Searching for The Searchers at Monument Valley
The weather forced me to make a change in our travel plans. After leaving the Navajo reservation, I was planning to go boondocking for a few days in southern Utah and up near Moab. But, the weather was forecast to turn hot. In the high 90’s type hot. The...
Canyon De Chelly – A Place Like No Other
We left the mining towns and cool mountains of Colorado to travel south and then west into Arizona. Our journey took us from Durango, down to Gallup, and then over to Chinle. The drive took us down through the heart of the Navajo Reservation. It’s a stark contrast to...
Ouray – A Cool Place to Get in Hot Water
Just a few miles down the road from Ridgway, is the beautiful mountain gulch town of Ouray. A gulch is a narrow steep ravine and that is pretty much where Ouray is situated. It’s high up in the northern part of the San Juan Mountains sitting at 7,800 ft. The setting...
Telluride – A San Juan Gem
It takes about an hour to get to Telluride from Ridgway. It’s a very scenic drive up over the Dallas Divide and then down Route 145. A two lane winding canyon road following the San Miguel River that leads up to Telluride. Telluride sits in a box canyon and there’s...
Finding True Grit in Ridgway
On this years Colorado Road Trip, we’re spending a fair amount of time in the south western part of the state. The area on the western side of the Continental Divide is called the Western Slope. All the big cities, like Fort Collins, Denver, and Colorado...About J. Dawg
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