monument | La Ventana Arch & Bluffs Overlook | ||
| Santa Fe | Motel one night | ||
| Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe | Drove this byway to the ski area | ||
| Las Vegas, NM | Explored the main town square | ||
| Hwy 518 to Salmon Ranch | Checked out the old mill here | ||
| Salmon Ranch on Hwy 518 to Taos | Drove this very scenic road | ||
| Hwy 64 to Raton, NM | Drove this road to Cimarron & beyond | ||
| Raton, NM | Motel one night | ||
| Oklahoma | Capulin Volcano National Monument | Drove the road to the crater | |
| Kansas | Ft. Larned National Historic Site | Checked out the visitors center | |
| Missouri | I-70 | Non-stop all the way back | |
Date |
States |
General Route |
General Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 15, | Missouri | I-70 | Non-stop to Estes Park, CO |
| 2002 | Kansas | Hwy 36 | Drove this route – Boulder to Estes Park |
| Colorado | Rocky Mountain National Park | Glacier Basin campground - 3 nights | |
| Road Trip | Fall River Road | Drove up to Alpine Visitor’s center | |
| (long weekend) | Trail Ridge Road | Drove down from Alpine Visitor’s center | |
| Kansas | Glacier Gorge | Hiked to Black Lake | |
| Black Lake | Missouri | I-25 to I-70 | Non-stop all the way back |
| Photo Trip | |||
Date |
States |
General Route |
General Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 26, | Missouri | I-70 to Limon CO. | Drove non stop. |
| 2002 | Kansas | Hwy 24 | Traveled this route to Colorado Springs. |
| Colorado | I-25 to Hwy 69 to Mendano Pass Road | Took this route into Great Sand Dunes. | |
| Road Trip | Great Sand Dunes National Monument | Drove over Mendano Pass & into Park | |
| (1 week) | Alamosa, CO | Motel one night. | |
| Durango, CO | Visited downtown several hours. | ||
| Colorado/ | Ouray, CO | Motel one night. | |
| Utah | Yankee Boy Basin | Drove into Yankee Boy from Ouray, CO. | |
| Spring | Telluride, CO | Explored Telluride | |
| Photo | Utah | Hwy 145 & Hwy 90 | Drove thru Paradox Valley to Moab, UT |
| Trip | Moab, UT | Motel two nights | |
| Arches National Park | Hiked to Delicate Arch | ||
| Behind the Reef Road | Drove this backroad in San Rafael Swell | ||
| Little Wild Horse Canyon | Hiked into canyon about 2 miles | ||
| Colorado | Goblin Valley State Park | Explored hoodoos for couple hours | |
| Kansas | Hwy 24 to I-70 to Denver | Motel one night | |
| Missouri | I-70 | Non-stop all the way back | |
Date |
States |
General Route |
General Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 3, | Missouri | St. Louis, MO | Lambert International Airport |
| 2002 | Nevada | Las Vegas, NV | I-15 from McCarran Airport |
| Valley of Fire State Park | Camped one night & explored park | ||
| Air to | Utah | Mohave Desert/Joshua Tree Road | Drove this road near St.George, UT |
| Las Vegas | Arizona | Black Rock Canyon Road | Drove this road to Mt. Trumbull Road |
| & return | Mt. Trumbull Road in Arizona Strip | Drove this road to Toroweap Point | |
| Grand Canyon National Park | Camped at Toroweap Point three nights | ||
| (5 nights - | Lava Falls Trail | Hiked down a short distance to overlook | |
| 6 days) | Vulcan's Throne | Climbed this extinct volcano | |
| Buckskin Gulch | Into Buckskin Gulch from Wire Pass | ||
| GCNP | Vermillion Cliffs National Monument | Stopped at Paria visitors center | |
| Toroweap | Utah | Zion National Park | Camped one night just outside park |
| Point | Nevada | I-15 to McCarran Airport | Las Vegas, NV |
| Trip | Missouri | Lambert International Airport | St. Louis, MO |
Date |
States |
General Route |
General Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 24, | Missouri | Washington State Park | Checking out back roads near this state park. |
| 2002 | Town of Blackwell, MO | An almost ghost town | |
| Day Trip | |||
Date |
States |
General Route |
General Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4, | Missouri | I-44 & I-40 | Non-stop to Albuquerque, NM |
| 2002 | Oklahoma | Sandia Scenic Byway | Drove this to the top of the Sandia Crest |
| Texas | I-40 to I-25 to Santa Fe. NM | Motel one night | |
| Road Trip | New Mexico | Canyon Road | Explored Santa Fe at night |
| (1 week) | Tent Rocks National Monument | Hiked main trail to overlook | |
| Chaco Canyon National Historic Park | Hiked to Pueblo Bonito overlook | ||
| Utah/ | Bisti/De Na Zin Wilderness | Hiked into De Na Zin one mile plus or minus | |
| Arizona/ | Shiprock | Explored Shiprock and the lava fins | |
