tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33629352826836105912024-03-11T22:52:40.156-06:00The Adventures of TK and G-ManTK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-41927219330185779002023-05-18T15:45:00.099-06:002023-08-31T08:52:46.076-06:00Durango, Colorado<p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After leaving Moab, Utah, we made our way towards Texas
stopping in <a href="https://www.durango.org/" target="_blank">Durango, Colorado</a>, for two days.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">To get to Durango we traveled south on
Highway 191 to Monticello, Utah, where we turned east on Highway 491.
Around Lewis, Colorado, we took Highway 184 east to Mancos,
Colorado, where we turned east again onto Highway 160 and made our
way into the city of Durango. This was not our first time in
Durango. We actually visited back in 2014 but after being away for a
while we realized how much beauty and life this mountain town holds.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDoUWskAHsZmNKGJpnbMKQpbMLmrMbM8uDk-bmT9nmejmiBmNnz_zrn926i6hbvgEOyJT_F92ttut8XYYh0S1PKATAQatmNqn02rhjZDNQLq1SAS-fowx_bui7frlVZuIGI72fwcVIlILKEJgZIYYdPiXay3uV3nXvsA5di4aLBGIW8-K9BzraWHtLsQ/s4000/durango%20canyon%20mts2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDoUWskAHsZmNKGJpnbMKQpbMLmrMbM8uDk-bmT9nmejmiBmNnz_zrn926i6hbvgEOyJT_F92ttut8XYYh0S1PKATAQatmNqn02rhjZDNQLq1SAS-fowx_bui7frlVZuIGI72fwcVIlILKEJgZIYYdPiXay3uV3nXvsA5di4aLBGIW8-K9BzraWHtLsQ/w640-h288/durango%20canyon%20mts2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP71pQYPSrP8JjvgKfGJvrucRS4VlXXR6-CU87NRRyz2Lu8u7hy8MG9d049eUaEd_LX__Ejf3sMdnUyQcB2UYpGASoWZbugjnbcAbI1iUfqa7G0szwBoXU-BKk1xkllbq5fWzFCsbSAKQ-6ni-2NRJsmAzD7EPlMBFCXISd5X28V_U2UxbA1oTO5QXxDU/s4000/durango%20canyon%20mts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP71pQYPSrP8JjvgKfGJvrucRS4VlXXR6-CU87NRRyz2Lu8u7hy8MG9d049eUaEd_LX__Ejf3sMdnUyQcB2UYpGASoWZbugjnbcAbI1iUfqa7G0szwBoXU-BKk1xkllbq5fWzFCsbSAKQ-6ni-2NRJsmAzD7EPlMBFCXISd5X28V_U2UxbA1oTO5QXxDU/w640-h288/durango%20canyon%20mts.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><br /></span></p>Our camp for the duration of our stay
in Durango was the amazing <a href="https://jwdurango.com/" target="_blank">Junction West Durango Riverside Resort</a>which was located about 12 miles north of Durango on Highway 550. We
chose this campground based on its location and the fact that we
could a back-in campsite with a view of the Animas River! As you can
see it sure did not disappoint! You can find a video review of this campground in our latest video. See the link below!</span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGNDhhuWdO2OsMYTxjXye2T975wSZx9U327x67njvHKmo0_n2HqkpBgpUdDcFlH5yDZimoeRQ4iq_o-Xb9FwBmJIsqVImX0xM6pj1_bs-MRvlZxTVHxYZCGc-sfU60CQJQUuBKUx6jTe4QZ3Z-y_t1urUx5qt4J2Vpi1Hs1TkBIlkaBV7t0bxCBn29Bc/s4000/durango%20jw%20sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGNDhhuWdO2OsMYTxjXye2T975wSZx9U327x67njvHKmo0_n2HqkpBgpUdDcFlH5yDZimoeRQ4iq_o-Xb9FwBmJIsqVImX0xM6pj1_bs-MRvlZxTVHxYZCGc-sfU60CQJQUuBKUx6jTe4QZ3Z-y_t1urUx5qt4J2Vpi1Hs1TkBIlkaBV7t0bxCBn29Bc/w640-h288/durango%20jw%20sign.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDth0-FvpVbXVvs7kUOJYza36cgXNCXMGxuaPkhGRXalbktuJ3GCQrZYEniAUQmGT4G5tYBxdX4E6SjldTbahO-98oJn39Qf2qzQlhIEKqr98xD2LQ202Q8trNy6H0_fqyt8Zn4ryZ28DN85trBIQwDTPdlmGcFLFGVLcHRI0ehFzU9iKVdt9fVkqmss4/s4000/durango%20jw%20pool.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDth0-FvpVbXVvs7kUOJYza36cgXNCXMGxuaPkhGRXalbktuJ3GCQrZYEniAUQmGT4G5tYBxdX4E6SjldTbahO-98oJn39Qf2qzQlhIEKqr98xD2LQ202Q8trNy6H0_fqyt8Zn4ryZ28DN85trBIQwDTPdlmGcFLFGVLcHRI0ehFzU9iKVdt9fVkqmss4/w640-h288/durango%20jw%20pool.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2S_UpN2GP8o12IPtkXatUUOfYoyNR4SW1YT_vUCYvvLKHLv7bqEL4T5jmXmo4LlUlQP1S5LscqUn0zVdvo-joEmnW8M8tkzmlPblKbyq1IPE_j7rO_9ypb5qYYoOD7fiKL27vPqe5mxJPRyLHwT7EUVK2Xhvz4XX3jxzGRN0Wy30uet8AuXZRWtAstOk/s4000/durango%20jw%20animas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2S_UpN2GP8o12IPtkXatUUOfYoyNR4SW1YT_vUCYvvLKHLv7bqEL4T5jmXmo4LlUlQP1S5LscqUn0zVdvo-joEmnW8M8tkzmlPblKbyq1IPE_j7rO_9ypb5qYYoOD7fiKL27vPqe5mxJPRyLHwT7EUVK2Xhvz4XX3jxzGRN0Wy30uet8AuXZRWtAstOk/w640-h288/durango%20jw%20animas.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2v5Cy8ZGMq9LTG8Q-A-z-i2YvtUHQYbddaV44_UgQTz88NwPlv7FSFgd_QOXQ0gNwVLgiNX5GjVaZn4KGeL3kykoJOtecqLuGyOtvjWKGwI0Aa7orwxf12dTn6NapZety04G6GhKDc6WY9L_d7GQE6gCVvO4DLLqasHzcx6XksyXvSJ9MwEgeEfpCOis/s4000/durango%20jw%20animas%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2v5Cy8ZGMq9LTG8Q-A-z-i2YvtUHQYbddaV44_UgQTz88NwPlv7FSFgd_QOXQ0gNwVLgiNX5GjVaZn4KGeL3kykoJOtecqLuGyOtvjWKGwI0Aa7orwxf12dTn6NapZety04G6GhKDc6WY9L_d7GQE6gCVvO4DLLqasHzcx6XksyXvSJ9MwEgeEfpCOis/w640-h288/durango%20jw%20animas%202.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After getting our trailer setup for the
night we decided to build a fire and roast some hot dogs for dinner.
We'd like to give a shout out to our friends Frank & Michelle for
providing our entertainment for the night. They gave us a packet of
Magic Flames to sprinkle on our fire. It was great fun watching the
flames change colors. If you'd like to grab some <b>Magical Flames</b> for your next campout then click the image below to be taken to <b>Amazon</b>.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/fire-color-changing-packets-fire-pit/dp/B019HVTUGM/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=1SV34XUAV0JXH&amp;keywords=magical+flames&amp;qid=1689543850&amp;sprefix=magical+flame%252Caps%252C158&amp;sr=8-1-spons&amp;sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&amp;psc=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=tkandgman-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=6ae28c8b83233e6274b14e5c9f35046f&camp=1789&creative=9325">Magical Flames</a>" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="522" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5HzcCkvl9xm8wK2mZVjcVoEnJuXWHMDhLr2qH_cLg7NNbdVxyrFNu1of7lIbXPKjo0TMc3ikrvuxJcs3ckXg_ZXGBdn-XUM1iS-vXkQA-Af1CPvobWLxWWGc21DnoBXB7TmdMs8PpNSpRCJx0x8tlgeasBkBNfgR6t-bqj-6XRtoXfgr5YYuM_KE_HE/w640-h640/814prpm7LiL._AC_SX522_.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Click on the image above to grab your packets of Magical Flames!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQGE_uy61QmiViJ5ov9jYxxJrwWH0c2NGpmxtgIPqyacm2kA8z9neFHYvTsrHpoyoBfH_t5boYBrpkp-tKg5E7Dg6eyKQPZcWzBM1r80y9bK-KX2wmfHJA7bcOarnB3DPpQoIb_EKMU3zxXJkEySm0qZ48og0fWmjcqJD_OBG0h1UsALlvoNMdrwYPjs/s3000/durango_jw1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQGE_uy61QmiViJ5ov9jYxxJrwWH0c2NGpmxtgIPqyacm2kA8z9neFHYvTsrHpoyoBfH_t5boYBrpkp-tKg5E7Dg6eyKQPZcWzBM1r80y9bK-KX2wmfHJA7bcOarnB3DPpQoIb_EKMU3zxXJkEySm0qZ48og0fWmjcqJD_OBG0h1UsALlvoNMdrwYPjs/w640-h426/durango_jw1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After a good night's sleep we hit the
road to explore the area around our campground and run into Durango
for lunch. Our first stop was the Baker Bridge! This bridge,
crossing the Animas River, was literally a half a mile from our
campground and may be the spot where the jump scene from Butch
Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was filmed. We're having trouble
finding a straight answer so if you know if this location was part of
the movie send us a message and let us know!</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNbNO1hnVa0W4K50CrhC7CjK1Ky9kmwIo4PL6WL4BwV5ZxgnrLjRPzlJVNpwU7a5x5bFmejb11YeXkrljpXvDX5jAauha1Mg1TXwB4it5wQ1g_XSWvlOaYRdSuEpz17Er1oCjoKm1-OKmwfAsP8ZnDRK3CxCDdS-mh9Szb1r21N7_o0Qfw-cvY8fZ26w/s3000/durango_baker%20bridge3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNbNO1hnVa0W4K50CrhC7CjK1Ky9kmwIo4PL6WL4BwV5ZxgnrLjRPzlJVNpwU7a5x5bFmejb11YeXkrljpXvDX5jAauha1Mg1TXwB4it5wQ1g_XSWvlOaYRdSuEpz17Er1oCjoKm1-OKmwfAsP8ZnDRK3CxCDdS-mh9Szb1r21N7_o0Qfw-cvY8fZ26w/w640-h426/durango_baker%20bridge3.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfW4Ni_D61unecjbKTsywPhncX0QbABI0VxuG1N9qM5WN81r037rF6LxY0zktHpihSML7TE-hyj885X0PyNHggKSOEKW6dn3vVTPKlK9xHg1A2JP2hJ67pLt9cVCUOEsHstVmYgpZkAnT2phFDxuPorg_sOEg1r3R_uiPVc_M_Duk0HEGrbp6ttgirvY/s3000/durango_baker%20bridge4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfW4Ni_D61unecjbKTsywPhncX0QbABI0VxuG1N9qM5WN81r037rF6LxY0zktHpihSML7TE-hyj885X0PyNHggKSOEKW6dn3vVTPKlK9xHg1A2JP2hJ67pLt9cVCUOEsHstVmYgpZkAnT2phFDxuPorg_sOEg1r3R_uiPVc_M_Duk0HEGrbp6ttgirvY/w640-h426/durango_baker%20bridge4.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEd0jeFOTaKAoGI439nv0_r_7fL1LquOjjJbQAzLPPJ8R_YqIbLR9ZcE_vVRqAPL4CsYTRaHs7x1wOYu-3-3LvbAsihGcnhpiz8dceWk0ziotsR-Nb7Bj8Pah9xFLW6Hh61MYoyEzdwtSgIzSTsviK-rEhzpgzF7w_X5lBl_zUhzIUkYeIZO4Vgd5gtbg/s3000/durango_baker%20bridge%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEd0jeFOTaKAoGI439nv0_r_7fL1LquOjjJbQAzLPPJ8R_YqIbLR9ZcE_vVRqAPL4CsYTRaHs7x1wOYu-3-3LvbAsihGcnhpiz8dceWk0ziotsR-Nb7Bj8Pah9xFLW6Hh61MYoyEzdwtSgIzSTsviK-rEhzpgzF7w_X5lBl_zUhzIUkYeIZO4Vgd5gtbg/w640-h426/durango_baker%20bridge%202.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-AbZGoRuZA3fFd0lnn2T1LkoIgvppT0og6kFfQPGiB_i9Wdbr4jbeOTSoSXFRN8Aof8QDIFWPaTvNA8IG1KzaQW6rb4Hpt74wM7BY-p9TWkf3tB3cyI34frA9DCjIDDUFA2rCVUbtHrZuP6HDjVLweC5dm20USkLOVqXIbQ_JmXsHz2bdKE1F-J8O0Yc/s3000/durango_bakers%20bridge1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-AbZGoRuZA3fFd0lnn2T1LkoIgvppT0og6kFfQPGiB_i9Wdbr4jbeOTSoSXFRN8Aof8QDIFWPaTvNA8IG1KzaQW6rb4Hpt74wM7BY-p9TWkf3tB3cyI34frA9DCjIDDUFA2rCVUbtHrZuP6HDjVLweC5dm20USkLOVqXIbQ_JmXsHz2bdKE1F-J8O0Yc/w640-h426/durango_bakers%20bridge1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqXgKTEY0jlS0ljExoa7gPJHEdP2-3Y-YjqcXxpr1s48H80rgCE9Z6RHtswh4Tmck4YLIfmr9ymRUGuYBovctnbFOywCJW2vIgjb9zAaVzB-s_WGPWcPCVIAJW8RxCOA_Nfjv97wDFcBDDc16ExJ9o4yGCVoKgrhrdYX_6vaeO0MLME1aZFJxibNSsoD0/s3000/durango_bakers%20bridge%20animas%20river.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqXgKTEY0jlS0ljExoa7gPJHEdP2-3Y-YjqcXxpr1s48H80rgCE9Z6RHtswh4Tmck4YLIfmr9ymRUGuYBovctnbFOywCJW2vIgjb9zAaVzB-s_WGPWcPCVIAJW8RxCOA_Nfjv97wDFcBDDc16ExJ9o4yGCVoKgrhrdYX_6vaeO0MLME1aZFJxibNSsoD0/w640-h426/durango_bakers%20bridge%20animas%20river.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The first bridge in this area was built
by Captain Charles H. Baker and a group of prospectors that were
mining along the Animas River in about 1860. Today, jumping from the
bridge seems to be a right of passage but unfortunately, due to
vandalism, the area has been restricted by fences.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Our next stop in Durango came as a
recommendation from fellow YouTubers, The Adventures of A+K.
