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Cruisin’ for a snack
Cruisin’ for a snack!! #alligator #everglades #evergladesnationalpark #room4two #travel #travelphotography (at Everglades National Park)
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Cruisin’ for a snack!! #alligator #everglades #evergladesnationalpark #room4two #travel #travelphotography (at Everglades National Park)
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Sometimes some of the best food is right near the curb! #streetfood #medellin #medellincolombia #colombia #mandmgortw🌎 #room4two #chorizo #instatravel #travelphotography #travelgram…
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Medellín Graffiti #graffiti #graffitiart #medellin #medellín #streetart #colombia #antioquia (at Medellín, Antioquia)
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The street art in Medellin was incredible. More to follow! #medellin #colombia #room4two #mandmgortw🌎 #graffiti #graffitiart #streetart #streetartist #antioquia #travelphotography…
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Spring has sprung in Oklahoma! #okc #visitokc #oklahomagardening #flowers #flowerporn #hyacinth #floweroftheday #spring #gardening #flowersofinstagram #plantvibes
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Just a short video from our RTW trip!!!!
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Oh America. We spent the last few days of this crazy adventure in NYC. I must say, I fall more in love with this city each and every time we come here. We’ve spent the last 35 days…
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The Land of Fire and Ice Welcome to Iceland! You guys, drop everything you are doing right now and book your tickets to come see this place! Yes, it’s cold (it’s winter), yes it’s…
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As we finished up the specific London activities that had to get accomplished, we started checking off more “Matt-ish” destinations, as this started with the Ace Cafe. Admittedly, the…
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My Valentine!!!#mandmgortw🌎 #room4two #iceland #rekjavic (at Reykjavík, Iceland)
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Buckingham Palace….or Black Friday Shopping…… As you all know, we arrived in London several days ago and have been out and about exploring what this great city has to offer. It should be…
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More Alien circles in England…. #mbworld #mercedes #brooklandsmuseum #mandmgortw🌎 #room4two #skidpad #dorifto (at Brooklands Museum)
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Authentic English weather at Stonehenge today! #stonehenge #uk #england #mandmgortw🌎 #room4two #rtw (at English Heritage Stonehenge)
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Things are weird here… #london #britian #vw #wrongside #righthanddrive #mandmgortw🌎 #room4two (at Heathrow Airport)
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It’s winter and it’s hot here…Dubai travels In preparation for this ‘round the world journey, I spent a great deal of time researching and preparing for this leg of the trip. I say that…
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Back in Tokyo! We took a little break in the morning, not putting too much in the plan because we decided to take the trip to the other side of town with my mom today to meet her…
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View this post on Instagram Misty’s first time for a while fish I think!! Not sure of the formal name, but mine was very tasty!!! Ha!! #room4two #mandmgortw🌎 #Nara #japan #wholefish…
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Kyoto, Nara, and Osaka Oh My! I love to travel, let’s just start there. There is just something invigorating about getting away, seeing new places, experiencing new things and trying to…
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Good morning from #Dubai ! #mandmgortw🌎 #Room4two (at Eggspectation-Citywalk)
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So, if you’re headed to Tatsumi Parking Area, and you have to take a cab, make sure your cab driver knows where he’s going. A $35 ride will turn into a $90 one really quick. Worth it…
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Not happy I ran out of crackers. #deer #mandmgortw🌎 #room4two #nara #narapark #deerintheheadlights #notsowildlife #japan (at 奈良公園 -Nara Park)
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Goodbye America, Hello Japan! Things are about to get real for me. We’re leaving the comforts and securities of the motherland to venture out to a place of complete vulnerability on our…
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We left Hawaii on a new airline, Japan Airlines (JAL), and after never flying on a non-US airline we were unsure of what to expect. Japan Airlines did not disappoint. JAL operates a 777…
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Friends (Insert the Friends theme song here) We’ve shared a lot of our specific activities we have done while on this trip, as well as all the lovely landscape we’ve got to experience,…
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Kauai Arrival to the not so big island of Kauai!!!! What this island lacks in size, it definitely makes up in character! We arrived to gusty winds and cloudy skies. I say this as to…
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Aloha from Hawaii! The past few days have been both exhausting and fun as we have had the chance to totally explore the Big Island. Matt left you on a grouchy note about this fabulous…
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So, I guess I’ll pick up where Misty left off, somewhere in the middle of the Pacific. As we were flying standby, we ended up in the very last seat on the last aft row on the port side…
