As many of you know by now, I’ve been traveling the country by car for the last 14 months. To date, it’s been 28 States and 52,000 miles, but since only a handful of people ever got to read my travel blog, I thought I’d repost some of the better ones with the associated pictures included. I hope you enjoy them…

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This was originally posted on December 12, 2008 approximately 3 weeks into my journey.
Man, time flies….already Thursday. Left Vegas and drove over the Hoover Dam. Huge disappointment! They’re building a new freeway 1000 feet over the top of everything so you can’t stop anywhere in view of the Dam face except in the $7.00 parking lot….I passed…..lol. So, I moved on to Arizona. Spent the night in the back country at an Agate collecting site near Ash Fork. Turned out to be the coldest night yet. I discovered the next day that it was over 5000 feet elevation, but I got up at 7am and by 7:30 I had all the choice specimens I wanted. I never did find the local Petroglyphs though so I headed off to the Grand Canyon. It REALLY is a breathtaking site! Here’s something they don’t tell you on ….click “read more” to continue

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Originally posted from Utah, April 24th, 2009…….
What an incredible week it’s been, and, what an incredible place Utah is. I found myself using the term “Spectacular” multiple times a day. As I made my way across the land I was both enthralled and inspired by the beautifully unique rock formations as well as the mutlitude of colors they displayed. I made sure I got to Arches National Park early in the morning so I’d have the entire day to take in the intense, and sometimes unbelievable, landscape. I can’t even begin to describe the Parks beauty. While snooping around the Park I did find a restricted 4 wheel drive road tucked away and had to inquire about it to a Ranger. They highly discouraged me from going anywhere near it even in my 4X4. which, of course, made me want to go all the ….click “read more” to continue

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Originally Posted on March 20th, 2009…
Well, honestly, I started this blog period wondering if I could ever top the great discoveries made in the last one. To my absolute amazement, I did! It didn’t start out that way though. Day one the Atlas had me headed out to a road that should have been a beautiful scenic route that cut cross country. After going 40 miles to get there, I find out from the locals that the road only goes 3 miles to a Country Club and the rest was washed away 20 years ago when they built the Dam. Back-tracking and taking the long way around was disappointing as well as highly unproductive. But hey, it’s not like I’m on some kind of time schedule, right?
After getting back on track I headed to a known collecting site (my usual M.O.). Come to find ….click “read more” to continue

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