<a href="https://www.honeyvillecolorado.com/" target="_blank">Honeyville</a> is located just about 12 miles north of Durango on Highway
550 and has been bottling honey since 1918. This unique business
offers specialty honeys, honey jams, jellies and sauces. Their rich,
thick, mountain wildflower honey is so flavorful that customers say
it is the best honey in the world. Here you can watch workers
distill honey infused liquors, shop for unique gifts, sample the
deliciousness and watch a live hive do their thing!</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFNh702KXP81xT7PKvWNbl5lnrBrqTSNFd4pI4V1mNXlcKNBWrlGkS_ke6aM20lyo2_ITXeCSkZNkmN8pcgBVw5fVlVIPxMv-bVhdWehDxNJDrfa8ChxO6aLYl8Nqd2SChvOr6VyxCHE8K3xOdswDimbTOWdDDCQVrtJczUAy54LB457hxeO_Kw_XTabY/s600/Honeyville1s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="600" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFNh702KXP81xT7PKvWNbl5lnrBrqTSNFd4pI4V1mNXlcKNBWrlGkS_ke6aM20lyo2_ITXeCSkZNkmN8pcgBVw5fVlVIPxMv-bVhdWehDxNJDrfa8ChxO6aLYl8Nqd2SChvOr6VyxCHE8K3xOdswDimbTOWdDDCQVrtJczUAy54LB457hxeO_Kw_XTabY/w640-h356/Honeyville1s.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqotw9IuSBhDY90J6qjSjG63fmis8GYR4QYIxYaF1UwAFNA2tCK-7fdc9xKkjEZhZcPtOZIQIwgqrpOQe_gqQEjfdw-tmyXymk-Qd3ROk9a2gmJ8joH2kYmw8622scTkOKG5tdArYfoZg5DbGvsBODBXvdj_SsaMDrKu1olACCdW5hU_yJJLbB4x6VxOY/s600/Honeyville3s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="600" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqotw9IuSBhDY90J6qjSjG63fmis8GYR4QYIxYaF1UwAFNA2tCK-7fdc9xKkjEZhZcPtOZIQIwgqrpOQe_gqQEjfdw-tmyXymk-Qd3ROk9a2gmJ8joH2kYmw8622scTkOKG5tdArYfoZg5DbGvsBODBXvdj_SsaMDrKu1olACCdW5hU_yJJLbB4x6VxOY/w640-h356/Honeyville3s.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Practically across 550 from Honeyville
you'll find the <a href="https://jamesranch.net/grill" target="_blank">James Ranch Grill</a>. This ranch owned restaurant &
market offers fresh vegetables, cheeses and meats grown or cultivated
on their 400 acre ranch. Unfortunately, it was a little early for
lunch so we just browsed the market and then continued on our way
towards Durango.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6ON1yKp3t0R7FkpcD5aPKLStYRVIokE5RTKGM1e3-Pu2iE4Wh6pJMnRb1uQsqOwcz6s3HmXh7kK0kpN2WHJ5NnKq-qXcdbWBAFtuQ6NvnIHqqFGh9iXUtjTozmyJ__PQbXJHTXRLGyUk56v5YGPVcqDzLZXCZRlgBOmGNfzqeCsbtuvVOH80YI-KWgY/s4000/durango%20james%20ranch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6ON1yKp3t0R7FkpcD5aPKLStYRVIokE5RTKGM1e3-Pu2iE4Wh6pJMnRb1uQsqOwcz6s3HmXh7kK0kpN2WHJ5NnKq-qXcdbWBAFtuQ6NvnIHqqFGh9iXUtjTozmyJ__PQbXJHTXRLGyUk56v5YGPVcqDzLZXCZRlgBOmGNfzqeCsbtuvVOH80YI-KWgY/w640-h288/durango%20james%20ranch.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Inching closer to Durango we laid our
eyes on an amazing waterfall that just seemed to jump right out of
the rocky cliffs on the west side of Highway 550. We had to get a
closer view so we checked our maps and then headed up Falls Creek
Road. Here we found out that right below the falls was The Waterfall
Ranch owned by the Zink family for more than a century! We believe
that the ranch now offers vrbo accommodations.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirm-jfUtn_bco6GX6-MXU4yda_p7-z10L_BZ4Wq_dhnCIgmjH-mpMt2BsekbszJXd0NPX9f1oXwbxwkgr6k2cBkHD8Arm2pR5Ay8FXreSeJtSi1NLbsFUv5qXyc2VusF8VPMDyat8mXjriAc7hNTQVX9ib1YXwEc5q8dvrk2mEf9y_XDU0xOtHrDX8mQM/s3000/durango_waterfall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirm-jfUtn_bco6GX6-MXU4yda_p7-z10L_BZ4Wq_dhnCIgmjH-mpMt2BsekbszJXd0NPX9f1oXwbxwkgr6k2cBkHD8Arm2pR5Ay8FXreSeJtSi1NLbsFUv5qXyc2VusF8VPMDyat8mXjriAc7hNTQVX9ib1YXwEc5q8dvrk2mEf9y_XDU0xOtHrDX8mQM/w640-h426/durango_waterfall.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Ro9elNcaSaNZvK8yG5vhK4vRWnOl3BdRMDOH9sTDyo9Uus9YT6dgV-W1XU3BQ7_XjiR9GmMppP1lq7pU7zbKzKfComxtmMm2obfSz6hg5wpQacdyqi3q8Xlsma-Ht4N_41ajRB73lF58qhVHQMt22JriGH1q6NlsQ-WFHQJjleA1gnyKU8QOK4VWunY/s3000/durango_waterfall%20ranch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Ro9elNcaSaNZvK8yG5vhK4vRWnOl3BdRMDOH9sTDyo9Uus9YT6dgV-W1XU3BQ7_XjiR9GmMppP1lq7pU7zbKzKfComxtmMm2obfSz6hg5wpQacdyqi3q8Xlsma-Ht4N_41ajRB73lF58qhVHQMt22JriGH1q6NlsQ-WFHQJjleA1gnyKU8QOK4VWunY/w640-h426/durango_waterfall%20ranch.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Staring at that beautiful waterfall
made us thirsty so we made our way into Durango to visit the <a href="https://www.skabrewing.com/" target="_blank">SkaBrewery</a>! Like we mentioned earlier in this video this was not our
first time visiting Durango and when we were here back in 2014 we
fell in love with Ska beer! Knowing we could take our pup, Remi, to
the brewery's outdoor patio, made stopping at this brewery for lunch
and a cold beer a necessity!</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2wRnRyYw-Am7B7OFcbh3CV-BgOh3t3Skhy88IvKZVYwWBKb2oMsXJo68iPlaCKCZu8oKyDAwAT5DgocRupGCFQLvFl5ChAvyukrMcg1jZoZqLCIBImLvINlUhBwUB9_jDtIndN2a_nBw7b68_odxvb5vILn2SFMD2-XgzW5UGaxLKWiAS1Fce9D9QKQ/s4000/durango%20ska1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2wRnRyYw-Am7B7OFcbh3CV-BgOh3t3Skhy88IvKZVYwWBKb2oMsXJo68iPlaCKCZu8oKyDAwAT5DgocRupGCFQLvFl5ChAvyukrMcg1jZoZqLCIBImLvINlUhBwUB9_jDtIndN2a_nBw7b68_odxvb5vILn2SFMD2-XgzW5UGaxLKWiAS1Fce9D9QKQ/w640-h288/durango%20ska1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF6BSYcS3FFbEUAm4-2gqRs0iymT8TYloyIABEN88o1x9apffx_aCACd-f1jzJmx080mHyp9oXN_eUoImEkjK5JIbQRwSLUOp55earSsBQ4QMkmOWWSYPwwx-OoRGWhoiePZ-ximzOf9OKkD8lvHgA4HQKN8vn88fs8r0hQO7GzI5XIvcxy8V0NIREO3I/s4000/durango%20ska2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF6BSYcS3FFbEUAm4-2gqRs0iymT8TYloyIABEN88o1x9apffx_aCACd-f1jzJmx080mHyp9oXN_eUoImEkjK5JIbQRwSLUOp55earSsBQ4QMkmOWWSYPwwx-OoRGWhoiePZ-ximzOf9OKkD8lvHgA4HQKN8vn88fs8r0hQO7GzI5XIvcxy8V0NIREO3I/w640-h288/durango%20ska2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8CzQXmqZSYec7uLFUMPVOmaH_dRKdXqxcMf8GYrXsz7UmRcuNq6kKzDeCIKI4Wj0kXoaNy1QQgidU78BiT55LPHJvVzEcNo8b4aAU_n_tE4cDhsJMKea_c2uT41QQf3ZuSGpk8ksZh48VWoij79eiPrYZgEAI3uOD64MZI9FnbA2JX-P8BqSxaNiAh9o/s4000/durango%20ska3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8CzQXmqZSYec7uLFUMPVOmaH_dRKdXqxcMf8GYrXsz7UmRcuNq6kKzDeCIKI4Wj0kXoaNy1QQgidU78BiT55LPHJvVzEcNo8b4aAU_n_tE4cDhsJMKea_c2uT41QQf3ZuSGpk8ksZh48VWoij79eiPrYZgEAI3uOD64MZI9FnbA2JX-P8BqSxaNiAh9o/w640-h288/durango%20ska3.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fMxLcCO4d560AiyfWbVBvZMW4skJuSVY596UEVT67T7E_e1HGGuLsqtyHKv8kldwIQR2YiJbukiwiQksVe_9Vs5f1uqOm8KxtS6ZNu1tZGbKF00lgHQ7HeIrMpE85DH40sgNKOj-_-DX4zU3EvFTK0_dcWcvpKYhbtyTWT4cJ7bAJaw-oPe5bcAGpWw/s4000/durango%20ska4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fMxLcCO4d560AiyfWbVBvZMW4skJuSVY596UEVT67T7E_e1HGGuLsqtyHKv8kldwIQR2YiJbukiwiQksVe_9Vs5f1uqOm8KxtS6ZNu1tZGbKF00lgHQ7HeIrMpE85DH40sgNKOj-_-DX4zU3EvFTK0_dcWcvpKYhbtyTWT4cJ7bAJaw-oPe5bcAGpWw/w640-h288/durango%20ska4.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Following lunch we did a little sight
seeing and souvenir shopping in downtown Durango and then headed
back to camp. We chose to find a different route back to camp and
wound up on 250 which is just a little east of downtown Durango.
This two lane back road offered some amazing views and led us right
back to Baker's Bridge where we had the opportunity to see one of the
steam engines of the <a href="https://www.durangotrain.com/" target="_blank">Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad</a>.
