July 2011

Random Images From Our Travels #1

July 28, 2011

Travel images from 2007 to 2011.

The photos, in the sequence that they appear:

  1. Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, September 2009
  2. Menor’s cabin and store, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, September 20, 2007
  3. Canton Lake, Oklahoma, August 29, 2009
  4. Canyonlands National Park, September 23, 2007
  5. Pronghorn, Custer State Park, South Dakota, August 22, 2007
  6. Wild burro, Custer State Park, South Dakota, August 22, 2007
  7. Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, March, 2011
  8. Devil’s Tower National Monument, August 27, 2007
  9. Devil’s Tower National Monument, August 28, 2007
  10. Texas Interstate HighwayI40, eastbound rest west of Alenreed
  11. Devil’s Tower National Monument, August, 2007
  12. Cottonwood Tree, Lake Ogallala, Nebraska, July 8, 2010
  13. Clouds, Lake Ogallala, Nebraska, July 8, 2010
  14. Lewistown, Montana, August 30, 2007
  15. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, September 14, 2009
  16. Nuthatch
  17. Ouray, Colorado, September 2010
  18. Rest are at Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge and Kansas Highway 52
  19. Moraine Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, 2009
  20. Rocky Mountain National park, somewhere trail to Nymph Lake, Dream Lake, & Emerald Lake, 2009
  21. Pea Ridge National military Park, Northwest Arkansas, July 15, 2011
  22. Abyss Pool, West Thumb, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, September 12, 2007
  23. Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah, September 24, 2007
  24. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Visitor Center, Colorado, 2009
  25. Garvan Woodland Gardens, Hot Springs, Arkansas, April 13, 2010
  26. Entrance to Yellowstone National Park, Gardiner, Montana, September 13, 2007

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Driving to the deep South in a very hot July–What were we thinking?

July 7, 2011

Our preference is to flee the heat and humidity of Arkansas by heading to the mountains – when we can.

US 65 in southeast Arkansas, July 1, 2011.

This year, that’s not an option.  I’ve got contract work through the hottest part of the year, so we’re not planning on a trip until later.

This fourth of July weekend, though, I had the opportunity to make it a four day weekend, if, on Thursday, we were able to get done with everything that needed to be done at work so we didn’t need to finish up on Friday.  I texted Karen to let her know, “May take tomorrow off and make it a 4 day weekend if we can finish this exam on the simulator tonight.”

“Ok, you probably need a break,” she replied, and then a little while later, she asked, “Do you want to take a day trip or overnight for something different to do?

I texted back, “Don’t know as hot as it is.  It’d be different if it were cooler.”

Karen: “Biloxi MS is to be in the mid to low 90’s maybe a shower or two. – Day drive look around – just an idea.”

US 65 in southeast Arkansas, July 1, 2011.I liked the idea, but decided to check to see just how long a trip that would be.  “That’s over an 8 hour drive by google,” I texted.

So there we were the next afternoon, south of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, with the heat mirages shimmering off the blacktop, without even a clue of the road construction traffic backup we would run into east of Vicksburg, Mississippi, or that we would end up in an extended crawl in Friday rush hour traffic in Jackson, Mississippi going into a long holiday weekend.

We didn’t take our motorhome, though there were plenty of recreational vehicles on the road.

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