Leaving Telluride, we took gravel through the mountains, along an awesome plateau meadow, having lunch near another creek before dropping down into relatively flat, plain landscape. We dipped through a canyon and found our way to our destination, a single wide trailer on an 800 acre cattle ranch in Dove Creek, CO, along the Colorado Utah border. This was another […]
With Crestone in our rear view, we headed northwest into the vast, flat, San Luis Valley before being squeezed out of the valley and back into the mountains. We started out on pavement today before picking up the gravel Marshall Pass road that goes over the continental divide. So far we have not seen rain on this trip, and as […]
He was born in the summer of his 27th yearComing home to a place he’d never been beforeHe left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born againYou might say he found a key for every door When he first came to the mountains his life was far awayOn the road and hanging by a songBut the string’s already […]
Waking up in Wichita, we were delighted that we were alive, and nothing terrible happened while we all slept in a stranger’s basement. Not yet settling into a routine, since it was our first morning on the road, the kids argued over muffins and argued more as we loaded back into Jethro to start our day of driving. They are […]
Part II video from this summer with some Kid Rock
Finally messed with our videos and pictures from the trip now that it is cold here. Part I – Van Hagar
DAY ONE “You assholes can all stay at home!” I remind the rest of the family a week or so before we set out on an unusual journey from MO to WA, using over a thousand miles of gravel and dirt roads along the way. Over the long winter, I dreamed about, then planned this trip. In the process a […]
About 12 days into the trip, while staying in Telluride CO, we heard that bad storms had passed through the St. Louis area. Knowing that our basement has leaked a couple of times in the 14 years since we have lived there, Kari asked our neighbor if she would mind going over to check on things and make sure […]
What were you thinking? Reading an off-road internet forum years ago while working on our suburban project, I came across information about an off pavement trail that went across the United States From Tennessee to the west coast in Oregon for dirt bikes. They called it the Trans-America Trail, and while it does use pavement in some sections (requiring you […]
The Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce Canyon – National Parks that you hear about, and see pictures of, but are not sure if they are worth giving up your beach vacation to go and see for yourself. Well, they are. Seriously, put the beach on hold and go take a hike while you still can. The scenery, the dizzying scary heights, […]