The friendly engineers gave us a big wave blew the horn showing off
for us a few more on-lookers!</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-lpoQ8QSAkjf5y9P4RhXQHriXVHf2oiOOpeBMu69OkNvQqM5AhVv-yfAjYs8L0Ufk-UN1xktmVmIJ7h-TNL0JWHGRCyM6fPLPiXcJBNkitqbzr6M72RsjKVpkNvkjbcR6naONQcWlSALtUMVZfFmQRZjGIqWmdF_j4Ug5fq2qpeKvAOSBOXOOzzBVMU/s3000/durango_elbert%20creek2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-lpoQ8QSAkjf5y9P4RhXQHriXVHf2oiOOpeBMu69OkNvQqM5AhVv-yfAjYs8L0Ufk-UN1xktmVmIJ7h-TNL0JWHGRCyM6fPLPiXcJBNkitqbzr6M72RsjKVpkNvkjbcR6naONQcWlSALtUMVZfFmQRZjGIqWmdF_j4Ug5fq2qpeKvAOSBOXOOzzBVMU/w640-h426/durango_elbert%20creek2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuW5Zh4vj0kTsABAunyGjjrKau4Z9QX4Ww9AoVpanzJVsWoGZsnQbKe0-HJBHNUxBmr5lD97LdqydR0h8s3ojwky0w35HvllQsTKik5A_Wk9Ye3o0eyB58idOcVPia4_N7ZYb9Ye_P9xiVw82uSHKn5lTS-fF8JGY0kaV62E_mbxby4kyW4Xhbr9N-5s/s3000/durango_train2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuW5Zh4vj0kTsABAunyGjjrKau4Z9QX4Ww9AoVpanzJVsWoGZsnQbKe0-HJBHNUxBmr5lD97LdqydR0h8s3ojwky0w35HvllQsTKik5A_Wk9Ye3o0eyB58idOcVPia4_N7ZYb9Ye_P9xiVw82uSHKn5lTS-fF8JGY0kaV62E_mbxby4kyW4Xhbr9N-5s/w640-h426/durango_train2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTUL-7Kwus2U41dJX-BWqZzjCnrJ2t_nGQvgTSl3l8A1W_8Ev5RU55o3nIFXNS2MwxYNQrMqqOEAWi1v-R0WZgANdu0qBGM85U__uPOtWEOQHkwsIqLAWLAMyPN20tX-73Ie-SHs9Fp4hjcWdjjrtumU8JjswLztd0m1oYAxlvi2u1VTarJffcFREkm6M/s3000/durango_train22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTUL-7Kwus2U41dJX-BWqZzjCnrJ2t_nGQvgTSl3l8A1W_8Ev5RU55o3nIFXNS2MwxYNQrMqqOEAWi1v-R0WZgANdu0qBGM85U__uPOtWEOQHkwsIqLAWLAMyPN20tX-73Ie-SHs9Fp4hjcWdjjrtumU8JjswLztd0m1oYAxlvi2u1VTarJffcFREkm6M/w640-h426/durango_train22.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZN0iK6du1VNIwhX2j3JlYxaMZW7Cv0krgwngUWkT7kq2RGPz_9_XyPBWQgQd5EXVf_MKNIqqSDWjEMhcGu6htCVG54RZpVLoYdMqfRqXtmXnE8aOfdSLyYTGrApLsqdQZyJ75GHGECLTVN74cIirXANZ1JmaVKXyogiI8X5AatOgI1S7tnxa_qomJ_5g/s3000/durango_train.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZN0iK6du1VNIwhX2j3JlYxaMZW7Cv0krgwngUWkT7kq2RGPz_9_XyPBWQgQd5EXVf_MKNIqqSDWjEMhcGu6htCVG54RZpVLoYdMqfRqXtmXnE8aOfdSLyYTGrApLsqdQZyJ75GHGECLTVN74cIirXANZ1JmaVKXyogiI8X5AatOgI1S7tnxa_qomJ_5g/w640-h426/durango_train.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Once we were back in camp we realized
that a road near the entrance of our campground led to the back of
<a href="https://vacationdurango.com/blog/pinkerton-hot-springs/" target="_blank">Pinkerton Hot Springs</a> so we went on a little hike to get a closer
look. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of this intriguing natural
phenomenon is its history. The Pinkerton Hot Springs was discovered
by James Pinkerton in the 1800s, who decided to transform this
mysterious gem into a travel destination. People almost immediately
began to flock to this spot, as this was a time when many believed
that hot springs were a miracle cure and their waters possessed
healing powers. Pinkerton built a resort here, complete with a
swimming pool filled with water from the springs. Although it’s
rumored that Marilyn Monroe stayed here at one time, the resort
ultimately burned down. Its remains served as a speakeasy in the
1920s, and today, the Colorado Timberline Academy sits on the land.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mpntVSkI1jzK14Dy2xuNLYjFNbOrCC6s_VwDvONCGlpwW5eqPYYinxNppyPDSZXtMWLvvURCWYCaDCXIultsjJKy9Tvf0Irhp4T3DTFud474fuLcGTTJI8j7QSc0_QqxhGwPapvLQvLJv4VOD6hc0cCoHeTSUrrrvHQ1Cu_5vRQK5Kvw6s5Z3_ckupU/s3000/durango_pinkerton%20hotsprings1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mpntVSkI1jzK14Dy2xuNLYjFNbOrCC6s_VwDvONCGlpwW5eqPYYinxNppyPDSZXtMWLvvURCWYCaDCXIultsjJKy9Tvf0Irhp4T3DTFud474fuLcGTTJI8j7QSc0_QqxhGwPapvLQvLJv4VOD6hc0cCoHeTSUrrrvHQ1Cu_5vRQK5Kvw6s5Z3_ckupU/w640-h426/durango_pinkerton%20hotsprings1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMj3aYcwFkI9df9Dfpm53wDyhzkw_XT2Cs2jVtPY1kdw6z7WvI4uqpAPuuFKUcv2cOnK_sXvIMFna52_DQ1T6yECaw4qJiaxPw3bsN-76QWAZon5kxOo0GPXjtML8KniYAVHEcn1BmO89hHLRRyBWr-aOOEjeM6oEBux6yAZiQeVu82CbDD8ewJnLqMyc/s3000/durango_pinkerton%20hotsprings2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMj3aYcwFkI9df9Dfpm53wDyhzkw_XT2Cs2jVtPY1kdw6z7WvI4uqpAPuuFKUcv2cOnK_sXvIMFna52_DQ1T6yECaw4qJiaxPw3bsN-76QWAZon5kxOo0GPXjtML8KniYAVHEcn1BmO89hHLRRyBWr-aOOEjeM6oEBux6yAZiQeVu82CbDD8ewJnLqMyc/w640-h426/durango_pinkerton%20hotsprings2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdk_K-2aGB82X5mk0DlfkuoKCaSHQOSDfszDCURrgTHZaUvaGUJTblDdssFiR7npOAGzupe8dSOBYpMyYKKW9UtphBCNGQxn5RW0oYcXvMEWjwGeHRoDi1BPuqynMhsrtb1yQ6ft5mUxIY07DXvF3d9TNL-AepV6R8ZlD86TxxxQz84kU4geFMBNVyHM/s3000/durango_pinkerton%20hotsprings3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdk_K-2aGB82X5mk0DlfkuoKCaSHQOSDfszDCURrgTHZaUvaGUJTblDdssFiR7npOAGzupe8dSOBYpMyYKKW9UtphBCNGQxn5RW0oYcXvMEWjwGeHRoDi1BPuqynMhsrtb1yQ6ft5mUxIY07DXvF3d9TNL-AepV6R8ZlD86TxxxQz84kU4geFMBNVyHM/w640-h426/durango_pinkerton%20hotsprings3.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">When it began to rain on us we decided
not to go back to our campground but just take a little drive around
the area. We looked at our map and saw there was a small lake just
north of us so we drove up to take a look. Just about 20 miles north
of Durango we found Haviland lake and campground. This The
campground is situated on the shore of <a href="https://rockymountainrec.com/sanjuannational/listing/haviland-lake" target="_blank">Haviland Lake</a>, among shady,
towering ponderosa pines, at an elevation of 8,705 feet. Many sites
have lake views and easy shoreline access. Campers are awarded
spectacular views of the Hermosa Cliffs across the lake.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqPK9aEacmY3Eem7Yooj74-9R3c2wr4maLLHV7TWe70CJWnP-c-abW05QyFTwK9pTcHCeEhOFtmAqfZhMOc5pCYDznwchMn869q5iz_qO3JWsh7M76yX6bpypsleUtZckKYLWf5hNtGUdynwt7KJvhBH5qFtXzLgGtQEAJf1FiBmDNEmce6D9qZzprTs/s3000/durango_haviland%20lake.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqPK9aEacmY3Eem7Yooj74-9R3c2wr4maLLHV7TWe70CJWnP-c-abW05QyFTwK9pTcHCeEhOFtmAqfZhMOc5pCYDznwchMn869q5iz_qO3JWsh7M76yX6bpypsleUtZckKYLWf5hNtGUdynwt7KJvhBH5qFtXzLgGtQEAJf1FiBmDNEmce6D9qZzprTs/w640-h426/durango_haviland%20lake.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8gy3uo1tcPpi0-lX4H4bTbnLCyLNwPPfDzuV9kr49RUcwhtVpr0c-1GDdaNOzCA54P5QS9p9KQIdoQwB6RE7uDNVFalHFyXjXen6SPWTorv-D4sEnQ-ZUM8l3xo60u43LyGFQfuUQ7vNuLtYtbV2i4RnbWfbugkzjI03qrZdZpb5CxFZBaHtkOO94kFs/s3000/durango_little%20church.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8gy3uo1tcPpi0-lX4H4bTbnLCyLNwPPfDzuV9kr49RUcwhtVpr0c-1GDdaNOzCA54P5QS9p9KQIdoQwB6RE7uDNVFalHFyXjXen6SPWTorv-D4sEnQ-ZUM8l3xo60u43LyGFQfuUQ7vNuLtYtbV2i4RnbWfbugkzjI03qrZdZpb5CxFZBaHtkOO94kFs/w640-h426/durango_little%20church.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bB3V4wRtb6Nhi1oQ9EiXpEVN8cj0C088yuuJNd8dcIGtu99UtgE_jRZbS5ONFGylTfLKfhEq0f7MvVfq8aoDQAnIrv752hirpJcDInKUb54Bs_PL7ZB_6kD9Yd85acbRQ1yRg2s-_3SxdgZuZVujNKI2Na9iJi_7YGmc7ikCLB0kJ7C3hMZtXLe6-DM/s3000/durango_turkey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bB3V4wRtb6Nhi1oQ9EiXpEVN8cj0C088yuuJNd8dcIGtu99UtgE_jRZbS5ONFGylTfLKfhEq0f7MvVfq8aoDQAnIrv752hirpJcDInKUb54Bs_PL7ZB_6kD9Yd85acbRQ1yRg2s-_3SxdgZuZVujNKI2Na9iJi_7YGmc7ikCLB0kJ7C3hMZtXLe6-DM/w640-h426/durango_turkey.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">From Haviland Lake we took scenic roads
back to our campground. On these scenic roads we found wild turkey
parading in front of someone's cabin and an old school or church that
was being converted into a living space. We couldn't find any
information on the name of the old school so if you recognize it from
our video please leave a comment letting us know what you know!</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After a fun day exploring we headed
back to our campground for dinner and to pack down our RV so we could
hit the road home bright and early the next morning. After dinner we
walked the campground and filmed some areas as a review. The check-in
office has a small store and gift shop inside and the staff was very
friendly! Their laundry facility was clean and had several machines
so we went ahead and did all of our laundry. The campground was tidy
with trash pickup from your site daily. The resort offers both RV sites as well as small cabin rentals. There is a public viewing area
or observation deck in the middle of the campground that hangs over
the Animas River. We did not swim but the resort offers a crystal
clear pool that we believe is heated and a playground for the kids.
We were so amazed by this quiet campground and will definitely return
to Junction West Durango Riverside Resort to continue our adventures
in Durango, Colorado.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">If you'd like to see more of our adventure in Durango, Colorado, then check out the video on YouTube below:</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QdXlzoOJLRA" width="320" youtube-src-id="QdXlzoOJLRA"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comDurango, CO, USA37.27528 -107.88006678.9650461638211567 -143.0363167 65.585513836178848 -72.7238167tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-90371865207796330122023-05-15T14:49:00.149-06:002023-07-30T11:04:29.160-06:00Moab, Utah<p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">For our big 2023 adventure we headed to majestic, <a href="https://www.discovermoab.com/" target="_blank">Moab, Utah</a>!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8snCChhPGI_oXkbED92T3Bih204Jdq_eqPdIUnmUvZY0F71hPy_eeV-2DuiiTQf8KHECuHscVXBMSa9PZgJZOi0PJBGUk9QuR0uoGzlqJJeOgTUnhhwB3GfD8RBXZkB0ZyoLMvWzOec_zQDx62p5JdSUU9S9tWbAISkUR8ZHKTmNk6nOWj_GsH8PSc0/s3000/moab_utah%20sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8snCChhPGI_oXkbED92T3Bih204Jdq_eqPdIUnmUvZY0F71hPy_eeV-2DuiiTQf8KHECuHscVXBMSa9PZgJZOi0PJBGUk9QuR0uoGzlqJJeOgTUnhhwB3GfD8RBXZkB0ZyoLMvWzOec_zQDx62p5JdSUU9S9tWbAISkUR8ZHKTmNk6nOWj_GsH8PSc0/w640-h426/moab_utah%20sign.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><p>It took us three days to make our way to Moab with our last night of the journey being spent at Cheyenne Mountain State Park outside of Colorado Springs, Colorado. From Colorado we traveled on Highway
128 into Moab. This beautiful winding road parallels the Colorado
River and offers some beautiful scenery.</p></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtV_AJ_flIdy332HWhID4UzdF9dpWKTd8YQPsQ_I93gnqg3uqMCnTZC4B-GgAjXYoY5kcYLf2k03WZSVhtvoIOlbZp_6ATETE6iiytOWhTyFb-1sIzo12Ztq0RiKmpUHlj1ZlQFgGv9BY2yAF93YhfNvTXRuu_MUDddWkLSewOaSr42QkwWNQlZM0i9i4/s4000/moab%20colorado%20river%20foot%20bridge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtV_AJ_flIdy332HWhID4UzdF9dpWKTd8YQPsQ_I93gnqg3uqMCnTZC4B-GgAjXYoY5kcYLf2k03WZSVhtvoIOlbZp_6ATETE6iiytOWhTyFb-1sIzo12Ztq0RiKmpUHlj1ZlQFgGv9BY2yAF93YhfNvTXRuu_MUDddWkLSewOaSr42QkwWNQlZM0i9i4/w640-h288/moab%20colorado%20river%20foot%20bridge.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBbSz1pl9EkRkTw-uev5GIX2QXw7JRyMhcXXOQf3jqDxcX6ZKeDMoQpWKymkcNZmwIEOH1VIYRR1aFUXVFK0G9EHvd7bipr47b7QaYuX6VEoQf4YzwpEYH7N9zMWLQCje1-Tb_DjAmbgJT_E2fbt2kWeNr3LcMhBYbCeU_AwaUlII6IJ_oiApFlP4QH9A/s3000/moab_colorado%20river%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBbSz1pl9EkRkTw-uev5GIX2QXw7JRyMhcXXOQf3jqDxcX6ZKeDMoQpWKymkcNZmwIEOH1VIYRR1aFUXVFK0G9EHvd7bipr47b7QaYuX6VEoQf4YzwpEYH7N9zMWLQCje1-Tb_DjAmbgJT_E2fbt2kWeNr3LcMhBYbCeU_AwaUlII6IJ_oiApFlP4QH9A/w640-h426/moab_colorado%20river%202.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1LdgEH7OGZgDs8Emz4UlQY6n0M6iMXN9Zzmlsu3vjBCkTkwHtwfE3ByFRh80NNkIvF0ksfy2_f1hKMw3AebUpJaMyEBFTZxGlkS49zE2JKX86RtT9th26Q0JZbPO1mCjukpPIwp7IkxvwNx5f4lngIizQighMDpUHvBKUT2rVqjNdyewTxJwitSkVSk/s3000/moab_colorado%20river.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1LdgEH7OGZgDs8Emz4UlQY6n0M6iMXN9Zzmlsu3vjBCkTkwHtwfE3ByFRh80NNkIvF0ksfy2_f1hKMw3AebUpJaMyEBFTZxGlkS49zE2JKX86RtT9th26Q0JZbPO1mCjukpPIwp7IkxvwNx5f4lngIizQighMDpUHvBKUT2rVqjNdyewTxJwitSkVSk/w640-h426/moab_colorado%20river.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">At the intersection of highway 128 and
highway 191 we stopped at <a href="https://www.nps.gov/articles/lions-park-moab-s-gateway-to-its-natural-wonders.htm" target="_blank">Lions Park</a>. This park offers ample
parking, public restrooms and water if you're dry camping, an
amphitheater, hiking and biking trails and a beautiful bridge that
crosses the Colorado River connecting the area to Arches National
Park. At this location we got a birds eye view of the Colorado River
swollen from snow melt from the Rocky Mountains. Attached to the
bridge were the most amazing sculptures representing the elements.
