tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53532506989301441702024-02-19T05:03:55.840-05:00Ongoing Airstream TravelsAirstream Trailer travel log.Brian Ciemianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10371255611747463504noreply@blogger.comBlogger330125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353250698930144170.post-42343631327431384312018-04-25T11:42:00.000-04:002018-06-15T11:42:41.441-04:00Asheville, NC part II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Although we've visited the Grove Park in before there were a few things we hadn't seen yet. One was a set of gardens and a art / furniture display.<br />
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Some of the wood furniture on display was really cool although entirely beyond my price range.<br />
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They also have a collection of old cars which was cool.<br />
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The view from the Grove Park Inn is really nice. It is perched up high on a hill with spectacular mountain views.<br />
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We did a drive-by of a house I saw online that had a similiar view nearby. But the road the house was on was scary and twisty and complicated. We almost couldn't get the truck back out the way we went in.<br />
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One night we drove out in the national forest to visit the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute. They were having an open observation night. They had several telescopes setup that pointed at various things over the course of the night.<br />
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My phone took this picture of the moon through one of the telescopes.<br />
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I saw some things I've never seen before which blew my mind. Like a globular cluster threw the biggest telescope they had setup (not shown).<br />
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Overall it was fu although chilly and a little chaotic. Operators would move the scopes to point at things but kind of randomly and there was no overall coordination of the program. Still it was pretty cool.<br />
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Wilson's campground is right on the river next to a huge park. It really is great for walking the dog but it also great for activities.<br />
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One day there was a doggy 5K with hundreds of dogs and people running and a festival.<br />
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Saturday there was a rugby match which watched.<br />
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We had actually planned on hitting a festival at the giant Sierra Nevada Brewery Campus but never made it.<br />
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One of the things I like about Asheville is how much stuff is going on and how easy it is. <br />
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Back home there might be something at Harpoon Brewery but if you don't pre-buy tickets a month early you ain't getting in. <br />
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Tucker likes Rugby too, although he likes other dogs who are also watching Rugby more.<br />
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We ended up eating out a lot and also drinking our a lot! There were new donut places to visit and some old favorites like White Duck Tacos! Yumm.<br />
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And we caught a movie "The Death of Stalin" a comedy altough it was just ok.<br />
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We spent a whole 7 nights here to get the discounted week rate and still there are plenty of things we still wanted to do.<br />
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But it was time to keep moving!Brian Ciemianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10371255611747463504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353250698930144170.post-51741424525483658382018-04-19T11:21:00.000-04:002018-06-15T11:43:05.106-04:00Asheville, NC Part I<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here we are back "home" in Asheville one of our favorite places in the eastern US.<br />
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We snagged a lovely river front site at Wilson's by far our favorite of the 3 in Asheville campgrounds we've tried.<br />
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It wasn't a long drive but we ended up stretching our legs with a long walk on the river to the fancy new New Belgium Brewery.<br />
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Tucker loved the nice long walk and did his happy dance in the sun at our camp sight.<br />
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As a rule we always hit Biscuit Head for breakfast when here. And also took a long walk around funky West Asheville.<br />
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We spent the next day our in Montreat east of Asheville. Montreat is a tiny town tucked up on the hills of the mountains. There is a retreat center and college there and some nice hiking.<br />
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We did a nice hike and were rewarded with some good views.<br />
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As with any good hike we headed to a coffee shop for treats and ice coffee afterwards.<br />
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From NY we stopped a night at a Walmart in Lancaster PA to visit my brother and his wife. And then on to another Walmart in VA.<br />
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The drive wasn't too long so we had plenty of time to checkout a local brewery for some outdoor beers.<br />
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It is amazing but just a couple days of driving really gets you from so so weather to much nicer weather.<br />
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Our next destination was High Point NC. Luckily we have some friends down here so we can "camp" in their yard and visit with them for a few days while the trailer gets worked on.<br />
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Tucker is loving it as Maggie (above) and Hannah (left) have a great fenced in back yard to play in.<br />
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The trailers braked checked out good and some other little things got fixed.<br />
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<li>Extra Stinky Slinky holder added</li>
<li>Battery Tie down replaced</li>
<li>Door latch fixed</li>
<li>Broken battery connectors replaced</li>