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Los Angeles: The City of Angel’s (including my sister, Angel) The weeks (and specifically days) leading up to this trip have been rather difficult in a multitude of ways. You see, for…
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M and M: No Reservations When Matt and I started traveling together in 2001, we generally took two vacations a year, going to a set destination and doing everything we could to squeeze…
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When you’re on the fairway @hiltonwaikoloavillage wishing the clouds would clear and the sprinklers come on…. ha!!!! Made a run for it, managed to stay dry though!!! #hawaii #kona…
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Good morning from Hilo! #mandmgortw🌎 #room4two #hawaii
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View this post on Instagram Shafer Switchbacks Time-lapse. #moab #shafertrail #jeep #utah #islandinthesky #canyonlands #wrangler #room4two #whiterimtrail (at White Rim Trail, Utah)
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Not a bad evening for a little training!! #potatocam #saratoga #piper #turbo #kpwa #sunset #alwayslearning (at Wiley Post Airport)
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Last week @rockynps . #elk #rockymountainnationalpark #rockymountains #estespark (at Rocky Mountain National Park)
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Hope everyone had a great Memorial Weekend.
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#tinkerafb #ktik #f18 #airshow #midwestcity #avgeek #aviation #aviationphotography #instaplane #airshow
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Thunderbirds @ Tinker AFB today! #thunderbirds #ktik #avgeek #aviation #aviationphotography #f16 #airshow (at Tinker Air Force Base)
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Didn’t make the cut this year either!… Ha! Happy Derby Day! #kentuckyderby #derby #churchilldowns (Churchill Downs 14’)
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#KMKC #kc #kansascity #cessna #avgeek (at Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (MKC))
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Can’t beat crawfish and airplanes! #avgeek #eaa #cessna #kgle #kpwa #aviationphotography #mudbugs #nightflight #wingview #okc (at Gainesville Municipal Airport)
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Just inky tonight. #cessna #nightflight #aviation #aviationphotography #avgeek
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Be careful with your sparks! Saw several large grass fires out West today!
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One hour in, one pallet down! #bucks4bikes #salvationarmy #okc #christmasspirit (at Plaza Mayor at the Crossroads)
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Airport at Denali #5z5 #170 #cessna #denali #denalinationalpark #kantishna #endoftheroad
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Ice! #glacier #glacierbaynationalpark #canon #alaska #reflection #nps100 @natgeo @glaciernps (at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve)
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The piece of ice that just calved from this glacier was the size of several small cars. #glacier #glacierbaynationalpark #calving #ice #nps100
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Short hike at Mt. Ranier today! #nps100 #mtranier #hiking #tipsoolake (at Tipsoo Lake, Mt Rainier)
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So as we leave my parents in Seattle for their flight home we embark on a quick trip around Washington and Oregon. After leaving the airport we made it up the east side of Olympic…
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View this post on Instagram Happy Friday! #rockawaybeach #archcape #room4two #drone #dji #oregon #oregoncoast #oregonexplored #aeriel (at Rockaway Beach, Oregon)
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Denali National Park As Matt updated you all on the things we had been doing in Anchorage and around that area, he left me the blog post to discuss our trip to Denali National Park. We…
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After my brief bout with some type of food poisoning and missing out on Vancouver tourism, we have arrived in Anchorage! I’m still not exactly sure what happened during the last evening…
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Hey there! Welcome back to Alaska! #Alaska #Denali #nps100 #denalinationalpark #grizzly #brownbear #treats #canon #instabear (at Denali National Park and Preserve)
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Tasty quadruple! #healy #beer #alaska #denali (at 49th State Brewing Company)
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I’m going to start this post with a real-life, first world problem: limited access to fast and useful internet service. I mean seriously, it’s 2016, can’t a girl (an impatient one at…
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Pretty awesome seaplane base. I think there’s more general aviation here than I’ve ever seen in one place before! #seaplane #floatplane #Alaska #aviation (at Lake Hood Seaplane Base)
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We’ve made it to Alaska! So, it’s not all blue skies and big mountains, it’s more like grey skies and big mountains. Not to say that it’s a bad thing there’s obscuration in the sky, I’d…
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View this post on Instagram A salmon moment in Ketchikan. #alaska #salmon #ketchikan #ketchikancreek (at Kitchekan Ak)
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Video from this story appears above. Just a quick trip into Glacier Bay National Park.