Here we got a sneak peek of the beauty that Moab offers!</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIDPjV7CPP0JC0UKX2gzWoj-NHuk6F58oPWDVyYzXJuWSV9Asa8ZPWmBY3W9tEDVQpZnQ_vBPwKZ-pyi24-fgJDAYGW_ww7Xfu6rTWx2muur3x2ZonDgd1OD5UAFyqkazIXzpoulyQo2MMQ2lekivNATZrA8lV1BV2N2GHzssG11HhaKixVmutUYqFeM/s4000/moab%20sculpture3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIDPjV7CPP0JC0UKX2gzWoj-NHuk6F58oPWDVyYzXJuWSV9Asa8ZPWmBY3W9tEDVQpZnQ_vBPwKZ-pyi24-fgJDAYGW_ww7Xfu6rTWx2muur3x2ZonDgd1OD5UAFyqkazIXzpoulyQo2MMQ2lekivNATZrA8lV1BV2N2GHzssG11HhaKixVmutUYqFeM/w640-h288/moab%20sculpture3.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihiX3bW1k2MbwjZDy8EG-Z_XFP6ETPbg4UoQ2HOGnkgBNyxI-MbM3k3lVM8pjaij0rRsGOf3GFyXWrBnAX7-Mc5UHicpkHpfbqlx_-bFjGlDspwsUgC9ZuAbfNMnspfoynb1dPUkkCKB22z0ziY0XdQkAcw7An_Lx9X_CzSaU0kIitFiJuzh7BYtnMoe0/s4000/moab%20sculpture4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihiX3bW1k2MbwjZDy8EG-Z_XFP6ETPbg4UoQ2HOGnkgBNyxI-MbM3k3lVM8pjaij0rRsGOf3GFyXWrBnAX7-Mc5UHicpkHpfbqlx_-bFjGlDspwsUgC9ZuAbfNMnspfoynb1dPUkkCKB22z0ziY0XdQkAcw7An_Lx9X_CzSaU0kIitFiJuzh7BYtnMoe0/w640-h288/moab%20sculpture4.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRt4alyxU7jvon_7NSUZDlg1u8Af0CnkLCJyBZ0AuqrSs95ZSFLXXSJ8K0iGSavXo_5nLaJTPFJMfibyZtElcub1OajJ-aK7yegX22uPTk65HF0WGWPPQeSJP2bovIn14439BkuCWqN9Ek0bWg1ncsQmPDDDoxezivJfVFgAjHzfztiXvEMRldO0DGsQc/s4000/moab%20sculpture.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRt4alyxU7jvon_7NSUZDlg1u8Af0CnkLCJyBZ0AuqrSs95ZSFLXXSJ8K0iGSavXo_5nLaJTPFJMfibyZtElcub1OajJ-aK7yegX22uPTk65HF0WGWPPQeSJP2bovIn14439BkuCWqN9Ek0bWg1ncsQmPDDDoxezivJfVFgAjHzfztiXvEMRldO0DGsQc/w640-h288/moab%20sculpture.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">For this trip we pulled our travel
trailer and stayed at <a href="https://www.sunoutdoors.com/utah/sun-outdoors-canyonlands-gateway" target="_blank">Sun Outdoors Canyonland Gateway RV Resort &
Campground</a> located about 12 miles north west of Moab. We'll be
adding a video review this rv resort in the near future so don't
forget to like and subscribe so you don't miss out.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifSgjhnXLqdSwhF2vPnt46gJxgl1nUhlNKxcjqOWfEzwJPSn7AGssUG2sUyDkXOgJd32CZJdo0fZ1qeRRCbxPIrQr8ErVFjPKQdQfmTEh2E907n3E1F-nH-Q6au3UKYMX6svv4nNLzPJRnW3SIvwUPzFuTnHeq7CKKrEp-wo4lSB95JSNz0wdvJhydKn0/s3000/moab_outdoors3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifSgjhnXLqdSwhF2vPnt46gJxgl1nUhlNKxcjqOWfEzwJPSn7AGssUG2sUyDkXOgJd32CZJdo0fZ1qeRRCbxPIrQr8ErVFjPKQdQfmTEh2E907n3E1F-nH-Q6au3UKYMX6svv4nNLzPJRnW3SIvwUPzFuTnHeq7CKKrEp-wo4lSB95JSNz0wdvJhydKn0/w640-h426/moab_outdoors3.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKyeoZrDux-Xvp527uGrTrz728XJc7hfw1iOGQ8B_IzytTxW2KuUOluOdQozYQ08bLruW6PUxHPvovwsA3JxfAoQl3PhLfEwZOuerYJTOM2binu4K2RLCSGPuavKcclteSjtITzDm7tD_3rjeSjfPxgFeagl8jjTa41NYgD_ns2fY9s-Q1wr75kxw-_t0/s3000/moab_outdoors4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKyeoZrDux-Xvp527uGrTrz728XJc7hfw1iOGQ8B_IzytTxW2KuUOluOdQozYQ08bLruW6PUxHPvovwsA3JxfAoQl3PhLfEwZOuerYJTOM2binu4K2RLCSGPuavKcclteSjtITzDm7tD_3rjeSjfPxgFeagl8jjTa41NYgD_ns2fY9s-Q1wr75kxw-_t0/w640-h426/moab_outdoors4.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQD4Hb3CA74GgLnq3xDBoVNfPdQWAUETfIGaiGpYByvB4a2IInoHn_4jeulb8ICmy08MoHweJ4xphXhWzM9j-sYatalAKrlQOzOoWqZXtw1Wr1FJba33nMzlefeVPJUMMBD43-xIOecVPxqOpDDid5xiNGsnZDAjWSkE7poFuPe35NHmA13ikHlLBVXc/s3000/moab_outdoors1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQD4Hb3CA74GgLnq3xDBoVNfPdQWAUETfIGaiGpYByvB4a2IInoHn_4jeulb8ICmy08MoHweJ4xphXhWzM9j-sYatalAKrlQOzOoWqZXtw1Wr1FJba33nMzlefeVPJUMMBD43-xIOecVPxqOpDDid5xiNGsnZDAjWSkE7poFuPe35NHmA13ikHlLBVXc/w640-h426/moab_outdoors1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Once we got our campsite setup we began
to smell propane and realized that our propane regulator was leaking.
We checked with the resort office and they suggested we visit <a href="https://moabrvandfeed.business.site/" target="_blank">Farm &
City Feed & RV Supply</a> located on the south side of Moab. We
drove out to the business and they had exactly what we needed to fix
our problem. Thank you Farm & City Feed & RV Supply for
saving the day!</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRUuwIR0Xgy2pw4kg0kn0UnDQ_sMWIuAhkhAqM6b8lZSfku5q11Jv7bRcTrldgUezH_AoIDPTBku-zTZjgtt7DGArjeMqNaN0TSaeENjea29AiXpQWok2eEKZNlJgOELzeB8i23D0A6ltpGAluC3KeAoR0rwGze_Bg1HidaCiHxujMPOIGlcbE9rninI/s1525/farm%20city.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="945" data-original-width="1525" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRUuwIR0Xgy2pw4kg0kn0UnDQ_sMWIuAhkhAqM6b8lZSfku5q11Jv7bRcTrldgUezH_AoIDPTBku-zTZjgtt7DGArjeMqNaN0TSaeENjea29AiXpQWok2eEKZNlJgOELzeB8i23D0A6ltpGAluC3KeAoR0rwGze_Bg1HidaCiHxujMPOIGlcbE9rninI/w640-h396/farm%20city.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After repairing our propane tanks we
hit highway 313 outside of Moab and made our way to Dead Horse Point
State Park stopping along the way to take in the sights. Areas of
interest along highway 313 include the Intestine Man Petroglyphs,
Monitor & Merrimac View Area and the Plateau View Point.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7BTqT3IrDI6lTSjiCYjnLNATvpu4_SZrZRuRvR7NTMifPodSNC3jWWEn3tB3ayaCcfArgB3oSXU2eP58zkahgP3VikZFwGSiecoapPJLV4XzlHG_8NjCUW6IYZRmz0pUPZlfl9jMpYbuqhrdQGpqYYbj9tB2VxArmyfjgXGKMyXpKpY_W0ht0M-c0qeU/s3000/moab_mesa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7BTqT3IrDI6lTSjiCYjnLNATvpu4_SZrZRuRvR7NTMifPodSNC3jWWEn3tB3ayaCcfArgB3oSXU2eP58zkahgP3VikZFwGSiecoapPJLV4XzlHG_8NjCUW6IYZRmz0pUPZlfl9jMpYbuqhrdQGpqYYbj9tB2VxArmyfjgXGKMyXpKpY_W0ht0M-c0qeU/w640-h426/moab_mesa.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDamPwhpNw3RjNpeWW7q_eqaoMW9h_obFKOgDG30Yzy8HOUjMnwn_W3CnAy8SnCc8KEfTozCS3WczM7CHVqMb0M52jOrtSGsYv6vja8g1TfKEmPqBAlVd13gXWI87G5wC4Gu1diDtAt-05uM4-2DSWnDfZHq3xnBM5su3SzYXJC9yz8cQCTF2ebwpKw9A/s3000/moab_red%20flowers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDamPwhpNw3RjNpeWW7q_eqaoMW9h_obFKOgDG30Yzy8HOUjMnwn_W3CnAy8SnCc8KEfTozCS3WczM7CHVqMb0M52jOrtSGsYv6vja8g1TfKEmPqBAlVd13gXWI87G5wC4Gu1diDtAt-05uM4-2DSWnDfZHq3xnBM5su3SzYXJC9yz8cQCTF2ebwpKw9A/w640-h426/moab_red%20flowers.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2qQmhH49PQk8lbBZxNZL_IArKf9AXi1N5-4D2Owek2pvFDJR0UVrfzRLr2R_X1uiXp49e-c4uN2GIwwe9GV8qev2mvAhDhEsuSC_THAVpuRPElU1LOqEhMqSZKffwtokAMJO_ysTeip4HTQA6rtOHrpXAGkKtT080ThThHLAI5E6AE8aBqnJcgu05Hg/s3000/moab_purple%20yucca.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2qQmhH49PQk8lbBZxNZL_IArKf9AXi1N5-4D2Owek2pvFDJR0UVrfzRLr2R_X1uiXp49e-c4uN2GIwwe9GV8qev2mvAhDhEsuSC_THAVpuRPElU1LOqEhMqSZKffwtokAMJO_ysTeip4HTQA6rtOHrpXAGkKtT080ThThHLAI5E6AE8aBqnJcgu05Hg/w640-h426/moab_purple%20yucca.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After
driving about 30 miles outside of Moab we arrived at <a href="https://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/dead-horse/" target="_blank">Dead Horse PointState Park</a>. Unlike national parks, state parks allow dogs on leashes
so our little dog got to do a little hiking and picnicking with us!</span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1TSsfc_bz77vM3lVoMVXPy0BXfU25vDYsoto9yTdNsUuTaZIbT3gAt4-w1sLijujAlLlkO2SZRkqeaqBqzB_kPE0ZfsIUYt_zc0yMVuJmmQF2loIMHGRWoLxizhHHcmxTt8jdFMdd74VleJbmsBCJGCfz-XJtjCf0FkUyFS4mER5JdJzXr3ZVnwoad4E/s3000/moab_dead%20horse27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1TSsfc_bz77vM3lVoMVXPy0BXfU25vDYsoto9yTdNsUuTaZIbT3gAt4-w1sLijujAlLlkO2SZRkqeaqBqzB_kPE0ZfsIUYt_zc0yMVuJmmQF2loIMHGRWoLxizhHHcmxTt8jdFMdd74VleJbmsBCJGCfz-XJtjCf0FkUyFS4mER5JdJzXr3ZVnwoad4E/w640-h426/moab_dead%20horse27.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsypx2ApU3q4mu0ri-vg-kV4I8zNfdRFa466dEciMO5E1JfdUc68CUCI_t9FKH45-XsA5Y8WbFQXXRBF9O4pG4hWxFxOH3od7H7z9Vx5jvcb9Vgabp8bZB2wGKdy8YQq3flv7t0FJLqWMmZF0mHIIT545YyzDUm2XDOmKY6dGRm1maZ7rcG06RImts6hY/s3000/moab_dead%20horse30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsypx2ApU3q4mu0ri-vg-kV4I8zNfdRFa466dEciMO5E1JfdUc68CUCI_t9FKH45-XsA5Y8WbFQXXRBF9O4pG4hWxFxOH3od7H7z9Vx5jvcb9Vgabp8bZB2wGKdy8YQq3flv7t0FJLqWMmZF0mHIIT545YyzDUm2XDOmKY6dGRm1maZ7rcG06RImts6hY/w640-h426/moab_dead%20horse30.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCh5UuM5ZzSLCO0da1MNUw5FrtV9v9aptXas34hgFuXl8AMtQsuc35yJpkKghqXLvqpV_Vg3QLA29MRFHqZCuzrihstNJDaWnhqrZRbUDat03qkgJS5S4L8UF-qQdOz0SFxHB12rQ0_N0M_N2yKY3wm_SF7Wx29pvtoYAMUG1Zn8MRPp3ExPBHhjq8QM8/s3000/moab_dead%20horse53.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCh5UuM5ZzSLCO0da1MNUw5FrtV9v9aptXas34hgFuXl8AMtQsuc35yJpkKghqXLvqpV_Vg3QLA29MRFHqZCuzrihstNJDaWnhqrZRbUDat03qkgJS5S4L8UF-qQdOz0SFxHB12rQ0_N0M_N2yKY3wm_SF7Wx29pvtoYAMUG1Zn8MRPp3ExPBHhjq8QM8/w640-h426/moab_dead%20horse53.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWE4S_8sgvo3r4bQrredNoUgBcMUgisPzwZgL6jVYrnh8QI8eQPbKgvW6H9m38tc9ZWBuvtUdonsQEjbLdGH5Oo5F8q2ojfQVFwwkUj1jFAIlqIniR015Dk6IYtvTxKS7S1R7PPxRvbFdYm7RZZQwUy0F4PK8cInlWr1wxTDaEYnQhK4crp7MkciY9SA/s3000/moab_dead%20horse%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWE4S_8sgvo3r4bQrredNoUgBcMUgisPzwZgL6jVYrnh8QI8eQPbKgvW6H9m38tc9ZWBuvtUdonsQEjbLdGH5Oo5F8q2ojfQVFwwkUj1jFAIlqIniR015Dk6IYtvTxKS7S1R7PPxRvbFdYm7RZZQwUy0F4PK8cInlWr1wxTDaEYnQhK4crp7MkciY9SA/w640-h426/moab_dead%20horse%202.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAEFKgdxJHrrFu033EOpI0F6p0iwj1YCN2_rUlcn36x5fWS3iDhROowcqi7Kz2htdtK0OPeXfTGRYKV466v56X0fIXuemFPOHMs6XXxJb3Fao8prpALCWmvrwqhyjSdzmt8eRcya13ZasHxVn9ET9tSpUom2LRl1OySHZ7j0kyt6jOr-K1N1JDhaZStZ0/s3000/moab_dead%20horse%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAEFKgdxJHrrFu033EOpI0F6p0iwj1YCN2_rUlcn36x5fWS3iDhROowcqi7Kz2htdtK0OPeXfTGRYKV466v56X0fIXuemFPOHMs6XXxJb3Fao8prpALCWmvrwqhyjSdzmt8eRcya13ZasHxVn9ET9tSpUom2LRl1OySHZ7j0kyt6jOr-K1N1JDhaZStZ0/w640-h426/moab_dead%20horse%203.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The