| New Mexico | Arizona | Lukachukai Pass | Drove in heavy snow over this pass |
| Winter Photo | Utah | Bluff, UT | Motel one night |
| Trip | East side of Comb Reef | Drove Lower Harris Wash Road | |
| Hwy 95 to Hwy 276 | Drove this very scenic section of 95 | ||
| Hwy 276 to Notom Bullfrog Road | Drove to Burr Trail switchbacks | ||
| Hanksville | Motel two nights | ||
| Fairview Ranch Road | Drove this rough road to Bull Mountain | ||
| Angel Trail – Dirty Devil River. | Found West side trailhead | ||
| Burr Point | Drove dirt/gravel road to overlook | ||
| Colorado | Poison Springs Road | Drove 4WD road to Dirty Devil River | |
| Kansas | Unbelievable sunset Jan 9 Hanksville | Caught this next to the Chevron station | |
| Missouri | I-70 | Non-stop all the way back | |
Date |
States |
General Route |
General Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 3, | Missouri | Rockwoods Reservation County Park | On the edge of the St. Louis Metropolitan area. |
| 2001 | (Greenwood Trail – 10 miles) | ||
| Day Hike | |||
Date |
States |
General Route |
General Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 18, | Missouri | I-70 | Non-stop to Hwy 128 & Moab, UT |
| 2001 | Kansas | Glenwood Canyon | Checked out Grizzly Creek Rest Stop |
| Colorado | Glenwood Springs, CO | Explored Glenwood Springs | |
| Road Trip | Utah | Hwy 128 | Drove this great scenic byway |
| Moab, UT | motel (3 nites) | ||
| (long | Hurrah Pass | Drove about 1 mile beyond the pass | |
| weekend) | Canyonlands National Park | Checked out Shaeffer Trail overlook | |
| San Rafael Swell | Explored Black Dragon Canyon | ||
| Utah | Colorado | Arches National Park | Hiked to Delicate Arch |
| Fall Photo | Kansas | Hwy 128 to I-70 | Always good (even into the sun) |
| Trip | Missouri | I-70 | Non-stop all the way back |
Date |
States |
General Route |
General Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 7, | Missouri | Engelmann Natural Area | First growth woodland on the Missouri River near St. Louis |
| 2001 | Actually turned around 180d hiking out | ||
| Day Hike | |||
Date |
States |
General Route |
General Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 16 | Missouri | Exploring west St. Louis County backroads |
Found Yeatman Road & drove to Merrimac River |
| 2001 | |||
| Day Trip | |||
Date |
States |
General Route |
General Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, | Missouri | I-70 | Non-stop to Hwy 128 & Moab, UT |
| 2001 | Kansas | Hwy 128 | Explored Fisher Towers briefly |
| Colorado | Moab, UT | Motel one night | |
| Road Trip | Utah | Hurrah Pass | Drove Kane Springs/Lockhart Basin Rd |
| (2 weeks) | San Rafael Reef/Black Dragon Canyon | Explored in & on top of The Reef | |
| Wedge Overlook | Drove back-roads to this overlook | ||
| Notch Peak | Ferron to Mayfield Road | Tried to drive this but blocked by snow | |
| Climb Trip |
Delta, UT | Motel one night | |
| Notch Peak Scenic Loop Drive | Drove these very scenic back roads | ||
| U-Dig Fossils | Quarried a few fossils – very good | ||
| Nevada | Great Basin National Park | Baker campground - 2 nights - base camp | |
| Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive | Open all the way to the top – great drive | ||
| Utah | Notch Peak | To summit via East Sawtooth Canyon | |
| Jack Watson’s Homestead | Found it | ||
| Crystal Peak | Tried to climb but couldn’t find a route | ||
| Zion National Park | Private campground - three nights | ||
| Angels Landing | Climbed Angel’s Landing | ||
| Roads beyond Kolab Reservoir | Drove into this area and got lost | ||
| Grand Staircase/Escalante National Mon. | Enter east of Kanab, UT | ||
| Cottonwood Canyon Road | Drove to mouth of Hackberry Wash | ||
| Hackberry Wash | Hiked into wash about half mile | ||
| Round Valley Draw | Checked out two separate entry points | ||
| Hwy 12 | Drove from Cannonville, UT to Burr Trail | ||
| Burr Trail & Upper Muley Twist Canyon. | Camped near Strike Valley overlook | ||
| Capitol Reef National Park | Drove to Hall’s overlook | ||
| Starr Springs | Drove a rough scenic back road to 95 | ||
| Hanksville | Motel one night | ||
| Hite | Access to the Flint Trail in the Maze | ||
| Flint Trail Access Road | Drove road 40 mi to flint switchbacks | ||
| Canyonland National Park | The Maze District | ||
| Golden Staircase | Spur road to trailhead – hiked in 1 mile | ||
| Switchbacks on Flint Trail | Stair steps in very steep sections | ||