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View this post on Instagram Quick trip through Glacier Bay National Park! #glacierbaynationalpark #room4two #alaska #gbnp #ccl #nps100 #glacier #nps (at Glacier Bay National Park and…
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Hoodies, leggings and pumpkin spice everything screams the beginning of Fall on Labor Day weekend in Seattle. I clearly wasn’t prepared for such a drastic change in weather, much less…
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View this post on Instagram #skagway #whitepasssummit #room4two #alaska (at Skagway White Pass Summit Train Ride)
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Welcome back friends (and family), we are excited you decided to follow along as we travel to Alaska through a pretty exciting loop through the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Let’s…
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Welcome back friends (and family), we are excited you decided to follow along as we travel to Alaska through a pretty exciting loop through the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Let’s…
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View this post on Instagram Big runway, little plane. (at Boeing Everett Factory)
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Utah backcountry bathroom graffiti is a bit different…. #utah #islandinthesky #whiterimtrail #bathroomgraffiti (at Canyonlands National Park - Island In The Sky)
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View this post on Instagram at Canyonlands National Park - Island In The Sky
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Might make this whole sprinkle donut thing a birthday tradition!
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Things are going to get fun here shortly….
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Cars, Coffee, and Airplanes? Awesome is what that is… #cirrus #c&cokc (at Coffee and Cars OKC)
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Today concludes this crazy 3 week adventure we have been on, as we make our last 8 hour motorcycle ride home from St. Louis. It’s been a great trip (despite that whole second week), as…
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9/11/14 So we have made it as far as Detroit, MI. We had a good time in Quebec City, Montreal, Toronto, and Niagara Falls. I think I’m glad we’re out of Canada for the time being, of all…
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I have two items to discuss in today’s post, so let’s get started. 1. On Friday, we made it to Happy Valley Goose Bay in Labrador, Canada, after 418 miles of gravel road that was less…
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9/7/14 Sorry we haven’t posted much, there’s not much WIFI around where we were traveling. We’ve made it across the TLH and Rt389 through Quebec! The 1100 miles of a mix of asphalt and…
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Dirty, but think we’re done with gravel for the moment. Also, Tim Hortons is great! Free WiFi and Creme Brûlée donuts!
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And we keep going and going and going….. We apologize that it’s been a few days since you have head from us, but we are in the phase of the trip that we have very little cell/internet…
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She said, “You don’t need some fancy motorcycle, just the will and a walker!” (at Point Amour, Labrador)
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After our great time in Atlantic City, we quickly made our way into New York City for a bite to eat before moving on to Boston. I LOVE NYC, so it was great getting to be back there, even…
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Got here last night! Headed to North Sydney, NB today, hope we brought enough for gas!!!…lol… ~$5.40 / gal!
