Southwest Culture Roadtrip Archives - J. Dawg Journeys

The Beauty of West Texas

J. Dawg — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 19:41:03 +0000

I just got back from spending some time in west Texas. I was there for much of March. We visited Big Bend National Park, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, and the towns of Alpine, Fort Davis, Marathon, and Terlingua. I wrote about our stay in Big Bend in this post – Big Bend National Park. I […]

Continue reading The Beauty of West Texas at J. Dawg Journeys. #rv #rving

Southwest Culture Road Trip Summary

J. Dawg — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 18:52:00 +0000

I just got back from a very long road trip to the southwest. It all started when we escaped New England in early January and spent two months “snow birding” in Florida. Then, we embarked on a multi-state road trip heading west visiting places in the southwest. It was a great trip and one that […]

Continue reading Southwest Culture Road Trip Summary at J. Dawg Journeys. #rv #rving

Palo Duro Canyon, TX

J. Dawg — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 01:15:00 +0000

Driving east from Tucumcari, NM the terrain remains open plains dotted with scrub junipers and small mesquite trees. Distance mountains and mesas shrink from the horizon and it becomes flat with 20 mile vistas. We’re driving across the Llano Escatado – the flat high plains cap rock mesa area the runs between the border of […]

Continue reading Palo Duro Canyon, TX at J. Dawg Journeys. #rv #rving

Tucson to Tucumcari

J. Dawg — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:31:00 +0000

Well, I’ve been from Tucson to Tucumcari. Always wanted to use that line from Little Feat’s song Willin, and now its a true statement. Today was a travel day and the target destination was Tucumcari, NM. Not because there’s anything here (trust me there is NOTHING here), but it fit my mileage quota for the […]

Continue reading Tucson to Tucumcari at J. Dawg Journeys. #rv #rving

Gallup, NM

J. Dawg — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 01:13:00 +0000

Another day on the south west culture tour and we made it back into New Mexico. Gallup was a short 128 mile drive from Winslow. There’s not much to see on this section of I-40 except trains going by heading west. Also, it wasn’t as windy on the road as the day before. We spent […]

Continue reading Gallup, NM at J. Dawg Journeys. #rv #rving

Standin’ on the Corner in Winslow Arizona

J. Dawg — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 00:47:00 +0000

Well, I’m a runnin down the road tryin to loosen my load. Well, it was more like blowing down the road. We left Golden Valley, AZ and set out for Gallup, NM. It was a brilliant sunshiny day, but the wind was fore casted to blow from the SW at 25-35 mph with gusts up […]

Continue reading Standin’ on the Corner in Winslow Arizona at J. Dawg Journeys. #rv #rving