<li>6 way plug replaced.</li>
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I forget there were a couple other things fixed as well as a brief discussion of the cost to get a bigger AC and replacing the Convection Micro with a real propane oven/stove combo. They didn't really tell me anything other than the price of the actual parts which doesn't really help if the installation costs a lot.</div>
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The repairs took 2 days but really I think they could have been done in 1. The price was very reasonable as it didn't really include 2 days of labor.</div>
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Time to get the trailer on the road for it's first journey of 2018!<br />
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The main purpose is to stop at Out Of Door Marts to get the brakes inspected and some other repairs.<br />
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OODM impressed us when we stuck on the road with our botched Water tank replacement so they earned our business.<br />
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It feels good to be back on the road. We totally motored home from our last journey but that turned out to be a blessing as we had a water leak at home less than week after getting back.<br />
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Had we not we would have come home to a huge mess.<br />
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Fist stop was at my parents place in NY. For a change we backed into the side yard.<br />
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This was much quieter than when we park on the front lawn. And close enough to an outlet to plug in.<br />
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We took a long walk around the neighborhood and Tucker went bonkers for this little guy. I think he almost broke the leash.<br />
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Can you see him about to crawl and hide under the shed.<br />
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As always we look forward to getting out of the croweded fast roads of the New England and Tri-state area. Towing is always more relaxing once we do.Brian Ciemianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10371255611747463504noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353250698930144170.post-58543138485265598182017-09-13T16:17:00.000-04:002017-09-15T16:17:48.475-04:00Home Sweet Home!After Yellowstone we totally motored home. We drove almost everyday for over a week pulling around 300 miles a day (That is a lot for us even it doesn't sound like it). <br />
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We spent a whole week (7 nights) camping in Yellowstone. The campground was great (Bay Bridge Campground). Luckily we borrowed my brothers Solar as they had electricity at Fishing Bridge Campground.<br />
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We took a bus tour here and also drove the road ourselves with the help of a GPS enabled tour app on my phone which was great. <a href="http://gypsyguide.com/" target="_blank">GyPSy Tour App</a><br />
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<br />Brian Ciemianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10371255611747463504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353250698930144170.post-7763573963516986182017-08-31T15:37:00.000-04:002017-09-15T15:37:55.530-04:00YellowStone Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our first buffalo and we aren't even in the park yet.<br />
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Yellowstone is alive almost everywhere you look.<br />
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Swimming Buffalos!<br />
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Humans also have to cross rivers!<br />
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<br />Brian Ciemianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10371255611747463504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353250698930144170.post-1678043012004523462017-08-24T15:04:00.000-04:002017-09-15T15:05:11.013-04:00Heading to the Great American Eclipse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We stopped in Butte MT and it was a very sad mining town. We did see a giant pit of mining waste...Yippie!<br />
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From there we hit Bozeman MT which is much nicer. Tucker liked it because it had a great dog park and he met a new friend.<br />
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The food in the rockies has been pretty blah since we left the Denver area.<br />
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But Bozeman had a lot of good places and seems like a pretty fun town.<br />
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After Bozeman we drove to Buffalo WY where we are meeting up with my brother and his wife to watch the Eclipse.<br />
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We actually watched the Eclipse in Casper WY which was a bit of a drive but camping there was crazy $$$$ because of the eclipse.<br />
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The eclipse viewing was a lot of fun. It wasn't as crazy crowded as we thought it would be.<br />
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Below a full eclipse picture but take without any filters and on a DSLR camera.<br />
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The Ciemian Airstream Caravan of Two rides again!<br />
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Along the way we stopped at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Missouri_River_Breaks_National_Monument" target="_blank">Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument</a>. At the monument visitor center we got some info on the local BLM camping.<br />
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The Breaks are big we are only going to checkout a small portion of the monument and also the Town of Fort Benton where we grabbed coffee and checked out a few museums.<br />
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Big catfish like fish in the river at Fort Benton.<br />
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After checking out town we found our free BLM campsite. It was right on the river and in the middle of nowhere.<br />
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There were a couple other campers too.<br />
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Nowhere was good place to be because there was a meteor shower peak that night.<br />
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With some experimenting I got a few good pictures.<br />