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9/1/14 So, it’s been awhile. We’ve been through Atlantic City, New York City, Boston, and Bar Harbor. We arrived in Atlantic City after Philadelphia with expectations that it would be…
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It’s been a few busy days since I last wrote on here, so I suppose I should get everyone up to speed on where we are, and well, what we have done so far. After we left Maryland on…
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The Dutch / Amish people at Beiler’s Baker are like the Willy Wonka of doughnuts…. From left to right: banana creme, maple bacon, and salted caramel with Shoofly pie in the back….
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8/27/14 We’ve made it all the way to Philadelphia, PA! In the last couple days we’ve made it up the Blue Ridge Parkway all the way through Shenandoah National Park. Although the main…
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Room4Two deconstructed. “I wish we’d packed more stuff!” said no on ever!
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Impala at the casino in Cherokee, NC.
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Yes, this is happening. Welcome to Philadelphia! #jimssteak
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Sunday, August 24, 2014. Day 3 of this 24 day adventure and I am already tired of being on the motorcycle. The long days of 6-9 hours of driving has lead to back pain and irritability. I…
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So, the part where we get to places we want to see (other than the Civil Rights Museum) really starts on Sunday. We ventured into the park and to our first hike, this was 5 miles in 90%…
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Here’s to our first night of roughing it.
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Welcome to the 2014 adventure of a lifetime with us. I’m sure we will provide you with plenty of entertaining stories on the crazy things that we encounter while on this 3 week trip. I…
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Finally headed out about 6 PM on Friday and made it to Memphis without incident! Currently on the way to Pigeon Forge for the evening after eating lunch at Corky’s BBQ in Memphis after…
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Well, we leave in just a few days….. I doubt that there will be any opportunities to be quite this photogenic on this trip…. :O
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I swear it was at least a little dirty…lol…
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Well, I guess I’m a little behind on the blogging, but let me fill you in! First thing, just in case you all wanted to follow on the FB, we started a page there as well,…
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Wednesday’s plan included Arches National Park and then the Island in the Sky portion of Canyonlands that we did not get to the day before. First up was Arches, where we did plenty of…
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When you travel in the Miata, you are allotted only so many square feet to put all your stuff in, in order for the game of car Tetris to work. So, what usually happens is that I have to…
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We had planned on hiking a variety of different trails while in Rocky Mountain National Park, but it ended up being an overcast, somewhat rainy kind of day. We did take the scenic drive…
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One of the pics from the Bryce Canyon Rodeo.
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By Friday at 4 am, I had been up almost 24 full hours. For the past year, I have had trouble sleeping longer than 3-4 hours in any one setting, which I have used to my advantage to be…
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Our trip started a bit late on Friday morning. Unfortunately we didn’t quite get done envy thing we needed to to get on the road Thursday night. After Misty said many goodbyes to the…
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Setting Limits….and letting some go. Welcome all to our 2013 Miata adventure! This trip involves a brief weekend stay in Spearfish, South Dakota for Matt’s family reunion, and then…
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Friday, June 15th-I decided to go with Matt and do “real” mountain biking. Less than a year ago we both bought brand new mountain bikes (29 ers) to do some mountain biking activities in…
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Wednesday morning we were pleasantly greeted by the NPS park ranger who informed us there was a grizzly bear spotted in our campsite. Yikes, this is getting real! Much to our luck, we…
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First, let me apologize. I seemed to have used NB as the abbreviation for Nebraska instead of NE, sorry, just something I caught while I was looking back over my post. Now that that’s…
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Other than Smokey, our only bear sighting…….
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Pic from the boat ramp at the Grand Tetons
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Warning sign graphic designers must have a sense of humor.
