Archive for the 'Travel' Category

Flaming Gorge & Ashley National Forest

Sunday, October 2nd, 2005

Today we drove around in the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area in Southwestern Wyoming and Northern Utah. The Visitor’s Center was closed, but the Lodge was still open. We stopped at a number of overlooks and trail sites.

This site is named for the bright red cliffs which border the Green River. Although […]

See the USA …

Sunday, July 10th, 2005

I saw this meme on Bobbie’s Blog and thought it would be fun to run the easy script to generate the list.
Bold the states you’ve been to, underline the states you’ve lived in and italicize the state you’re in now…
Alabama / Alaska / Arizona / Arkansas / California / Colorado / Connecticut / Delaware […]

Days 2-3, Mostly driving

Thursday, May 26th, 2005

Monday, 23 May 2005 — Day 2

Monday morning, we got an early start, leaving the St. Louis area just after 8am. Since my conference presentations were due early this morning, I had stayed up all night last night. I uploaded three of the presentations before breakfast, then called the conference co-ordinator to tell […]

On the road again

Sunday, May 22nd, 2005

We left home around 9 am today, heading to New York. Actually, we left at 8:20, but about 15 miles up the road, I noticed that I didn’t have my purse—it was still in the other car sitting there in the garage—so we turned around and went back for it. Now, at 17:09, […]

China Lake, Barstow, and Las Vegas

Wednesday, March 9th, 2005

Most of today was spent in the car. The morning was spent on an excitingly scenic highway (CA 178) eastward out of Bakersfield. A short stay in China Lake touring the Museum and we were back on the highway (US 395 this time) heading toward Las Vegas

We made an early departure from the […]

Sequoia National Park

Tuesday, March 8th, 2005

Started out in Visalia and drove up Highway 198 to the Ash Mountain entrace to the park. Drove up the Generals Highway through the park, stopping occasionally to take pictures of the mountains, river, and vegetation. We’re now taking a mid-day break and getting lunch at the Wuksachi Lodge. There’s still 25 […]

Sunday in the Mojave

Sunday, March 6th, 2005

Today Steven and I set out from Lancaster and drove north on California 14 to the town of Mojave. From Mojave, we took the 20 Mule Team Road northeastward to US 395 and then north to the mining areas of Red Mountain, Johannesburg, and Randsburg.

Just north of Lancaster (at the Fairgrounds exit), we noticed […]