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Had I been less lazy I could have got slightly better shots using my tiny tripod and shutter remote. <br />
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Next time!<br />
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The next day we got to Helena MT and scored a great site at the local Fair Grounds. We were the only campers!<br />
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We hiked Mt Helena which is right next to downtown and was a great hike. Tucker chased a deer all over.<br />
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Helena is a great town with barely any tourist element which is awesome.<br />
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We had a great lunch in town and these snacks after our hike.Brian Ciemianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10371255611747463504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353250698930144170.post-74690967990231854432017-08-11T14:36:00.000-04:002017-09-15T14:38:05.123-04:00Glacier National Park Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While here in glacier we took the Red Bus Tour, drove the park road and also took a boat tour. All were a lot of fun.<br />
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Today we did another longish hike up to Iceberg Lake.<br />
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The lake is up there somewhere.<br />
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The hike to the lake is very popular. From this hike you also see a waterfall and have the option to hike up some more to a tunnel through the mountains used to allow people travelling through the on horses.<br />
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Earlier people had seen moose and bear off this trail but we never spotted either one.<br />
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In the picture above you can see the actual Iceberg Lake. It was really neat and some people even were crazy enough to take a dip in the lake.<br />
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At the bottom we finally spied a bear!<br />
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Not as much fun to see in a parking lot but at least we got to see this little guy.<br />
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And lucky for use we never saw his mom.<br />
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We also took a drive across the border into Canada to visit their portion of the park.<br />
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We saw another bear along the road!<br />
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At their portion we stopped at the Prince of Whales Hotel. They do high tea here but we didn't partake.<br />
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We did buy some Maple Cookies!<br />
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They also have a big lake which is the namesake of the park. Waterton Lake!<br />
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Waffles sounded great but we didn't have any.Brian Ciemianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10371255611747463504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353250698930144170.post-38933163415855745302017-08-07T14:24:00.000-04:002017-09-15T14:25:25.318-04:00Glacier Big Hike #1 For our first big hike in Glacier we started at Siyeh Bend and hiked the pass back down to another spot on the park road. Using the park shuttle made this really easy and we didn't have to worry about driving into the park and finding parking.<br />
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The hike was really great. So many different views along the way, specially when you go from one side of the mountains through the pass to the other side.<br />
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Of course every great hike ends with Pie and Ice Cream!Brian Ciemianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10371255611747463504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353250698930144170.post-16715389711463087322017-07-28T10:48:00.000-04:002017-09-14T10:48:33.407-04:00More BLM Camping and Whitefish Mountain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We stopped in a small town for iced coffee and a walk around. They were having a street festival with old cars and stuff.<br />
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The old cars out west are amazing, here is another old Jeep I'd love to own.<br />
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After lunch we continued driving up toward our next stop some BLM Land up a mountain that has a Hot Springs onsite.<br />
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After an 8 mile dirt road up the mountain we were there. It was actually a very smooth dirt road.<br />
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The hot spring goes way back but back in the day it was more rustic. Later it was shutdown for years but has been re-developed and it open again.<br />
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With our parks pass it is free otherwise it costs 5$ on the honor system of course it isn't manned. But there are changing rooms and two tubs like this one.<br />
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Since we are camping right here we managed to get them to ourselves a couple time. It was a weekend so 5 or 6 other cars of people did pop in now and then.<br />
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The view from the campsite was pretty awesome.<br />
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It even has a fancy sign which is out of character for BLM anything.<br />
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The dirt road continued over the mountains from Idaho into Montana. A nice woman came over in a beat up old truck camper and told us stories of how she had been here several times over the last 50 years.<br />
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Back on the road the next day we stopped for lunch at this roadside museum. OK it was more of a junkyard organized like a museum.<br />
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It was a good way to take a break from driving, the West doesn't have nearly as many quick on the road side type of attractions as other areas of the country.<br />
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There is hardly a giant anything (Ball of twine, fruit etc.) to be found.<br />
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We are staying in Kalispell MT a few days before heading into Glacier NP.<br />
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Nearby is Whitefish MT where there is a big skiing mountain. We almost came here last winter to ski but plans changed.<br />
