X10loupe – Page 4 – 100,000 miles around the world by any means for Multiple Sclerosis

Around Vegas

Bye bye Zion, for sure it’s just farewell and not goodbye as I think this magic place will see more of me. Only a few hours move to the city where everything goes, Las Vegas. The road there is as desert as I’ve encountered so far, even the welcome to Nevada sign is in the…

Zion

Page was a success, I am now looking forward to get back in the mountains and for sure The Zion National Park will provide that. I have elected to go over the river and skip the Grand Canyon proper, I’m stopping in Flagstaff on the way back so I’ll see it then. the north rim…

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Arches was fun, the bonus was meeting Ken and I’m sure I’ll see him again when I double back past southern California. Amazing how many people one meets on the road. Recovering from the hell day of worrying I’m back on the road and, as Ceire (my magic Northern Ireland photographer friend) suggested, I’m off…

Arches

I’m heading west again, out of Colorado and into Utah to visit the Arches National Park. I was alerted to this beauty by an American hiker up in Iceland early in the year and as it is on the wrong side of Utah from Las Vegas I’m doing it on the approach rather than on…

Aspen

After seeing Red Rocks I head for the Interstate and, I have to admit I70 is a super road, the scenery is great and it’s not your standard strip of tarmac covered in cars. After being politely refused entrance in two campsites on the way down the hill, they had a bear problem and only…

Denver

I liked Denver the first time I was there and, at the surface, it has changed little. There are however three major changes that I was going to appreciate in fullness in my two days there. The first it’s me. Last time I was here it was in the autumn of 2012 at a EDUCAUSE…

First bite at the Rockies

After a nice night in the campsite is time to get going with the first mountain day of the trip. I double back to the town and then turn south to get to the park entrance. Along the way I have the first encounter with wildlife of the day. First it’s prairies dogs, cute, and…

Nebraska and a bit

Yes indeed there was trouble. I had planned to sleep in the Nebraska National Forest campground, but as I got to Chadron as it was getting dark and refuelled I found that the rain was upon me. I sheltered in the filling station for a while and took the decision of splurging on a night…

Monuments

It’s up early(ish) in the morning, lots of ground to cover on a two monument day that will see me starting in a state, crossing another and end up in the third. The route from the campsite to Mount Rushmore is a delight, swerving ascending and descending through the Black Hills National Forest and offering…

North and South Dakota

morning comes and Michael leaves when I’m still sleeping, after a bit of webbing it’s time to get going, I have a sketch of a plan that includes a flying visit to Fargo before entering the Great Planes of North and South Dakota. On the way to Fargo at a service station, incidentally service stations…