by J. Dawg | Jun 20, 2014 | Four Corners Roadtrip, National Parks, Utah
We’ve continued our trip now following the Grand Circle tour of National Parks. Its a route starting in Utah where you drive in a big counter clockwise circle seeing several National Parks including Arches, Canyonlands, Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, Grand...
by J. Dawg | Jun 18, 2014 | Arizona, Four Corners Roadtrip
Continuing our westward trek, Cav and I left Monument Valley and headed west to Page, AZ. Page is on the northern border of Arizona above the Grand Canyon. It never held any interest to me other that several of my blog readers highly recommended it as a place to...
by J. Dawg | Jun 16, 2014 | Four Corners Roadtrip, Utah
We left the green mesas of Colorado and drove southwest into Arizona. Â It was quite a dramatic landscape change. Â We left green topped mesa’s and some green valley’s to almost desert like conditions outside of Cortez, CO. Â It’s a pretty desolate road...
by J. Dawg | Jun 15, 2014 | Colorado, Four Corners Roadtrip, National Parks
About 40 miles west of Durango is Mesa Verde National Park. Mesa Verde means green mesa and it is very aptly named. This is a huge national park encompassing 81 square miles. Its main attractions are archaeological sites. There are over 4,500 sites and about 600...
by J. Dawg | Jun 14, 2014 | Colorado, Four Corners Roadtrip
After all the RV issues and long drives to dealerships, I decided to settle in for a couple of days and enjoy Durango. What a nice western town.  Its nestled in the narrow Animas Valley at the foot of the San Juan Mountains. This is an out of the way place...
by J. Dawg | Jun 8, 2014 | Four Corners Roadtrip, Kansas
“It’s nice to have some good weather”, I said to my son, Cav at mid day. “Yeah we didn’t have to dodge any twisters today”, was his response. We’re in Dodge City, Kansas and last night was a little scarier than the prior...