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Instead we are here in the summer and hiked to the top.<br />
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<br />Brian Ciemianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10371255611747463504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353250698930144170.post-47182133475255579902017-07-28T10:35:00.000-04:002017-09-14T10:36:01.668-04:00Craters of the Moon NP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Craters of the Moon is really cool, it is a very recent at least in geological terms lava flow and eruption.<br />
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These awesome flowers don't seem to mine growing in volcanic debris.<br />
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While hanging out here we caught up with "Wild Bill" and his 2 dogs Owen and Glacier. We did a few hikes and also drove out to see one of the first nuclear nuclear power plants.<br />
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Aaaah here is a Jeep Scrambler Pickup one of my dream old cars! <br />
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My first tech job was at the Foxboro corp where I wrote the embedded software for some devices that measured the flow of materials. This is a old old predecessor of the meters I worked on.<br />
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Checkout these wild trail description signs! They give you so much detail you almost can skip hiking the trail entirely.<br />
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Never seen any like it at any other park. But they seemed brand new.<br />
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Wall of fossils at Fossil Butte.<br />
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An ancient lake that spanned 4 different states once existed here. And it left behind more fossils than you could ever imagine.<br />
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But even more fun than the National Monument was a fossil quarry on private land that we went to in search our own fossils!<br />
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We spent a good half day splitting rocks open and finding fish fossils.<br />
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There is a small chance you find other things like leaves, shrimp or even turtles.<br />
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That was our pile of mine tailings.<br />
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And this was the cliffside where we were splitting off of.<br />
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The owner was great and kept checking on us making sure we were finding stuff and having a good time.<br />
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When you are finished they let you use some saws to cleanup the rocks containing your fossils.<br />
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We found dozens of intact fish and hundreds of fish where we had cut them in half. And that was just in a half day. Looking at this hill there are millions and millions of fossils waiting for people to split open.Brian Ciemianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10371255611747463504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353250698930144170.post-20983007413893382332017-07-23T09:30:00.000-04:002017-09-14T09:30:20.199-04:00Dinosaur National Monument<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After checking in at the visitor center we stopped to talked to a ranger and he gave us the info on where some good BLM Free camping existed. <br />
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We were a bit low on gas so we drove to town and filled up before finding a nice quiet spot in the middle of nowhere.<br />
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Quiet at least until the cows came and moo'd very loudly!<br />
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Tucker really really wanted to get out there and play with Bessie and he friends.<br />
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We spent a whole day doing some 4x4 driving around searching for fossils and jasper with some success. One trail I had read about ended up being too rough to explore without a second truck around in case we got stuck.<br />
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The Dinosaur National Monument is a big place, but most of it is just beautiful mountains and canyons. One small section is however full of bones.<br />
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This building covers one of the major strikes of dinosaur bone gold.<br />
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The hillside here (although it wasn't a hillside that is just from the excavation of bones) is still jam packed with bones. Thousands of poor dead dinos much have ended up here.Brian Ciemianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10371255611747463504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353250698930144170.post-24056491930775640422017-07-20T09:19:00.000-04:002017-09-14T09:20:23.795-04:00Steamboat Springs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are now in Steamboat Springs Co, a friend of Will's lives here and we are going to get together with him for dinner.<br />
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Other than that we visited (<a href="http://strawberryhotsprings.com/" target="_blank">Strawberry Park Hotsprings</a>) up in the mountains (Twice!). And also did a little hiking.<br />
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We hiked Fish Creek falls, it is a very popular hike, many people only hit the first falls which is basically a short walk.<br />
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We went all the way to the upper falls where people were swimming. It looked really chilly!<br />
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Our campground is a bit out of the city on a lake and almost daily we got some crazy thunderstorms.<br />
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Once we almost lost the awning off the trailer!<br />
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However we also got cool rainbows!Brian Ciemianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10371255611747463504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353250698930144170.post-84643784432794631272017-07-17T19:36:00.000-04:002017-09-14T09:12:05.491-04:00Rockey Mountain NP 2nd Part<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The main road through the park is also very scenic. It is crazy twisty and very high. Some of the cliffs you drive along really made me nervous.<br />
