Archive for November, 2008
Monday, November 24th, 2008
Mesa Verde, Colorado
Start location:
Cortez, Colorado
End location:
Pagosa Springs, CO
Miles today:
165 miles
Miles total:
5359 miles
Min altitude:
5919 ft (Cortez)
Max altitude:
8572 ft (Mesa Verde)
Min temp:
29F
Max temp:
55F
Our first stop this morning was Mesa Verde National Park, which I figured might consume an hour or so. Five hours later we coasted down the mesa towards the exit, a whole eight miles further eastward [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Travel by Mark Dawson
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
Antelope Canyon, Arizona
Today was one of those once-in-a-lifetime days where you see something truly amazing, and between the sheer willpower to grasp it and the energy to pick yourself up out of the sand after kneeling under the tripod for the 200th time, I’m tired. More text and more photos some day, but I wanted to share [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Travel by Mark Dawson
Friday, November 14th, 2008
Big Pine to Three Rivers, California
Start location:
Big Pine, CA
End location:
Three Rivers, CA
Miles today:
333 miles
Miles total:
3447 miles
Min altitude:
300 ft
Max altitude:
5300 ft
Min temp:
51F
Max temp:
80F
(I still can’t easily insert thumbnails in these posts, but there are more photos at the link below.)(Why do things start to break right when I go on a trip?!)
Also, these are going to get posted out of order, [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Travel by Mark Dawson
Thursday, November 6th, 2008
Tipp City to Hays, Kansas
Start location:
Tipp City, Ohio
End location:
Hays, Kansas
Miles today:
879
Miles total:
995
Max altitude:
I dunno
Min temp:
39
Max temp:
66
Lindalee was up at 06:00, woke me after her shower at around 06:30, sat down to breakfast (pumpkin pie – I love LL’s parents!) by 07:00, packed up and on the road by 07:57!
We have specific goals for this trip, and a limited amount [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in Travel by Mark Dawson
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Waverly to Tipp City, Ohio
Start location:
Waverly, Ohio
End location:
Tipp City, Ohio
Miles today:
116
Miles total:
116
Max altitude:
Whatever
Min temp:
Dunno
Max temp:
75F (November!?)
Ok, so this isn’t exactly what I planned when I was leaving Amsterdam. According to the pipe dream at the time, I should be rotting in an Iranian jail by now. Instead I have hit the road to travel across America – also [...]