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Rumble says “Go Thunder!” from Yellowstone National Park
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Hello Yellowstone! As we entered into the east gates of the park, I was once against amazed how beautiful this part of the world really is. We spent the day exploring everything from the…
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Short post..(picture of small teepee on the shore of Lake Yellowstone)…In our little tent this evening, not quite sub freezing yet. I only wish my air conditioner at my house could keep…
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Welcome back to the blog, we are so excited you all have returned to check out our latest adventure. We are sorry to disappoint, but the Miata is not part of this trip. We decided to…
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Saturday morning’s restaurant of choice. Bacon, eggs, and a pancake hit the spot. In Ogollala, NB. Up to this point we really hadn’t seen much as we ended up leaving pretty late last…
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Well, been back for two days total now and finally settling back in to the groove. I guess we left off right before we left from Salt Lake City. We drove from SLC to visit Misty’s cousin…
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Made it back! I’m sure we’ll update the blog tomorrow, I’ll also be working on getting some pics edited as well, I think there are actually some decent ones!
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Video from this story appears above. Granite….It’s not just a countertop. We arrived in Yosemite National Park on Tuesday afternoon after a quick drive from San Francisco. I was so…
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We arrived at Sonora, CA to find that the hotel reservation Misty had made earlier was not recorded and at the moment we were lodge less. Misty was a bit irate with both the booking…
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Well, it’s been a couple days since I’ve updated anything on the blog mainly because I’ve been falling asleep before I’ve gotten a chance to do any typing. We’ve been quite a few miles…
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Wow, 10 days down, only 6 more to go. For whatever reason, this trip feels like it has lasted a lifetime. It’s been a few days since I posted anything because I have just been so worn…
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Just a few pics from the last two days.
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Well, it’s been a couple days since I last wrote in this blog as we have ran into a few snafus, but I will get to that in just a moment. On Saturday Morning we decided to stay in LA for…
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I think I will make a post about something other than cars, because it is getting old for me too. On Friday morning we slept in, which was much needed at this point of the trip. Once…
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Well, another day down. Our day here in Los Angeles has gone well. I got to sample some local cuisine at the Farmers Market with Angel and Misty at lunch as well as making my way to the…
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We left Las Vegas early to get a jumpstart on our trip to LA. We were excited about leaving Las Vegas, and will probably not be returning unless absolutely required to. My sister lives…
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From Yesterday Woke up this morning, feet sore as ever after about 5 miles in flip flops on the strip yesterday. Hopped in the Miata and high tailed it to Los Angeles. Not much exciting…
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It’s Not You, It’s Me Las Vegas seems to be bringing some of the grouchiness out in both of us today. It has been a fun day so far but I think all the walking without purpose in the heat…
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O.M.F.G.-I hurt all over and my lips are chapped beyond belief. I feel like I have been hit by a bus, only getting hit by a bus would have been quicker than the 4 hour 3 mile hike down…
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Video from this story appears above. We have officially arrived in Vegas as of last night. Yesterday was our Grand Canyon hike that went pretty well. Got a late start, had a squirrel…
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Yesterday was filled with lots of driving and a great lunch at Earl’s. Thanks to Melissa Alcorn for suggesting it, it was just what I was looking for. The owner of the business was there…
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Well, another successful travel day down. We managed make our egress from Santa Fe this morning without issue and pointed the Miata west. We stopped in Gallup for lunch at Earl’s and…
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Just a quick little post, as we are about to head out towards Williams, Arizona, stopping to see the Petrified Forest and rest up for a big day at the Grand Canyon on Tuesday. Sante Fe…
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Well, we managed to make it through our second day of our little journey across the western half of the US. Started off the day at our hotel where they had the sweet self serve Belgium…
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On our way down from Cross De Martyrs. (iPhone pic)
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It’s official…we have left the “Heatdome!” I can officially state that since we drove around last night with the top down. It was a cool 66 degrees from about 7:00 pm on, crazy thought…
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Misty was very excited about updating this blog this evening, unfortunately, she has since fallen asleep. So, here’s a pic of all the extra room we had today when we were packing! We had…
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So, Misty wanted to start a blog, because, for some reason, she thought it was a good idea….So, here we are, our own little spot on the internets….
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