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Add that to the crowds of people driving and it made for a stressful but pretty drvie.<br />
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Today we are setting off on another long hike also starting at Bear Lake where started the first hike.<br />
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Today however we parked at the shuttle bus and took it to Bear Lake as we are hiking clear across almost back to our campground and not doing a round trip.<br />
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This hike is very different than the last. Instead of going up to a peak we are going up a lot but through some rugged terrain to see 2 mountain lakes.<br />
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Although we aren't gaining as much altitude the trail is pretty rough in spots and it was still high enough for there to be some snow. <br />
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The lakes were very pretty. Some people hike up here to fish or camp overnight.<br />
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We ate our lunch overlooking the lake with this little fellow offering to help us out.<br />
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This is a very popular lunch spot I guess. You can hike here up from our destination in just a couple miles. (We only have a couple miles left!) The rest of the hike went by a couple waterfalls and ended up being around 10 miles too. The shuttle had good timing and picked us up about 10 minutes after we finished just as some rain was coming through.<br />
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<br />Brian Ciemianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10371255611747463504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353250698930144170.post-26836416952970530692017-07-15T19:20:00.000-04:002017-08-22T19:21:03.236-04:00Rocky Mountain NP 1st half<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After several attempts we lucked out and managed to get a cancellation at a campground inside of Rocky Mount NP. <br />
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This was really great not only because the campground is nice and has great views but also because there are often long lines just to get into the park.<br />
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We woke up nice and early one day and drove out to Bear Lake (Parking fills by 8 am! This place is insanely crowded).<br />
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We are going to hike up to Hallet Peak.<br />
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At the first overlook of the day only a couple miles in we still look fresh as a daisy.<br />
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The view is down to a lake below and of the snow capped mountains.<br />
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As we get higher and above the tree-line there are lots of critters like this Pika!<br />
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We are getting up there! The views continue to be stunning! It is a shame this park is so crowded and that so few of the crowds bother to hike to see these views!<br />
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The big panorama is from the top of Hallet Peak. We actually planned only to hike to the peak below it but it wasn't much further or higher (700 more feet up) so Will convinced me to do it.<br />
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Totally worth it.<br />
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Colorado Columbine the State Flower it and a lot of other wild flowers are in bloom.<br />
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There were also a lot of Marmots hanging about in the rocks.<br />
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Overall it was pretty rewarding 10 mile hike.Brian Ciemianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10371255611747463504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353250698930144170.post-58219825870171158832017-07-12T19:03:00.000-04:002017-08-22T19:04:10.380-04:00Colorado Springs and around<br />
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For the next few days we are staying at a KOA in Cripple Creek CO. It as the distinction of being the highest KOA at over 10000 feet.<br />
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Actually it is pretty nice although it is far from Colorado Springs but it was the only place we could get into.<br />
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While in "The Springs" we checked out the Garden of the Gods and also drove up Pikes Peaks.<br />
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The main reason for the stop was to hangout with Nicole an old friend from way too many years ago.<br />
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She is still good at air hockey!<br />
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After "The Springs" we switched to a state park just north of Denver.<br />
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In a rare occurrence we went out to breakfast at a place someone we met at the last hot springs we soaked at.<br />
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We so rarely go out to breakfast that it seems like a treat.<br />
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In Denver we walked around downtown and also took a ride up to Boulder to have dinner with a friend of Wills.<br />
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Another day we went back to Boulder to hike to this arch. It was a great hike and Tucker was glad to run around off leash.<br />
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In our travels and chores (Finding propane if I remember correctly) we stopped at the Colorado School of Mines to visit their free museum.<br />
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It had a dizzying collection of cool rocks and minerals from all over the globe.<br />
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It also had displays of lots of the different areas in CO and the rocks you can find there.<br />
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They also provide free rock identification. So I ran back to the car and had them identify a rock I think I found on a trip 2 years ago.<br />
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It is very heavy and funky and turns out to be some naturally occurring form of iron that probably weathered in a stream. Pretty cool!<br />
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The next few days we spent at Valley View Hot Springs.<br />