legend of Dead Horse Point states that in the late 1800’s the point
was used as a corral for wild mustangs roaming the mesa top. Cowboys
herded them across the narrow neck of land and onto the point. The
neck was then fenced off with branches and brush. One time, for some
unknown reason, horses were left corralled on the waterless point
where they died of thirst within view of the Colorado River 2,000
feet below.</span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj569CricEVY2aeWFyikmnEDXRjMMj9gqnJu3UzCO9jExTV0eQDeciYCi2PHhp6vFnG2MwKNeot_gqx3b8fwih3xn4MB4tl8T39S1qDdS3Rfc-BWGyomFksnt8RUbyZzVygHYHk_giPM7REkera5Lgn_Ka6r0mY-yvKyqhR3L5saku0BWCMcOpGnVEkuuM/s3000/moab_arches_fault.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj569CricEVY2aeWFyikmnEDXRjMMj9gqnJu3UzCO9jExTV0eQDeciYCi2PHhp6vFnG2MwKNeot_gqx3b8fwih3xn4MB4tl8T39S1qDdS3Rfc-BWGyomFksnt8RUbyZzVygHYHk_giPM7REkera5Lgn_Ka6r0mY-yvKyqhR3L5saku0BWCMcOpGnVEkuuM/w640-h426/moab_arches_fault.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJ52xgLsBjWm6zWRhsJuztUauUT2huO9smJ9GuFFpeg-kZzAMLwYFYW12Vxbe-4HHLzO9arjSYvocXR1-lpk2qN4ka5ocTZxhWsTZAo42-t4O029SJbq5Ta5RH18Umg2mFiA_YOpMfrLmhSwODwcSIDhG9PuafU9DqTRsIN7QEOhFxbISYv7F6DaCipY/s3000/moab_canyonland_yellow%20flowers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJ52xgLsBjWm6zWRhsJuztUauUT2huO9smJ9GuFFpeg-kZzAMLwYFYW12Vxbe-4HHLzO9arjSYvocXR1-lpk2qN4ka5ocTZxhWsTZAo42-t4O029SJbq5Ta5RH18Umg2mFiA_YOpMfrLmhSwODwcSIDhG9PuafU9DqTRsIN7QEOhFxbISYv7F6DaCipY/w640-h426/moab_canyonland_yellow%20flowers.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaayAc1IXCRb2L2NIOtFPzjpJhOnrEhimdJB6SE8vviHXXZ0SHnUMij6hV9s-WdqrvPGXRl9CeSFpzZeCXOdNbVp_Kofc8SO2q-M8lpmtgEpbV1Gk9XgMPRjhoAKaX_mRNk6BnmM6Q4LBIDBLnx671Yb-eFIAbiuF51kC5jHfUNbBOPV7ioEbATW5AfwM/s3000/moab_canyonlands1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaayAc1IXCRb2L2NIOtFPzjpJhOnrEhimdJB6SE8vviHXXZ0SHnUMij6hV9s-WdqrvPGXRl9CeSFpzZeCXOdNbVp_Kofc8SO2q-M8lpmtgEpbV1Gk9XgMPRjhoAKaX_mRNk6BnmM6Q4LBIDBLnx671Yb-eFIAbiuF51kC5jHfUNbBOPV7ioEbATW5AfwM/w640-h426/moab_canyonlands1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRe323g2Z_JAcmoAK1-D3qZGs1Vz064X1mqq_AP9PzdMcKLnFd_Zm3-O-2ROCxKJfvEgA9GHo3rn6N-QPVaf87AlazedpuSUwvDpd7o2sS2vDifi1dy5Sd3UV_nWcd_G9s0nibdbjCIlCMz8pAWRpbIfT3_AmfjwuBKThEBTrpgOLfK-E5N-PBFFe_GjI/s3000/moab_canyonlands10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRe323g2Z_JAcmoAK1-D3qZGs1Vz064X1mqq_AP9PzdMcKLnFd_Zm3-O-2ROCxKJfvEgA9GHo3rn6N-QPVaf87AlazedpuSUwvDpd7o2sS2vDifi1dy5Sd3UV_nWcd_G9s0nibdbjCIlCMz8pAWRpbIfT3_AmfjwuBKThEBTrpgOLfK-E5N-PBFFe_GjI/w640-h426/moab_canyonlands10.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPkALv4XetzQ1m06dR4TtoDwQbhz9maWR9qqQ3TP-GgwAYYQKJyR4EuzaXzsgzTwwho5tm20_M-MiU8DMX1gUTdoQWy1aK4Kwv81CmcnDEl8ZuATgL0_a2cpo5Ib0aHoHA0I6Es0OwrSk5SthJa3DPpEY699GLBxK-sGAOQpHywg9jEYdloWo9l6fUS4/s3000/moab_canyonlands13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPkALv4XetzQ1m06dR4TtoDwQbhz9maWR9qqQ3TP-GgwAYYQKJyR4EuzaXzsgzTwwho5tm20_M-MiU8DMX1gUTdoQWy1aK4Kwv81CmcnDEl8ZuATgL0_a2cpo5Ib0aHoHA0I6Es0OwrSk5SthJa3DPpEY699GLBxK-sGAOQpHywg9jEYdloWo9l6fUS4/w640-h426/moab_canyonlands13.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After a fun afternoon at Dead Horse
Point State Park we still had time to continue on to <a href="https://www.nps.gov/cany/index.htm" target="_blank">CanyonlandsNational Park</a> which is located just about 10 miles from Dead Horse.
As we reached the Island in the Sky Visitors Center the terrain of
the area seemed to change and we were wondering just where were the
canyons of Canyonlands? Just a little further down Grand Viewpoint
Road we found them! Exploring this park felt a little hurried since
it was already late afternoon but we both felt like we were still
getting to see all the major sights the park had to offer. Also,
national parks do not allow dogs, even on leashes, so we chose to
take in the Canyonland views from the windows of our air conditioned
truck along side our little pup.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIvoGWO0nZ86j95kU-jWSkCk_-sLR3KymMymSkysbAPJ8cBNbaAnts6J3mjnzdpF6Ze8pclaJamw_tBWBJ39D_GJx5UwO2UyC0V59J0G7tzoDW0OO_h-izWNL2ETkNdOsdoNv9bSP1swXQjBQKXSHkMcHMTJJWVpshl76gF0uLeoJwH1XHhOK0ffYYDk/s3000/moab_canyonlands%20sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIvoGWO0nZ86j95kU-jWSkCk_-sLR3KymMymSkysbAPJ8cBNbaAnts6J3mjnzdpF6Ze8pclaJamw_tBWBJ39D_GJx5UwO2UyC0V59J0G7tzoDW0OO_h-izWNL2ETkNdOsdoNv9bSP1swXQjBQKXSHkMcHMTJJWVpshl76gF0uLeoJwH1XHhOK0ffYYDk/w640-h426/moab_canyonlands%20sign.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxTBAJofbRPDe7cCS1QRra2LjsjnrmscY8gDGCDjq-bMxIbHxOLpfwtbvcgRrvY7jsMoO2OsxrfqBt4VbNsmdd0IO-acq2D0p1O229Mhm_LkRL6ZkVostnij9fA-GkpNd89KdA_91tOi1bQgt3ipSMsuNVQkONmH-zlVQ3smBWRDEWEI3eaWZa0dmlEck/s3000/moab_canyonlands_purple%20flowers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxTBAJofbRPDe7cCS1QRra2LjsjnrmscY8gDGCDjq-bMxIbHxOLpfwtbvcgRrvY7jsMoO2OsxrfqBt4VbNsmdd0IO-acq2D0p1O229Mhm_LkRL6ZkVostnij9fA-GkpNd89KdA_91tOi1bQgt3ipSMsuNVQkONmH-zlVQ3smBWRDEWEI3eaWZa0dmlEck/w640-h426/moab_canyonlands_purple%20flowers.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXbNqo53-PtKGTYVXGr0cUPJ5PBCVHIgUpEhb1AfU1AiAtyRa5Pbt2KMQf_eBO4RiCV7bQoPmANCDnmUuXO4rYQzt3GrmeZE07SiZzlnYNQ_Fx6M-To6JlSpyjwxmktYcno68EhQHMY6SoHAEVsCQW1bQ4BDEk4uGJSE83QHjtg-atQaylYANTGJ7QoQ/s3000/moab_canyonlands%2090.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXbNqo53-PtKGTYVXGr0cUPJ5PBCVHIgUpEhb1AfU1AiAtyRa5Pbt2KMQf_eBO4RiCV7bQoPmANCDnmUuXO4rYQzt3GrmeZE07SiZzlnYNQ_Fx6M-To6JlSpyjwxmktYcno68EhQHMY6SoHAEVsCQW1bQ4BDEk4uGJSE83QHjtg-atQaylYANTGJ7QoQ/w640-h426/moab_canyonlands%2090.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-lYHAvlPKz52yIe4YFbCHe5ML7VNtLqUAL9vscLTjAfIzf16nsuJsd5xT8hT5-TNQRRx2rW38oN05jTcUyBwTqu10YV-c4LFFgctCZhwYjbDUiCy-g1ySHkTLLeJSzdxXCBbLzcoLkMcIN-5Q86liEsYbgr9lVUO74tPCppErfY-aqk6Lu7cngrjYp8/s3000/moab_canyonlands61.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-lYHAvlPKz52yIe4YFbCHe5ML7VNtLqUAL9vscLTjAfIzf16nsuJsd5xT8hT5-TNQRRx2rW38oN05jTcUyBwTqu10YV-c4LFFgctCZhwYjbDUiCy-g1ySHkTLLeJSzdxXCBbLzcoLkMcIN-5Q86liEsYbgr9lVUO74tPCppErfY-aqk6Lu7cngrjYp8/w640-h426/moab_canyonlands61.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2rB3PNaPl8giQjgbjyV_WXqosG11woMc5B0aQccBM29mhUpUTrwMIEu9KkNdAcQ75l7EtNRnLox3MtihxfAuEoX-L7Yu4OFczvv1C1OgHFtXcaVG5adBgQu9-koooPuJTIdC1bJie4lJx4rss9kvTJCvdhwfntVivW3rCjfHcJIXhf81XmwrCXyIscU8/s3000/moab_canyonlands57.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2rB3PNaPl8giQjgbjyV_WXqosG11woMc5B0aQccBM29mhUpUTrwMIEu9KkNdAcQ75l7EtNRnLox3MtihxfAuEoX-L7Yu4OFczvv1C1OgHFtXcaVG5adBgQu9-koooPuJTIdC1bJie4lJx4rss9kvTJCvdhwfntVivW3rCjfHcJIXhf81XmwrCXyIscU8/w640-h426/moab_canyonlands57.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">With a little more daylight remaining
we headed back to our trailer for a quick dinner and then drove out
to Pot Ash Road, or Highway 279, which hugs the Colorado River. This
is a very popular road and on it we saw rock climbers and petroglyphs
just right off the road. We drove down a little farther down Potash
Road to the <a href="https://www.blm.gov/visit/poison-spider-mesa-trailhead" target="_blank">Poison Spider Trailhead</a> and hiked up to the Highway 279
