Knight
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This is our long road trip. I'd like to repeat this road trip we took about 3 years after I retired. It took a year & 1/2 until we were fit enough to hike in places we wanted to hike.
Drove over to San Diego to see the zoo. Up to the southern entrance to Yosemite stayed a week at fully equipped cabins. Hiked several trails. Including the one Mariposa trail that led to the redwoods that burned recently.
From there up to Sacramento to ride cable cars. Over to Salt Lake in Utah to see great salt lake [kind of stinky]. Up to Idaho road signs advertised "get a free Idaho potato" [never found that].
Over to Yellowstone western entrance. Stayed a week at a motel. bought picnic supplies at a small local grocery store. During our picnic we watched buffalo grazing off in the distance. Hiked the board walks & found you could watch Old Faithful from a mound about a quarter mile behind Old Faithful. Wife did NOT like going back up the stairs that led to the bottom of the Grand canyon of Yellowstone. https://www.yellowstonepark.com/things-to-do/hike-yellowstone-national-parks-uncle-toms-trail
Over Bear Tooth mountain range stopped at top to have snowball fight from left over snow. Down into Montana nothing special there.
Lucky to find lodging to be able to watch reenactment of Custer's last stand. Was awesome.
Over to the Black Hills of So. Dakota to see Mt. Rushmore. From the visitors center there are two small trails that go under the carvings & end at a viewing area.
Down thru Neb. Over to Townsend Tn. Toured Cade's cove. Did this
Over to Nashville to see the Grand Ole Opry
Headed west to San Antonio TX. to see the Alamo & the River walk.
Next stop see White Sands & petrified forest in New Mexico.
Up to Denver to experience the mile high city. Then over to Moab Utah to hike The Arches Nat. park. Rented bikes to bike flat rock. Rented a condo for the week that was really reasonable then.
Last stop Flagstaff AZ. to see Grand Canyon southern entrance. Long before skywalk was built. Walked part way down didn't have enough water to chance getting to the bottom.
Of course along the way there were interesting things to stop & see. Like in the middle of Nebraska we stopped at a town of about 700 people that were having a town picnic. Very welcoming people & great home made foods to buy & eat.
Drove over to San Diego to see the zoo. Up to the southern entrance to Yosemite stayed a week at fully equipped cabins. Hiked several trails. Including the one Mariposa trail that led to the redwoods that burned recently.
From there up to Sacramento to ride cable cars. Over to Salt Lake in Utah to see great salt lake [kind of stinky]. Up to Idaho road signs advertised "get a free Idaho potato" [never found that].
Over to Yellowstone western entrance. Stayed a week at a motel. bought picnic supplies at a small local grocery store. During our picnic we watched buffalo grazing off in the distance. Hiked the board walks & found you could watch Old Faithful from a mound about a quarter mile behind Old Faithful. Wife did NOT like going back up the stairs that led to the bottom of the Grand canyon of Yellowstone. https://www.yellowstonepark.com/things-to-do/hike-yellowstone-national-parks-uncle-toms-trail
Over Bear Tooth mountain range stopped at top to have snowball fight from left over snow. Down into Montana nothing special there.
Lucky to find lodging to be able to watch reenactment of Custer's last stand. Was awesome.
Over to the Black Hills of So. Dakota to see Mt. Rushmore. From the visitors center there are two small trails that go under the carvings & end at a viewing area.
Down thru Neb. Over to Townsend Tn. Toured Cade's cove. Did this
Over to Nashville to see the Grand Ole Opry
Headed west to San Antonio TX. to see the Alamo & the River walk.
Next stop see White Sands & petrified forest in New Mexico.
Up to Denver to experience the mile high city. Then over to Moab Utah to hike The Arches Nat. park. Rented bikes to bike flat rock. Rented a condo for the week that was really reasonable then.
Last stop Flagstaff AZ. to see Grand Canyon southern entrance. Long before skywalk was built. Walked part way down didn't have enough water to chance getting to the bottom.
Of course along the way there were interesting things to stop & see. Like in the middle of Nebraska we stopped at a town of about 700 people that were having a town picnic. Very welcoming people & great home made foods to buy & eat.