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The name is very accurate as our site is up on a mountainside overlooking the valley.<br />
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It was a bit bumpy on the 7 mile washboard dirt road, the trailer was mostly intact when we got settled. Just a few things had shifted during travel.<br />
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Valley views is a bit of a throwback hippie commune kind of place. They have several natural and man made soaking pools all fed by the hot springs.<br />
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The view really is amazing!<br />
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Part of the land trust that the springs are on is an old mine and what is left of the mining town. <br />
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We took a guided hike up there in the evening. At a certain time in the evening thousands of bats are going to come streaming out of a cave. And they will all fly down to the valley to feed on the bugs over the farms.<br />
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While we wait at the cave entrance for the bats Tucker is frozen watching some deer wander around the hills.<br />
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The bat show was pretty amazing, I have a video that came out OK. I've never seen the bats in Austin TX but I think this is a mini version. Except we're on a beautiful mountain over a valley instead of a city.<br />
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One of the many pools at Valley View, I think this one was pretty hot, they all vary in temperature. <br />
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If you put in a little effort there are 3 pools even farther up the mountain which aren't very deep but have amazing views.Brian Ciemianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10371255611747463504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353250698930144170.post-45813867073919163962017-07-05T14:05:00.000-04:002017-08-08T14:05:48.512-04:00Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Black Canyon is pretty amazing, the sides of the canyon are so rugged and steep.<br />
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We kind of wimped out and didn't hike to the bottom. You would basically just go straight down to the bottom look around and then hike straight back up.<br />
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We did the park road and a shorter hike at the end of it where we got this view of the area outside of the park.<br />
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The steepness of the wa make it dark in the canyon and that is why it is called Black Canyon.<br />
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We weren't allowed to camp in the park because of the time of year meant aggressive momma deers would be protective of their does. So dogs aren't allowed in the campgrounds. They were also very full and had very few sites big enough for our trailer anyway.<br />
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The deer were really cute!<br />
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Tucker basking on the grass at our KOA site. It was expensive but at least it was nice and we had a pool too. We spent the 4th here and there was a BBQ and music.<br />
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We also met up with our Airstream buddy Bill and had some delicious Mexican food and margaritas.Brian Ciemianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10371255611747463504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353250698930144170.post-2511087530899747712017-07-03T13:49:00.000-04:002017-08-08T13:50:31.906-04:00Back to Durango and onto the next stop. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sometimes you just have to have a down day so today we did our laundry and put the real tire back on the truck and re-mounted the spare.<br />
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In the afternoon we checked out Cortez the small town closest to the Park.<br />
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They turned out to have a great brewery so we had a beer.<br />
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The next day we took the drive back to Durango to see it at tourists instead of Walmart visitors.<br />
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It is a very touristy town with lots of restaurants and bars etc.<br />
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You can ride a stagecoach, we didn't but I did drive around like a maniac to get a picture of it with the dog riding on the top.<br />
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We checked out a brewery here for food and beer.<br />
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Now were are on the road to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. I don't remember where we took this but it was pretty.<br />
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We also stopped for lunch and coffee in Ridgway CO.<br />
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We didn't eat at this Airstream Cafe but it was cute, We've seen a few other Airstreams converted to businesses on this trip.Brian Ciemianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10371255611747463504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353250698930144170.post-7745155438269480722017-07-01T13:38:00.000-04:002017-08-08T13:38:25.000-04:00Canyon of the Ancients <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Down the road is some BLM Land called Canyon of the Ancients. It is a big park with dirt roads and trails that you can freely explore.<br />
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We decided to take Tucker for a hike there. Inside of Mesa Verde itself they don't really have hiking trails, I am not sure why.<br />
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The terrain was pretty cool and the best part is you just "discover" small Mesa Verde like cliff dwellings. <br />
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Also there were really cool lizards!<br />
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The rocks are pretty cool too.<br />
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But there is very little cover, and even know we started the hike pretty early it is starting to get warm.<br />
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The scale of the ruins are smaller but it is really fun to come around a point and see this.<br />
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They don't map out in the park info the locations of any of the ruins so it is always a surprise.<br />