petroglyphs and dinosaur tracks.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqw-gLVd0iVFwCVIeeqlL2YLRcgUgXsfMAqzHEvh6b-XB-ETyXuXUKlUYpbapOyXLYFY-SABi1XwWoSYhfsDiGc4X_a3eNsRJa6-P7cz8XZi_QUfOuNQICq180sFzp6pM-gCkUgqT8ABqAdcV4fVXRSvz4EB7VmBqtchZqNpUUE7uVmNPx4hNwpP139P8/s3000/moab_dino%20tracks1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqw-gLVd0iVFwCVIeeqlL2YLRcgUgXsfMAqzHEvh6b-XB-ETyXuXUKlUYpbapOyXLYFY-SABi1XwWoSYhfsDiGc4X_a3eNsRJa6-P7cz8XZi_QUfOuNQICq180sFzp6pM-gCkUgqT8ABqAdcV4fVXRSvz4EB7VmBqtchZqNpUUE7uVmNPx4hNwpP139P8/w640-h426/moab_dino%20tracks1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjua13Jt3D44efoPngFSPyhzyqVhS7EcZ8j-RwALsnChZaZ5OxjFK-Hx8_n85qgaVKFQTao7cUKS4ijVXGNyjNmCnNrAciwyjo2ZnjCF_4-kCSFd8Pk2GX9SQlIa3fVDLfwbBMHtA68Q5z06t4H2flz6z2me5ZzHYm51ucx0UAXLT0K6TiyghGxi9HNFhU/s3000/moab_dino%20tracks%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjua13Jt3D44efoPngFSPyhzyqVhS7EcZ8j-RwALsnChZaZ5OxjFK-Hx8_n85qgaVKFQTao7cUKS4ijVXGNyjNmCnNrAciwyjo2ZnjCF_4-kCSFd8Pk2GX9SQlIa3fVDLfwbBMHtA68Q5z06t4H2flz6z2me5ZzHYm51ucx0UAXLT0K6TiyghGxi9HNFhU/w640-h426/moab_dino%20tracks%203.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7soLT2hR4xb0_eQrSYPVxLPHB7GpiJrh7AgfRBYfBS3aliuL7ZRg9h5DGhwxIr2Oacq8jXEgdqnNartBV7ucOuQzg-A6mxsvkxMtrmU923w6B2EOP746V2YyR79_A4Nfd0oQOcqMuKEqQk-HI2QKBqGVx8-srqxGX3vkGlBTiFb_5tUZ0a073-FI9pw/s3000/moab_poison%20spider.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7soLT2hR4xb0_eQrSYPVxLPHB7GpiJrh7AgfRBYfBS3aliuL7ZRg9h5DGhwxIr2Oacq8jXEgdqnNartBV7ucOuQzg-A6mxsvkxMtrmU923w6B2EOP746V2YyR79_A4Nfd0oQOcqMuKEqQk-HI2QKBqGVx8-srqxGX3vkGlBTiFb_5tUZ0a073-FI9pw/w640-h426/moab_poison%20spider.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqL4qT_f7a81Z0IQOJi3nCx40qLPtO53BnfDnRdY0-x_tqi2tOFPBUEXtQF_DK95ID6zWDg2BSxLJyYxY5xZNk2ipu9KCSP3I8Vf8VQeLY05fITcT1kpp0KCfkKe2hgSiW60upYzXTemtDFKjRj62qMomDHTNG9yWtP4gNmrLIXd4NAzITajx5GEhBUE/s3000/moab_pot%20ash%20petroglyphs2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqL4qT_f7a81Z0IQOJi3nCx40qLPtO53BnfDnRdY0-x_tqi2tOFPBUEXtQF_DK95ID6zWDg2BSxLJyYxY5xZNk2ipu9KCSP3I8Vf8VQeLY05fITcT1kpp0KCfkKe2hgSiW60upYzXTemtDFKjRj62qMomDHTNG9yWtP4gNmrLIXd4NAzITajx5GEhBUE/w640-h426/moab_pot%20ash%20petroglyphs2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBX5zPgJaRayavM6scVfOX02F5YPuD2-9qIMgtqBN4DxaC3i0nRcaiKBTau_pLMQFwIHQZ0ecbnJus_1lXX9iEo3nb9-FUMFqlXpR29ZEOMwIuAJ3eXKP73O5oaijtkXHCklGd9fXCgx_OSJcxhJoNyeBcb_1tyrZl3cHhNwWnwJnOBm4OVvUjK-FWvhU/s3000/moab_pot%20ash%20petroglyphs3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBX5zPgJaRayavM6scVfOX02F5YPuD2-9qIMgtqBN4DxaC3i0nRcaiKBTau_pLMQFwIHQZ0ecbnJus_1lXX9iEo3nb9-FUMFqlXpR29ZEOMwIuAJ3eXKP73O5oaijtkXHCklGd9fXCgx_OSJcxhJoNyeBcb_1tyrZl3cHhNwWnwJnOBm4OVvUjK-FWvhU/w640-h426/moab_pot%20ash%20petroglyphs3.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEWcjRddYJv2HKdn5Zw7wZYim78pPUPzH6rU0YmfXuP7bOFQsQpQrc4uWe4onH6Q4CtJrLtPdH1NQHSeLFrNpsBw_tOoRbWf5ghyxLm5UJcSMaKvsVpw1zkFZkNK0SGiKdysFIBiw9ADKPUrH35wYC-bHHPwxtsloKnwtgLTvWF1h76AWLexSX2ENdyU/s3000/moab_pot%20ash%20petroglyphs10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEWcjRddYJv2HKdn5Zw7wZYim78pPUPzH6rU0YmfXuP7bOFQsQpQrc4uWe4onH6Q4CtJrLtPdH1NQHSeLFrNpsBw_tOoRbWf5ghyxLm5UJcSMaKvsVpw1zkFZkNK0SGiKdysFIBiw9ADKPUrH35wYC-bHHPwxtsloKnwtgLTvWF1h76AWLexSX2ENdyU/w640-h426/moab_pot%20ash%20petroglyphs10.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEabvBV96pYyfSZPycfT1IwXDkCLYRyBpcbElmU79OOlwDB5NELZxwKxEB0Hf8y-OI4xIql2CNcNO6FfIWfF-kSGEzy6igz0l4_GJjdSPmanN8XelaOn5f9khS0Mm6T-ef1mmjhe1XqH9JpWyiNbSky_imPDrGSo5R9m5qHCF3P1uVvA-ct0dwz4ftdaQ/s3000/moab_pot%20ash%20petroglyphs11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEabvBV96pYyfSZPycfT1IwXDkCLYRyBpcbElmU79OOlwDB5NELZxwKxEB0Hf8y-OI4xIql2CNcNO6FfIWfF-kSGEzy6igz0l4_GJjdSPmanN8XelaOn5f9khS0Mm6T-ef1mmjhe1XqH9JpWyiNbSky_imPDrGSo5R9m5qHCF3P1uVvA-ct0dwz4ftdaQ/w640-h426/moab_pot%20ash%20petroglyphs11.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FfaFi2IFfXx9H8O_yu985z2ydtg1fhab0kDRdGWe5GwyMzDTfzaGa3X38nBu_iniZ-CBf1-QpzvO3vTpWHvKFUCTMgWyCMDa78sxD1GmoZMWdM5McitRayv2UtoTI5-pPkiVj1jyWCa7lTmOdrarLYw3Ona9kcr3Pld7L4ws8bRxdtUUlBU3jo6I3JA/s3000/moab_pot%20ash%20petroglyphs12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FfaFi2IFfXx9H8O_yu985z2ydtg1fhab0kDRdGWe5GwyMzDTfzaGa3X38nBu_iniZ-CBf1-QpzvO3vTpWHvKFUCTMgWyCMDa78sxD1GmoZMWdM5McitRayv2UtoTI5-pPkiVj1jyWCa7lTmOdrarLYw3Ona9kcr3Pld7L4ws8bRxdtUUlBU3jo6I3JA/w640-h426/moab_pot%20ash%20petroglyphs12.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GIwAMj7doc1XvPlSuqd_ipBCiWoGBJDgpldaRMB8aTTsSl4I8tNWtDo6ivdkrUR3rSImofdEyaZnZY63dZh4Lv_Y_7BA3gfzaeduQavENQFkZW995zVeLYsm6KxatPwMrS3nTy4bvtVzEFyX_q8kdKP2CLjsR-viOBXmbxcdhUbz837x1tTXrO514VE/s3000/moab_pot%20ash%20petroglyphs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GIwAMj7doc1XvPlSuqd_ipBCiWoGBJDgpldaRMB8aTTsSl4I8tNWtDo6ivdkrUR3rSImofdEyaZnZY63dZh4Lv_Y_7BA3gfzaeduQavENQFkZW995zVeLYsm6KxatPwMrS3nTy4bvtVzEFyX_q8kdKP2CLjsR-viOBXmbxcdhUbz837x1tTXrO514VE/w640-h426/moab_pot%20ash%20petroglyphs.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl76xtO_3Cp9-5YYBPrFLbQlEyIPK3CaFcDHhDOC8yvtpkfaurkd4GP3K0AZRW8w07_77TPppJ9ioNCRWzw5_SF1JOHaWEVwnkNcaxWBpLRVNzmsS5v8dH1h_pxGl-f_ahmZJrixcXHQ7LKAyzX1chucjD5LsLxmRh6NPMTrynxr2yjC6SGCYQ9wud08s/s3000/moab_pot%20ash%20road.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl76xtO_3Cp9-5YYBPrFLbQlEyIPK3CaFcDHhDOC8yvtpkfaurkd4GP3K0AZRW8w07_77TPppJ9ioNCRWzw5_SF1JOHaWEVwnkNcaxWBpLRVNzmsS5v8dH1h_pxGl-f_ahmZJrixcXHQ7LKAyzX1chucjD5LsLxmRh6NPMTrynxr2yjC6SGCYQ9wud08s/w640-h426/moab_pot%20ash%20road.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxpEPJSYj9pbpdwvWbFaZ_yMy1zpxP3hg22fN4ITwlX_3V44gXEXVtwvifePRkUrhAj6y7cjRVFx2ctvKImCjRd57Q_DCWZZV6WYWmvmS-xfOMLoLqHi-qq5Yotx6JBh_n0mbklPsDiWJZGd0WYgxm2OD3qIEQpmFwn3mrkg0MTxVUce5OqusO5evVFw/s3000/moab_pot%20ash%20rock%20climb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxpEPJSYj9pbpdwvWbFaZ_yMy1zpxP3hg22fN4ITwlX_3V44gXEXVtwvifePRkUrhAj6y7cjRVFx2ctvKImCjRd57Q_DCWZZV6WYWmvmS-xfOMLoLqHi-qq5Yotx6JBh_n0mbklPsDiWJZGd0WYgxm2OD3qIEQpmFwn3mrkg0MTxVUce5OqusO5evVFw/w640-h426/moab_pot%20ash%20rock%20climb.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After a good night's sleep it was time
to continue our adventure. Popular national parks, like Arches, have
a reservation system for arrival so we made our reservation for 11:00
am which gave us enough time to travel from our campsite back into
Moab for breakfast at <a href="https://www.doughbirdmoab.com/" target="_blank">Doughbird</a>. Doughbird is located on Main Street
in Moab and is famous for their “cronut.” We had no idea what a
cronut was until we visited Moab but soon found out that this was a
delicious cross between a donut and a croissant. We chose two: the
Samoa, which tasted just like the Girl Scout cookie, and a salted
caramel. After leaving Doughbirds we did a little souvenir shopping
before heading to the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/arch/index.htm" target="_blank">Arches National Park</a> entrance.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCkR6QnOcUtNiFuulw9ktsWxHuZ7vKgQpipdTmJNdw5x72RC9tG97xDdd-BeD9zN03aPMgXaU1xxOkX_hHblY2IaB_WB7UKlOCtYZQn32PJQlNwpaySOqVL_jQ33brKeR_Z2Mv_DjrTfBH4Q1lH6dARnvz_Z39DffHjWKfbqUXVUO8LXJ7yWKLJcscM8/s2947/moab%20sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2947" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCkR6QnOcUtNiFuulw9ktsWxHuZ7vKgQpipdTmJNdw5x72RC9tG97xDdd-BeD9zN03aPMgXaU1xxOkX_hHblY2IaB_WB7UKlOCtYZQn32PJQlNwpaySOqVL_jQ33brKeR_Z2Mv_DjrTfBH4Q1lH6dARnvz_Z39DffHjWKfbqUXVUO8LXJ7yWKLJcscM8/w640-h390/moab%20sign.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRf6Eb88CVx5saAFKm0jqqMT1mcO8dD63jguK6u5gIuGl8AcYT0PE3k9G63nXdFrMfe83yifOK-vuK_eTUJAzpj8BCQcCGOtYo9A9qxOP3nawj7QTk8H0cW_fBR1qfiiZ41EwxReQAekBwGw9zSpKpiZIzKBf1mom-ZYAyjV2ATidPsxqO7DXrWIzETaA/s2844/moab%20doughbird2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1756" data-original-width="2844" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRf6Eb88CVx5saAFKm0jqqMT1mcO8dD63jguK6u5gIuGl8AcYT0PE3k9G63nXdFrMfe83yifOK-vuK_eTUJAzpj8BCQcCGOtYo9A9qxOP3nawj7QTk8H0cW_fBR1qfiiZ41EwxReQAekBwGw9zSpKpiZIzKBf1mom-ZYAyjV2ATidPsxqO7DXrWIzETaA/w640-h396/moab%20doughbird2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPtzffKjb01fHRNvb6ZtaYXGQQ6PnfODeQMh6VESTA4ER28clF9pXmtpUlyJpayncTj-4mCTGCMxKg2aAWyCdXIFugXY_qrwN_jpjYizVHMZvmDS7HXgVIm8kZB4IBB3FCCCeOXJCD4DSiAhFrVqubPki5LutPhOcnfeU3QXrKdPrckpgE4FUBjQLOGE/s2617/moab%20doughbird1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2617" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPtzffKjb01fHRNvb6ZtaYXGQQ6PnfODeQMh6VESTA4ER28clF9pXmtpUlyJpayncTj-4mCTGCMxKg2aAWyCdXIFugXY_qrwN_jpjYizVHMZvmDS7HXgVIm8kZB4IBB3FCCCeOXJCD4DSiAhFrVqubPki5LutPhOcnfeU3QXrKdPrckpgE4FUBjQLOGE/w640-h440/moab%20doughbird1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After showing our park pass and
reservation we made a quick pit stop at the Arches welcome center to
use the restrooms and shop for a little travel trailer sticker bling.
