road trip
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El Yunque: Puerto Rico’s Rain Forest
We went to El Yunque today! We woke up at a reasonable hour and got out the door without wasting too much time. Thankfully, the drive wasn’t crazy, and we arrived at the park fairly quickly. We decided to just… Continue reading
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Cripple Creek Ice Castles
We had decided we shouldn’t be in a huge hurry to the morning we left, so we walked over to Call Your Mother and grabbed some breakfast. Bagels, yum! We took it back home, ate, took the last few things… Continue reading
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Santa Fe – Our Final Stop
We’d reached the end of the road. One last hurrah in Santa Fe, and then we had to go home. I woke up pretty early that last morning at White Sands, and had some coffee. Eventually, Matt got up, had… Continue reading
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White Sands National Park
We left Tucson at a reasonable hour and drove. And drove and drove and drove. We stopped for gas and bathrooms once or twice…. The drive was beautiful. It seemed like every time we went through or over a mountain… Continue reading
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Tucson
We wrapped up our time at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, and it was time to head to Tucson. Well, with a slight detour. We wanted to have a look at Lukeville, the border town with Mexico. It was only… Continue reading
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Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Sedona was amazing. We were sad to leave, but ready to move on to our next destination. We woke up at the Hilltop Inn… Damn, that bed was comfortable! Wish I’d slept a little better, but it is what it… Continue reading
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Prescott, Jerome, and more Hiking in Sedona
After hiking and scrambling and hiking and scrambling for days on end, we had slightly different plans for today. I got up and had coffee, as per usual, and when Matt got up we made pancakes for breakfast. Yum! We… Continue reading
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Sedona – Cathedral Rock, Devil’s Bridge and Hangover Trail
We weren’t in a hurry to get out and head for Sedona this morning, but we were still up and about at a decent hour. We had some coffee in the room and decided to go to the greasy spoon… Continue reading
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Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon
The morning after the race, we got to sit and drink good coffee that Kris brought and chat and rehash with Renee. We packed and cleaned everything up and headed out by about 10:00 am. Kris and Renee had a hellish… Continue reading
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More Moab – More Scrambling and Race Day!
After the almost-running-out-of-gas fiasco, we went back to the hostel and chilled out for a bit in our room, then found a 1.6 mile hike that was 8 minutes away. What the hell, we went for it. Such a cool… Continue reading
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