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More lizards, they seem to really like to hangout in the rocks holding up the trail markers.<br />
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One of the bigger ruins we found during the hike.<br />
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<br />Brian Ciemianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10371255611747463504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353250698930144170.post-21012810890957583582017-06-30T13:27:00.000-04:002017-08-08T13:27:31.291-04:00Mesa Verde<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Starting at a Walmart in the morning has it's advantages. First we got our shopping for the next few day done, second we got to our next stop before our site was ready.<br />
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The campground suggested we go right across the street to Mesa Verde NP and get some info.<br />
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It was a good idea actually because we managed to get tickets for 3 different Cliff Dwelling tours which fill up fast. Because we acted early we got times and days that wouldn't have been available if we hesitated.<br />
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The tours are a lot of fun, some do require some walking and steep stairs or ladders.<br />
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The dwellings are very impressive. Although they have been massively re-constructed and repaired since they were first discovered.<br />
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Also part of the park is a very twisty park road that winds around the various mesas.<br />
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Some parts of the road are a little scary if you aren't happy with heights. That is me BTW.<br />
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The scenery is really amazing.<br />
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The people who lived in the cliff houses originally live and farmed on the top of the mesas before some of them moved into the cliffs.<br />
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Awesome flower.<br />
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Our campground is right on the other side of the highway from the National Park.<br />
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So we have a pretty sweet view.<br />
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On one of our tours that included a hike I learned something new.<br />
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Yucca plants can fruit! They don't seem to do it every year but they do fruit and you can eat them. However they don't ripen until the winter when they turn sweet.<br />
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The ranger says you could find yucca fries if you look around local menus. We never saw them or I would have tasted them.<br />
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To finish this cliff tour you had to crawl through a little tunnel before scaling up the cliff with some metal rungs and wires back to the top.<br />
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Will's invention for dinner! Corn on the cob with Mexican Crema sprinkled with both chili and a tiny bit of chipotle powder!<br />
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It is awesome, we have been eating it at least once a week.Brian Ciemianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10371255611747463504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353250698930144170.post-15581474060894306542017-06-28T22:03:00.000-04:002017-08-07T22:19:03.836-04:00On to Durango, CO<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sadly after one of those sand hikes we noticed we had a complete flat on the truck.<br />
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We pumped up the tire and left it overnight till the morning and it was still looking like it lost some air so we drove down to a parking lot and changed it.<br />
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We got on the road a little late but it didn't matter. Here we are stopped on a pass on the continental divide in Colorado. We had lunch here and gave Tucker (and us) a little walk.<br />
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On the way to Durango CO we detoured a bit to the Chimney Rock National Monument. It is another site built by the Ancient Pueblo Peoples.<br />
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We got really lucky as they had parking for the trailer and a shaded kennel for Tucker. And we managed to get a nice ranger to drive us to the top of the mesa as the trailer couldn't make the drive. Much better than un-hitching.<br />
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In second bit of luck we had perfect timing and the ranger who drove us got us hooked up with a tour that was already in progress. Without a tour we wouldn't have been able to see some of the best parts of the site at the very top of the mesa.<br />
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The drive up was most of the altitude gain but then we hiked up to the tip top the same way the people who built would have. Including carrying the materials as they had no beasts of burden. Or nice rangers to drive them around!<br />
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Much of the timbers and materials came from off in the distance of this pictures, so it was a big undertaking.<br />
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Although no one is sure what this place on the top of mesa was used for.<br />
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Those are the actual Chimneys for which the park was named. Driving up you can see them for 50 to 100 miles away.<br />
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We made it to Durango with no problems and pulled directly into the first Ford Dealer to ask about the tire. They said they could do it in the morning (It was about 4:15pm). I did buy a few new tire bolts as they have this plastic cover and a few of them cracked when I tried to get the tire off.<br />
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We then checked out the Walmart where we planned to stay and I called a tire place on the other side of the shopping center and he said bring it right over! So the tire was fixed by 5 pm! There was a big arrowhead shaped rock causing the leak. But all hitched up it was no time to be swapping a tire so we headed to a local brewery for beer and dinner instead! Followed by a peaceful Walmart night and some grocery shopping in the morning.Brian Ciemianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10371255611747463504noreply@blogger.com0