From the welcome center we drove up Arches Scenic Drive stopping at
an overlook which looked down on highway 191. The informational sign
explained that area below the park and was part of the Moab fault
line.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlHe7QFEOHqZcUY1ehXlvtJ58NU6Xwcg2TnYSWa8NaOIuB_D1qswQud2z1quXCIS2ZwIFlVMtOldBpRd6QLLyeyrQxeM8FN_TieRM6XK9_HoU4znDOWVxGh5Ygzmm1Yc4PcVkyzCY5MUkYZX5IRlfOFh0LRFYQ1uMyBzYxL9JUbnS48xjStDaw5CDtlk/s3000/moab_arches%20sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlHe7QFEOHqZcUY1ehXlvtJ58NU6Xwcg2TnYSWa8NaOIuB_D1qswQud2z1quXCIS2ZwIFlVMtOldBpRd6QLLyeyrQxeM8FN_TieRM6XK9_HoU4znDOWVxGh5Ygzmm1Yc4PcVkyzCY5MUkYZX5IRlfOFh0LRFYQ1uMyBzYxL9JUbnS48xjStDaw5CDtlk/w640-h426/moab_arches%20sign.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3phq-mw7niqFpDGJfUMH9zvQBvqDV_gm1f41zqVLBBkyW5Rjs8K_qHOc2B56dIizZli0zPfjdFcs5lx4eYaBMU4yO9DG41yRJY21sgSzprKs7aFgUnjesNQ86mBWzoTzUpaNdyIAWSJy1GaRSGnXGDKf_NWQ8EukJtRubo-e0RHDAtxgAVWwZ9aSTd-8/s3000/moab_arches50.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3phq-mw7niqFpDGJfUMH9zvQBvqDV_gm1f41zqVLBBkyW5Rjs8K_qHOc2B56dIizZli0zPfjdFcs5lx4eYaBMU4yO9DG41yRJY21sgSzprKs7aFgUnjesNQ86mBWzoTzUpaNdyIAWSJy1GaRSGnXGDKf_NWQ8EukJtRubo-e0RHDAtxgAVWwZ9aSTd-8/w640-h426/moab_arches50.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj569CricEVY2aeWFyikmnEDXRjMMj9gqnJu3UzCO9jExTV0eQDeciYCi2PHhp6vFnG2MwKNeot_gqx3b8fwih3xn4MB4tl8T39S1qDdS3Rfc-BWGyomFksnt8RUbyZzVygHYHk_giPM7REkera5Lgn_Ka6r0mY-yvKyqhR3L5saku0BWCMcOpGnVEkuuM/s3000/moab_arches_fault.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj569CricEVY2aeWFyikmnEDXRjMMj9gqnJu3UzCO9jExTV0eQDeciYCi2PHhp6vFnG2MwKNeot_gqx3b8fwih3xn4MB4tl8T39S1qDdS3Rfc-BWGyomFksnt8RUbyZzVygHYHk_giPM7REkera5Lgn_Ka6r0mY-yvKyqhR3L5saku0BWCMcOpGnVEkuuM/w640-h426/moab_arches_fault.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6syrNEaKpontxnGJj0szZ5SFh5lf4bgvLVc6bdSnY74LUlXKLIEkxwkWG7J88ULW4p-NI7LpJjBRsDqvRKYyFwckyxhHfCzvYrRaB3klKWK0bfFuvBJIi91iFFZr85XOQ6Ro46QqfOrT9eGuOYrgv62-D0zEpw54WHjhm1UJ_b9eEmvruFQX6YYwWJU/s3000/moab_arches46.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6syrNEaKpontxnGJj0szZ5SFh5lf4bgvLVc6bdSnY74LUlXKLIEkxwkWG7J88ULW4p-NI7LpJjBRsDqvRKYyFwckyxhHfCzvYrRaB3klKWK0bfFuvBJIi91iFFZr85XOQ6Ro46QqfOrT9eGuOYrgv62-D0zEpw54WHjhm1UJ_b9eEmvruFQX6YYwWJU/w640-h426/moab_arches46.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbPxyvnRf2MKmCI4RhXZduWMnRHj9JWSziSHkTQaUodnB9Rz0OS2CV8oGFSDxp5YalUo8EbcDv-ZJxwGYQZ4jVSZefayDa74xQymtD5dfNRYXfR7q3JnxFef5XWgfs4M07dckr8k6o1ZFE5pkpWgvDZU0gKcu4xpXSLLXq4KqujKOzsxYeCnDQK3nzrE/s3000/TKP_2861.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbPxyvnRf2MKmCI4RhXZduWMnRHj9JWSziSHkTQaUodnB9Rz0OS2CV8oGFSDxp5YalUo8EbcDv-ZJxwGYQZ4jVSZefayDa74xQymtD5dfNRYXfR7q3JnxFef5XWgfs4M07dckr8k6o1ZFE5pkpWgvDZU0gKcu4xpXSLLXq4KqujKOzsxYeCnDQK3nzrE/w426-h640/TKP_2861.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO7PnQPxaM81ZkrwCetgS1p46Ph28AF7QxOWW73G6ea2hv5IQKe8ZO4F4s3zY_1J-OAY5bDnQDwNz2oTBTk38KqUYLvzYCHe2pC8ze91H5QYmx5vBcGoBG74j1wILbijBtF31IGCcEk4xdTSVSxV0wSX93cnOcKk4F30ELFw-Fmn6cOEeLCTW1apF0gxY/s3000/TKP_2938.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="1999" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO7PnQPxaM81ZkrwCetgS1p46Ph28AF7QxOWW73G6ea2hv5IQKe8ZO4F4s3zY_1J-OAY5bDnQDwNz2oTBTk38KqUYLvzYCHe2pC8ze91H5QYmx5vBcGoBG74j1wILbijBtF31IGCcEk4xdTSVSxV0wSX93cnOcKk4F30ELFw-Fmn6cOEeLCTW1apF0gxY/w426-h640/TKP_2938.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoE6gpfG4R1m6cWlqpx4MvymkVa3x4byyJ5AOKMg88Hl0M24GufM-1AsbLA5H3HqJgp3A4uZUCyJcRlvbYVQQtBeDj3XP4UitfDHbUS2hzkDjC4cC9ZlmYnq-WTliS2T4uHcOL6yU1U1XM3FO9p4QCaGV6iMolzrrdv8_N1CZ-mJ53ROGPyINBep6Lblk/s3000/moab_arches14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoE6gpfG4R1m6cWlqpx4MvymkVa3x4byyJ5AOKMg88Hl0M24GufM-1AsbLA5H3HqJgp3A4uZUCyJcRlvbYVQQtBeDj3XP4UitfDHbUS2hzkDjC4cC9ZlmYnq-WTliS2T4uHcOL6yU1U1XM3FO9p4QCaGV6iMolzrrdv8_N1CZ-mJ53ROGPyINBep6Lblk/w640-h426/moab_arches14.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNdvteLw-uD9mpk70JWJUUv13Kbs0nvfvg4Dd2YmShPuDFKIa-CpB_aZnC9DB51AhAogs4r7zd-PhwLyd1a_0oviuJOn9uu5EPv6MfpWnJIIj29dIWHMTz8ANw9W7lm5QI2FyN0aMYGCkM1022XI5QZIeMkU1a0nxizsRMCIb8ACYfdgXcHbMgOs1DOE/s3000/moab_arches25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNdvteLw-uD9mpk70JWJUUv13Kbs0nvfvg4Dd2YmShPuDFKIa-CpB_aZnC9DB51AhAogs4r7zd-PhwLyd1a_0oviuJOn9uu5EPv6MfpWnJIIj29dIWHMTz8ANw9W7lm5QI2FyN0aMYGCkM1022XI5QZIeMkU1a0nxizsRMCIb8ACYfdgXcHbMgOs1DOE/w640-h426/moab_arches25.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span>From this interpretive sign we headed
deeper into the park stopping to take in the beautiful scenery of the
Park Ave Viewpoint. </span><span>The next viewpoints we stopped at were
the La Sal Mountains and Courthouse Towers. From here we could see a
few crazy people repelling off one of the largest formations.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We got super excited when we got a
close up view of some of the arches and decided to hike to the
Windows arches. Unfortunately the parking lot was too full so we
made our way over to Double Arch and hiked up to it to get the best
views. Here, we met a nice couple from Salt Lake City and chatted
with them during our hike down.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqZxmb_dtRcxGfvu2_Gj4TbM3tmep14BpwY6heM9SEzvDhBgYL-JVFw3RYrdp3ZmPT6xCb_o51j08n94BoJ76x6zRWfHsWZef-WETgl0n9PIgiY-bqUeA1BtwN-Ly9R5iWRLj6JyIxw62WhICGFddKWw8ziaouo8C3tsvQ-JHOgYCfT2HxUG0VeseZ9Q/s3000/moab_arches32.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqZxmb_dtRcxGfvu2_Gj4TbM3tmep14BpwY6heM9SEzvDhBgYL-JVFw3RYrdp3ZmPT6xCb_o51j08n94BoJ76x6zRWfHsWZef-WETgl0n9PIgiY-bqUeA1BtwN-Ly9R5iWRLj6JyIxw62WhICGFddKWw8ziaouo8C3tsvQ-JHOgYCfT2HxUG0VeseZ9Q/w640-h426/moab_arches32.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDXkAcvXos7zKzkOgF4WONWpv7C1wqECDEA2nq_se-If_DDMR35CHnxEmid2uYp9zYlcMHJjc32bq2BdJcOzKmsvOr7aEjFwq1iaxpQnD-EkHJ9mQ0qKG0vSMDs0rbCW8V_jHL-CPuij-EUA7x-9mCw7hstfYtXg3pTU0bbMy3dyN-yHBYB4zQQCN5zA/s3000/moab_arches33.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDXkAcvXos7zKzkOgF4WONWpv7C1wqECDEA2nq_se-If_DDMR35CHnxEmid2uYp9zYlcMHJjc32bq2BdJcOzKmsvOr7aEjFwq1iaxpQnD-EkHJ9mQ0qKG0vSMDs0rbCW8V_jHL-CPuij-EUA7x-9mCw7hstfYtXg3pTU0bbMy3dyN-yHBYB4zQQCN5zA/w640-h426/moab_arches33.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlO6vSCo2ZQUWED7jeDHV5xy4XPthxSuE8BHT4F9gEB7xaDSO3sasLlXvqKAx6AtzpGnrlZifBQpcywvXQJ76h8ESlWhC681MtMmH4jfjxVMADXL2PdfUU9J_Z4gal4DZhnyJ8cKaFyHbHVl-nF8FKqktrBChgfNATumAAEqt1xg0nCqqdcVecwM3kMb0/s3000/moab_arches37.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlO6vSCo2ZQUWED7jeDHV5xy4XPthxSuE8BHT4F9gEB7xaDSO3sasLlXvqKAx6AtzpGnrlZifBQpcywvXQJ76h8ESlWhC681MtMmH4jfjxVMADXL2PdfUU9J_Z4gal4DZhnyJ8cKaFyHbHVl-nF8FKqktrBChgfNATumAAEqt1xg0nCqqdcVecwM3kMb0/w640-h426/moab_arches37.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIvLm0aX0uDZwYMKZWwle-JIy6lgejJWcovHb4otqV6Aou2H28fayszjQWM_1NwMrjnp3KxeevMAL7L8uTyfK8bBQmG-qDVRKO7azxM8h6nmvOtyVLgwafOY8YGfxgBzVP0sS1EwHBoaziFx7MNRR_eBeUnNKQ9iM-UdmI-Pivb4oy_qZoZnvlvAD7JQE/s3000/moab_arches38.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIvLm0aX0uDZwYMKZWwle-JIy6lgejJWcovHb4otqV6Aou2H28fayszjQWM_1NwMrjnp3KxeevMAL7L8uTyfK8bBQmG-qDVRKO7azxM8h6nmvOtyVLgwafOY8YGfxgBzVP0sS1EwHBoaziFx7MNRR_eBeUnNKQ9iM-UdmI-Pivb4oy_qZoZnvlvAD7JQE/w640-h426/moab_arches38.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">There was just so much to see in Arches
that we felt we really needed two days to explore the area
thoroughly. We finished up our drive through Arches and then headed
back to our trailer for another quick meal and to begin packing down
our campsite.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">With just a little bit of day light
still left we decided we had one more adventure left in us so we
hopped back in the truck and drove out to the swollen Colorado River
on Highway 128. From here we got in some epic drone shots before the
sun went down and our time in Moab came to an end.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSBOwletFgfno0opbC2DHTFOM4lIC55hEeAYQ4V7OaAJHgDGx_G_DmE8ldrs2chJ1JZMMufRdcZM87EHIdk5ab1jcvwR6W33T7UtzzYnN_V72lLC9HhHgQ_zBQK039Tjopx5Ad2Nl-s42zSPo63PVdY6iuu-PLIHyvgqtR0I_MCQBiME5SvaYr0VFxQmg/s3000/moab_colorad07.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSBOwletFgfno0opbC2DHTFOM4lIC55hEeAYQ4V7OaAJHgDGx_G_DmE8ldrs2chJ1JZMMufRdcZM87EHIdk5ab1jcvwR6W33T7UtzzYnN_V72lLC9HhHgQ_zBQK039Tjopx5Ad2Nl-s42zSPo63PVdY6iuu-PLIHyvgqtR0I_MCQBiME5SvaYr0VFxQmg/w640-h426/moab_colorad07.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVSQ8FMqCNvcqP5J8Dk00L_-M7Td2FXTPsAGl0dSq58G8wpqAHXqyn8hbu5bNwyKvIFD6iL0cUf5FO7xIxoF5BA7TOHVHd-M6lz50ZgFF-P7mLvrKetuIQudRPoxi7DXbk4Yx9mvNjLkQFFQMq_quFBCKGFcALQVVmfQ3WHgPjcoJcrDv2-svJ8KV86M/s3000/moab_colorado2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVSQ8FMqCNvcqP5J8Dk00L_-M7Td2FXTPsAGl0dSq58G8wpqAHXqyn8hbu5bNwyKvIFD6iL0cUf5FO7xIxoF5BA7TOHVHd-M6lz50ZgFF-P7mLvrKetuIQudRPoxi7DXbk4Yx9mvNjLkQFFQMq_quFBCKGFcALQVVmfQ3WHgPjcoJcrDv2-svJ8KV86M/w640-h426/moab_colorado2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zJo_zZECbpN3ubNarW60sBszCEFJWUAI_Aawr_GN0GoAEtSGCzA9zLA2c2HsfoBBcEtSSO7PZPAbKI-4eRerwpjUK257ggtuTLiM81sB47TCb7e9wYLJDhpdCMGPT6PgrJ-GviKmcGBRq14tnpjrHLt-BuGqtskx3lAuxsUFzGhVHDYTHY7i5rYQhoQ/s3000/moab_colorado3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zJo_zZECbpN3ubNarW60sBszCEFJWUAI_Aawr_GN0GoAEtSGCzA9zLA2c2HsfoBBcEtSSO7PZPAbKI-4eRerwpjUK257ggtuTLiM81sB47TCb7e9wYLJDhpdCMGPT6PgrJ-GviKmcGBRq14tnpjrHLt-BuGqtskx3lAuxsUFzGhVHDYTHY7i5rYQhoQ/w640-h426/moab_colorado3.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBVm9Dx5b1OOfSJVp8OF-vuHFaRw1h-cvYDcFlOfwFPws5xU-SaqzLr1MrYrSyE8s5rbYQ3USzsvIr2W5S9vgjceyKr6MDH9aY6f_uDtXvf8_PLPbjgnum_TsvzxgyuxBB5YnZva0b8RtD-UjFx_A2sJcPOaUL6bq7ueNfwBo8xzpg458476f-CvGOLg/s3000/moab_colorado5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBVm9Dx5b1OOfSJVp8OF-vuHFaRw1h-cvYDcFlOfwFPws5xU-SaqzLr1MrYrSyE8s5rbYQ3USzsvIr2W5S9vgjceyKr6MDH9aY6f_uDtXvf8_PLPbjgnum_TsvzxgyuxBB5YnZva0b8RtD-UjFx_A2sJcPOaUL6bq7ueNfwBo8xzpg458476f-CvGOLg/w640-h426/moab_colorado5.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISFIwWaH1VVCm2q33_jKPEyykdWyrgov_W_iJ6PJwSxdyKYoba-lnIVwsTLsttdNyrKOBbj6uDKVqcuspCssgLQ-vKchDEW4iIxcwfx_xFZLkA7qXlYaz6bNKS5ML3Az8f-Wx_Qme7dQR-L1ZzHEj9lfqhSks4Uu5h2y_O8AX8Ki8i4iLXTx0OPry-P8/s3000/moab_colorado8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISFIwWaH1VVCm2q33_jKPEyykdWyrgov_W_iJ6PJwSxdyKYoba-lnIVwsTLsttdNyrKOBbj6uDKVqcuspCssgLQ-vKchDEW4iIxcwfx_xFZLkA7qXlYaz6bNKS5ML3Az8f-Wx_Qme7dQR-L1ZzHEj9lfqhSks4Uu5h2y_O8AX8Ki8i4iLXTx0OPry-P8/w640-h426/moab_colorado8.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">If you'd like to follow more of our adventures visit our YouTube Channel and see our latest video on Moab, Utah!</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br />
