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 12, 2014 | RV Problems
A rotten tooth, severe t-storms, tornado warnings, high winds, and now the RV’s check engine light keeps coming on. I’m beginning to think this trip might be cursed. So far, we’ve had to delay the trip and change our route to dodge storms. Now the RV is acting up....
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...
by J. Dawg | Jun 7, 2014 | Four Corners Roadtrip, Kansas
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...
by J. Dawg | Jun 5, 2014 | Four Corners Roadtrip, Missouri
Cav at Finger Lakes State Park, MissouriThis is a footnote to my last post. We spent day three driving across Missouri. We spent the night at a nice state park campground (Finger Lakes State Park). That night we had severe thunderstorm warnings prior...
by J. Dawg | Jun 4, 2014 | Four Corners Roadtrip
After much planning and some unanticipated delays, the June road trip now underway. I had to push off the start of the trip by about a week due to an unforeseen dental issue that couldn’t wait. At my regular 6 month check-up (which was 3 days before the...