| French Spring Fork of Happy Canyon | Camped one night here near Hans Flat | ||
| Colorado | I-70 to Denver | Non stop to Denver | |
| Denver, CO | Motel one night | ||
| Kansas | Denver Art Museum | Visited on the way back | |
| Missouri | I-70 | Non-stop all the way back | |
Date |
States |
General Route |
General Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 1, | Missouri | Hwy A Parking Lot to Ottery Creek Shut-Ins | A good 8 mile hike to a unique shut in on private land. |
| 2001 | |||
| Day Trip | |||
Date |
States |
General Route |
General Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 3, | Missouri | I-64 to Hwy 41 to Hwy 66 | To Owensboro, KY |
| 2000 | Kentucky | Natcher Parkway to I-65 | To Bowling Green, KY |
| Tennessee | I-65 to Nashville, TN & I-24 | To Monteagle, TN | |
| Road Trip | Savage Gulf State Natural Area | Hiked into park about 4 mi at night | |
| Greeter Falls | Hiked to Greeter Falls from campsite | ||
| (Backpack) | Stone Door | Broke camp & packed to Stone Door | |
| (weekend) | Savage Gulf campground | Camped in main campground one night | |
| Back almost the same way | Non stop all the way back | ||
| Check out | |||
| Savage Gulf | |||
| Trip | |||
Date |
States |
General Route |
General Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28, | I-70 | Non-stop to Denver | |
| 2000 | Denver | Motel one night | |
| Colorado |
Denver’s pedestrian mall | Explored this very good pedestrian mall | |
| Road Trip | Mt. Evans Road | Drove toll road to top of Mt. Evans | |
| (1 week) | Carbondale, CO | Motel one night | |
| Capitol Lake | Backpacked 6 miles to Capitol Lake | ||
| Capitol Peak | Meadow next to Capitol Lake | Camped two nights in a grove of pines | |
| Climb Trip | Capitol Peak | Attempted to climb Capitol Peak | |
| Knife Edge | Crossed Knife Edge – pretty cool | ||
| Detailed | Almost Black Clouds | Decided not to risk peak due to weather | |
| Report | Rained about 15 minutes | After rain it was slippery but clear | |
| of Climb | Hiked back around K2 & down to bowl | Getting pretty tired of boulder hopping | |
| Climb back to saddle | Definitely not fun | ||
| Slide down saddle in lose gravel | This is pretty steep on the down take | ||
| Crashed for the night | Dinty Moore beef stew is OK sometimes | ||
| Hiked out with two horses following us | Don’t know where they came from | ||
| Carbondale, CO | Motel one night | ||
| Juicy Lucy’s in Glenwood Springs | Very good | ||
| West Elk Scenic Drive | Drove this to Crested Butte, CO | ||
| Crested Butte, CO | Explored Crested Butte several hours | ||
| Drove to Black Canyon of the Gunnison | To visitor center | ||
| Gunnison, CO | Motel one night | ||
| Drove over Cottonwood Pass | Lunch in Buena Vista, CO | ||
| Florissant Fossil Beds N.M. | Visited this park for a couple hours | ||
| Drove to Limon, CO | Took route through Colorado Springs, CO | ||
| I-70 | Non-stop all the way back | ||
Date |
States |
General Route |
General Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 25, | Missouri | Stegell Mtn., Rocky Falls, Buzzard Mtn. | Good trip but a very long day from St. Louis. |
| 2000 | Shut-Ins & Klepzig Mill Shut-Ins | ||
| Day Trip | |||
Date |
States |
General Route |
General Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 18, | Missouri | Amadon State Park | Short hike to a very good shut-ins. |
| 2000 | |||
| Day Trip | |||
Date |
States |
General Route |
General Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, | Missouri | Lambert International Airport | St. Louis, MO |
| 2000 | Ohio | Hopkins International Airport | Cleveland, OH |
| Rock & Roll Hall of Fame | Airport to downtown Cleveland waterfront | ||
| Air to | Hwy 6 along Lake Erie to the Point | This is a interesting drive | |
| Cleveland | Cedar Point on Lake Erie | The best roller coaster park in the world | |
| & back | The Breakers at Cedar Point | Resort Hotel three nights | |
| New 300 foot high “Millennium Force” | Feels like a run-away freight train | ||
| (3 nights | Ohio Turnpike to Hopkins International Airport | Cleveland, OH | |
| – 4 days) | Missouri | Lambert International Airport | St. Louis, MO |
| High School | |||
| Graduation | |||
| Present Trip | |||
Date |
States |
General Route |
General Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 5, | Missouri | Buford Mountain | Hiked to second major glade & back. |
| 2000 | Easy hike - maybe 5 miles . | ||
| Day Trip | |||