3/20/25
I loved Mesa Verdi forever. We had a pictures of it hanging on the wall as a child and it has always been on my list to visit.
The drive up involved lots of cliff edges and was not pleasant but we had a blast going to the sites. We did no hiking but we still saw most of what we planned to. Here is a movie of my pics.
3/16/25
We took a lot of pics, and even had pics taken of us. The ones we took are better.
I am not happy with falling to my death. Turns out looking 4000 ft down thru a glass floor is a trigger for me. I was not pleasant.
Here are the pics. Way better if you watch em on you tube not here.
Arches NP was ok, but was a long drive day. And it was a bunch of arches. But since most of the stuff is stuff I like doing only fair we do some of her stuff too.
After Arches NP we wandered through the first desert that did not rain on me in and then down to eventually Parowan Gap. A very cool gap that was used by dinosaurs and then people. Lots of dinosaur tracks and petroglyphs.
Here is my pics and drone pics of the petroglyphs
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Then we hit Bryce Canyon NP and got some sunrise pics and then many more. Here is a pic dump.
Then we trundled off to Zion NP
But first a stop in RedCliffs
Then we were off to Zion NP
The pics from Zion are mostly Lauren. I was holding on the wheel tightly and trying to not look down over the cliffs we drove along.
Last but not least on this video and picture dump.
A petroglyphs site in a residential neighborhood.
Start off yesterday I was able to spend a few hours touring a mine at the tecopa mines. He has 4 and they are fascinating.
I was mega amused with his Cacti on the road to and fro
Then we wandered over to Furnace creek and then a big circle back to our hotel in Pahrump.
Left first thing this morning and went to Area 51 cause, why not.
Then we went to some dunes and explored.
We then went to Cero Gordo and that was interesting.
Then we went up to Lone Pine and the western movie museum and that was very cool.
Then we headed down to Victorville and started on the Rt 66 adventures.
Tomorrow more wandering on Rt 66
Oh we also looked at 100 other things I didn’t mention.
Most of our pics are boring if you aren’t us, so only sharing a few
Random mine on side of hill with some Joshua tree love.
Today was incredible. We drove prob 400 miles in deserts and mountains. Went through Mojave, and then into Death Valley and then went up to Dante’s view.
So we were 280 feet below sea level and then 1 mile up looking down on where we were before.
Please ignore the snow on the ground. It is in fact salt. Very soft to walk on.
We did some wandering around the Artists Pallet area where the colors are incredible
Then we climbed up and looked down.
There was more and some movies I’ll add later maybe but we are tired so bed is more important. 3 hr time shift is a killer some days.