Monument Valley – An Awesome Place
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...Mesa Verde National Park – Where the Ancient Ones Lived
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...
Durango, Colorado – Rocky Mountain High
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...Dodge City – Queen of the Cowtowns
“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...
Following the Sante Fe Trail
The Sante Fe Trail was one of the major travel routes between Mexico and the United States. The southern part of the trail was pioneered by a Frenchman named Pedro Vial in 1792. The full trail was established in 1821 and it stretched from Franklin, MO to...About J. Dawg
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