Culebra and Red Peak
Three high points in one weekend. Mt Sunflower in Kansas on Friday, Black Mesa in Oklahoma on Saturday, and Culebra Peak in Colorado…
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Black Mesa Oklahoma High Point
Some high points are beautiful, some you drive up to, and some make you go ‘Meh’. I miscalculated daylight, the internet said 06:43,…
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Mt Sunflower Kansas High Point
Kansas is EVERYTHING you would expect it to be. Flat, dry and dusty – with farmland and cattle land stretching to the horizon…
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Mount Elbert Colorado High Point
Well, I’m supposed to be sorting Mount Rainier photos… But when we see Mount Elbert (14,433), Mount Massive (14,421), and La Plata Peak…
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Mount Rainier Class
Rainier was a big trip for me. Months of grueling preparation. Thousands of dollars of extra gear. Hours and hours spent poring over…
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Grand Mesa Kiteboarders
As we were heading down after another day playing in the snow, we ran across a group of friends out kiteboarding on the…
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Kiteboarding Extras
I took way too many photos since these kites are so photogenic! A lot of them didn’t make the primetime album, but I…
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The Fiery Furnace
The Fiery Furnace is the MUST-SEE attraction in Arches National Park, at least for the adventurous types. Entry is by permit only, so…
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Arches National Park
If you guessed that Arches National Park was known for well, arches, you might be right. We spent a month just outside of…
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Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde is a prime example of a National Park being established to protect our heritage, instead of providing a recreational area. With…
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Four Corners Monument
Where else can you stand in four states at once? And that’s about all this place has going for it – if there…
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Southeast Utah
Utah is an amazing place, and far more varied than most people give it credit for. We started our Utah experience at the…
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Canyonlands National Park
Canyonlands National Park is broken out into three main sections: The Maze – a seldom-visited backcountry on the western side. Island in the…
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Natural Bridges National Monument
A prospector discovered the Natural Bridges in 1883, and it became a National Monument in 1908. There are 3 amazing natural bridges (arches…
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Monument Valley
Monument Valley is one of those must-do trips for anyone venturing the Southwest. It looks like a lot of tourists make this a…
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Canyon de Chelly Extras
Here are some extra photos from our Canyon de Chelly trip that didn’t make the prime-time cut, but are good memories for us.
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Canyon de Chelly
Canyon de Chelly (pronounced D’Shay) is entirely owned by the Navajo Tribal Trust of the Navajo Nation. It is the only National Park…
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Petrified Forest National Park
Neither of us had visited Petrified Forest National Park before, despite it’s relatively close proximity to the Grand Canyon. As with the other…
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