</span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="324" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/osGRakh6d2U" width="518" youtube-src-id="osGRakh6d2U"></iframe></div>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comMoab, UT 84532, USA38.5733155 -109.549839510.263081663821154 -144.70608950000002 66.883549336178845 -74.3935895tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-20350874170308259602022-10-29T16:40:00.253-05:002023-07-30T11:05:36.502-06:00Historic Washington State Park, Arkansas<p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">As we were traveling to Crater of Diamonds State Park, we took a wrong turn and ended up driving through an interesting little town that looked like it was straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting - Old Washington, Arkansas, established in 1824. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNSuVhGX9eQa_nnTlyOrjDgEPXWRjrLWcirh0hji22Zs2wXNRRIwZfsA3dxWgRZV51UtHimhHgKlX0CYYyM0xJoMtkrxgQGKV6CG1Ls9zy9fzwXXe16OGBMd2k3XwBl9RGFsKxz6gI2L0Jj7Q0VO_AHHLX5tYG5m1e7ikhiK4H1ACs76ddXhuAO7g/s3000/TPK_2930.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNSuVhGX9eQa_nnTlyOrjDgEPXWRjrLWcirh0hji22Zs2wXNRRIwZfsA3dxWgRZV51UtHimhHgKlX0CYYyM0xJoMtkrxgQGKV6CG1Ls9zy9fzwXXe16OGBMd2k3XwBl9RGFsKxz6gI2L0Jj7Q0VO_AHHLX5tYG5m1e7ikhiK4H1ACs76ddXhuAO7g/w640-h428/TPK_2930.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Historic Washington State Park Visitors Center Sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">On the third day of our trip, when we awoke to cooler temperatures and drizzle, we decided to head south of Murfreesboro and explore </span><a href="https://www.arkansasstateparks.com/parks/historic-washington-state-park" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Historic Washington State Park</a><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"> from the warm of our vehicle.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">The state of Arkansas took the town of Old Washington, Arkansas, located in Hempstead County, and turned it into a 101-acre museum village. The Village contains a collection of pioneer artifacts from the town, which is a former pioneer settlement along the Southwest Trail.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> Important historical figures like James Bowie, Sam Houston, and Davy Crockett traveled through the area. Being from Texas we were highly interested in the history of this area. </span></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZd88Slj-bKniS-rJ8rZncCISnUXZwYBGbDZrk_JD-0nY8GZMtCIXLYjwfmWlxflGeqchKzWXZd_zlTpc89HxJIXjr6NlfsTFnud727Xv_ZXkcfsymB8Wwcik5JPlqaG6AaBANuBgMI8EUIX1Y2-TlhP0sZJRJsJR_gLruaGVukByd_w1Gur9omoYG/s3000/TPK_2864.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZd88Slj-bKniS-rJ8rZncCISnUXZwYBGbDZrk_JD-0nY8GZMtCIXLYjwfmWlxflGeqchKzWXZd_zlTpc89HxJIXjr6NlfsTFnud727Xv_ZXkcfsymB8Wwcik5JPlqaG6AaBANuBgMI8EUIX1Y2-TlhP0sZJRJsJR_gLruaGVukByd_w1Gur9omoYG/w640-h428/TPK_2864.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">1874 Hempstead Courthouse</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">We began our tour of Old Washington at the 1874 Hempstead Courthouse. This was the only building we were able to tour due to weather and having our little dog with us. Built in 1874, this grand old county courthouse was used from 1874 to 1939.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> It now serves as the Historic Washington State Park’s visitor center and gift shop.</span></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdi5D-ddo4QCf_KaimsdReuJx4L7Jjk50iojTYJ5r3YvkK53Y_EFhCsxhcECBRrLPrTG-A4Js8kJop4_h1ZcYf0Eg154G1G58ooBhjP-ZVrbtrZZ5nV042_M8MsgUk2F42PLCa28rFqDZpoUxbFycR5IZ3zZxD3nRcmi77D1f8M-St75vhXbs2bBQj/s3000/TPK_2895.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdi5D-ddo4QCf_KaimsdReuJx4L7Jjk50iojTYJ5r3YvkK53Y_EFhCsxhcECBRrLPrTG-A4Js8kJop4_h1ZcYf0Eg154G1G58ooBhjP-ZVrbtrZZ5nV042_M8MsgUk2F42PLCa28rFqDZpoUxbFycR5IZ3zZxD3nRcmi77D1f8M-St75vhXbs2bBQj/w640-h428/TPK_2895.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">1836 Hempstead Courthouse (side view)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Also, in Old Washington is the 1836 courthouse built for Hempstead County. During the Civil War, Arkansas Governor Harris Flanagan chose this county courthouse as the Confederate Capitol of Arkansas following the capture of Little Rock in September 1863. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGXHWxg3gZL3g9S4RLwtPFQc3Ke5cxe-PE1xRBmxETPckf3EwNox9Szf-uqPEBEKmoNgy4IEB9xSwBjqGtIP3OdZ4ZIsHuRGZuIBzxHU0veeLBpSY-J0OKfSPHQQffchukTAbh_wh3_kRAYpuK3IWd0gownzL-CtLu5wlxLtV9jZGFfxAq5G021wK/s3000/TPK_2902.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGXHWxg3gZL3g9S4RLwtPFQc3Ke5cxe-PE1xRBmxETPckf3EwNox9Szf-uqPEBEKmoNgy4IEB9xSwBjqGtIP3OdZ4ZIsHuRGZuIBzxHU0veeLBpSY-J0OKfSPHQQffchukTAbh_wh3_kRAYpuK3IWd0gownzL-CtLu5wlxLtV9jZGFfxAq5G021wK/w640-h428/TPK_2902.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Goodlett Cotton Gin</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Moved from the nearby community of Ozan, the Goodlett Cotton Gin, built in 1883, serves as a reminder of the importance that cotton played in the South and Arkansas in the late 19th century.<br /></span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYtnp7v8Jtc58mX3Em2lme71MoXBHXiaTStxayIF57U61F60hc_1H_HtXq7zilYyD9GFaqhFF05IThAg4dznsxqRCRaGcz_RlEgZE8HRteO36HXe5oiLZMLmtrunM6kSAy7BHJp6giZUZ2JSJ1g7azmEX_YmW4Gkocnb9e_7_E3mdJxDuJQuGG4ZnX/s3000/TPK_2926.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYtnp7v8Jtc58mX3Em2lme71MoXBHXiaTStxayIF57U61F60hc_1H_HtXq7zilYyD9GFaqhFF05IThAg4dznsxqRCRaGcz_RlEgZE8HRteO36HXe5oiLZMLmtrunM6kSAy7BHJp6giZUZ2JSJ1g7azmEX_YmW4Gkocnb9e_7_E3mdJxDuJQuGG4ZnX/w640-h428/TPK_2926.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Blacksmith Shop</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The original Washington blacksmith shop was home to the famous blacksmith, James Black, who forged one of the original Bowie knives for James "Jim" Bowie in the early 1830s. This building was reconstructed in 1960 and allows visitors to watch demonstrations of blacksmithing techniques. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3L4aIOkK_dK7LJiGtfG1qe-uvE5kN0RS6DDISWPiwlkwrXmngNFjRBCF9otfYXn8Qub5i9fOK34_epCks6H-Pa9ZuMMyh-7k0axCK9e3bC5Z1wNxATCv6cNS9jiur8WF804inGGr8Wb3bGfaAp2kWWJtQo-LMZqhVcMA_viugjfzZuMlIFOFK0B9/s3000/TPK_2933.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3L4aIOkK_dK7LJiGtfG1qe-uvE5kN0RS6DDISWPiwlkwrXmngNFjRBCF9otfYXn8Qub5i9fOK34_epCks6H-Pa9ZuMMyh-7k0axCK9e3bC5Z1wNxATCv6cNS9jiur8WF804inGGr8Wb3bGfaAp2kWWJtQo-LMZqhVcMA_viugjfzZuMlIFOFK0B9/w640-h428/TPK_2933.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Morrison Tavern & Inn</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">This reconstruction of an 1830s inn was built by the Pioneer Washington Restoration Foundation in 1960 using a donation from William and Lucille Hart King. Its look was based off an original 19th-century building that once stood at this same location. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJhB4JiwComOqyPQ73iqp3eYKY8wreO5cn7lqcZU9yUptCa9zr63p7VS-TCGOz2x8I_u2CdHxGS-blJKmXMfvuFREFa9SDrBDZK1IsAgNKnoAl1g_sXvk_qq330Yb9-T9N9cwAcNfoUhKs11KE-mCwx-A7pa4AhriFo27oxuzemKQowjVVAJJo_HM/s3000/TPK_2890.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJhB4JiwComOqyPQ73iqp3eYKY8wreO5cn7lqcZU9yUptCa9zr63p7VS-TCGOz2x8I_u2CdHxGS-blJKmXMfvuFREFa9SDrBDZK1IsAgNKnoAl1g_sXvk_qq330Yb9-T9N9cwAcNfoUhKs11KE-mCwx-A7pa4AhriFo27oxuzemKQowjVVAJJo_HM/w640-h428/TPK_2890.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Presbyterian Church</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">This Carpenter Gothic-style church was built in 1889 to replace an earlier church destroyed by fire. In a 1907 tornado, the structure was lifted off its foundation and thrown in the street. Local men in Washington pulled it back onto its foundation using mule teams. The building is owned by the Pioneer Washington Restoration Foundation and rented out for public events.</span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2RXRmzxARAfnRbDBNyb3U4ZRtIPzdom8RpaAeIUIn1E7aW6qgnh7YN0KjYUzFG-vMKSUvCLPOPhVdbJHD5OIJL30cxBbVoTbsQypOd9a6RW_w8yiIMRWW_KrSe4VIk_sPoDp7rkmD53dcimRfjnBu4FqVdcFK3d1oV5ei3JoLHZzU0f8hkIKYffs/s3000/TPK_2915.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2RXRmzxARAfnRbDBNyb3U4ZRtIPzdom8RpaAeIUIn1E7aW6qgnh7YN0KjYUzFG-vMKSUvCLPOPhVdbJHD5OIJL30cxBbVoTbsQypOd9a6RW_w8yiIMRWW_KrSe4VIk_sPoDp7rkmD53dcimRfjnBu4FqVdcFK3d1oV5ei3JoLHZzU0f8hkIKYffs/w640-h428/TPK_2915.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Pioneer Cemetery 1820-1860</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBkLBzlimgoK8qgYTk67hn6aUMFn1xbfuuoTXmvuNJe1MtXM1hRwREw98djyTTQvD2wRdTqrFdpwa5ZhVKe5_Tp4QV7zyqCtvlAbYALIZNY9zetQAzMFvP3RWBygpm5m2_Tw54WHIPYH17EoBofBQiZ4xkU1gSGCqzZXTg1wjmWPbEzsAxDlgMLTi/s3000/TPK_2913.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBkLBzlimgoK8qgYTk67hn6aUMFn1xbfuuoTXmvuNJe1MtXM1hRwREw98djyTTQvD2wRdTqrFdpwa5ZhVKe5_Tp4QV7zyqCtvlAbYALIZNY9zetQAzMFvP3RWBygpm5m2_Tw54WHIPYH17EoBofBQiZ4xkU1gSGCqzZXTg1wjmWPbEzsAxDlgMLTi/w640-h428/TPK_2913.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Several soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War are buried in the Pioneer Cemetery<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">We were so excited to visit Historic Washington State Park that we vowed to return on a warmer, drier day to take in the tours of the buildings and enjoy the "New England" charm of this quaint little village.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">To see more on our adventures of Historic Washington State Park please check our our latest video on YouTube:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SIS2UnyFnqE" width="460" youtube-src-id="SIS2UnyFnqE"></iframe></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Here is the recipe for the travel-inspired cocktail we create in this video:</span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><b>Bowie Knife Cocktail</b></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">1 oz gin</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">1 oz lemon juice</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">½ oz simple syrup</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Sparkling Brut Rose, to top</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Lemon twist, for garnish</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Add the gin, lemon juice, and simple
syrup together in a shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain and pour
into a Tom Collins glass. Top with sparkling Brut Rose and garnish
with the lemon twist.</span></p></div></blockquote><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJyABJxd3xYyglz778yU5tfPTzIsBHM9PfxAVGqeK5YqfHkHY3DZCc1Arm_kJz-7gST2VLGvHi-05mJGOGDfd31fz2x1tGrFOePH7mTiKvrLTEKzGSVPB8PhMUHf2KZN6XLCwPJqPS2EgPzWz2t4L_9pyCGGpL8wt2t6FlH09BvX8zBT4nx4LwiJpj/s3960/DSC_0004.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2440" data-original-width="3960" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJyABJxd3xYyglz778yU5tfPTzIsBHM9PfxAVGqeK5YqfHkHY3DZCc1Arm_kJz-7gST2VLGvHi-05mJGOGDfd31fz2x1tGrFOePH7mTiKvrLTEKzGSVPB8PhMUHf2KZN6XLCwPJqPS2EgPzWz2t4L_9pyCGGpL8wt2t6FlH09BvX8zBT4nx4LwiJpj/w640-h394/DSC_0004.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The Bowie Knife</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comWashington, AR 71862, USA33.7748435 -93.68302145.4646096638211574 -128.8392714 62.085077336178848 -58.5267714tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-22868515103310678412022-10-28T16:41:00.197-05:002023-07-30T11:07:20.265-06:00Murfreesboro, Arkansas<p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">To celebrate TK's birthday we traveled to Murfreesboro, Arkansas, and stayed at Crater of Diamonds State Park, for a lovely four day weekend!</span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.arkansas.com/murfreesboro" target="_blank">Murfreesboro</a> is located in the southwest section of Arkansas and is the county seat for Pike County. This small town has great small-town charm with a very cute downtown area for shopping.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0XWMQdVj8JVbL64Kit1ookHCH86N8o_DeVIBsDmT4uInCcB4LYZjaxiUA8h5kqsFH1bYNchJ0XrtJkfhk-AFaaSGUQDec9yTHUBegPubEuIdwTQubRN01VIJQZpkPwbtg0FgDBPXDLfPgbAlths_ZWYPsZfFLZVBfhtp_DlrIj9H5As-LCmlSOHP/s960/283548014_377536404400300_7332187307233215357_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="960" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0XWMQdVj8JVbL64Kit1ookHCH86N8o_DeVIBsDmT4uInCcB4LYZjaxiUA8h5kqsFH1bYNchJ0XrtJkfhk-AFaaSGUQDec9yTHUBegPubEuIdwTQubRN01VIJQZpkPwbtg0FgDBPXDLfPgbAlths_ZWYPsZfFLZVBfhtp_DlrIj9H5As-LCmlSOHP/w640-h482/283548014_377536404400300_7332187307233215357_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJsCy7PAxGMKm6YrdpRm2vEkyd5RgOQRb6h9YAkHg1RdPk6IUq7zFCMJQNEeME0edY-aDa1UfKLuZ6kWYtTG9-up5rTWMdSgCvQzWTIfn3TmUMI9OP3AAFssfOn4KoEMcpGkiouawF4NfCLoZG2qKq_8Fvn6ycjg-ZEo6ymiknuOxRhqXpp30Whx3E/s3000/TPK_2821.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJsCy7PAxGMKm6YrdpRm2vEkyd5RgOQRb6h9YAkHg1RdPk6IUq7zFCMJQNEeME0edY-aDa1UfKLuZ6kWYtTG9-up5rTWMdSgCvQzWTIfn3TmUMI9OP3AAFssfOn4KoEMcpGkiouawF4NfCLoZG2qKq_8Fvn6ycjg-ZEo6ymiknuOxRhqXpp30Whx3E/w640-h428/TPK_2821.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Old hotel located in Murfreesboro</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUw-2gPz2Yo61KZGeLWwdtt6fZfe1eZQJB-hmLRmRjFS1J1pDbj8Xjkcgb40UqLhNMU9rLwttfcSbIl_uQ9PX5ApjvfMoO8lUV27luRdEXdAkKhosGnABNHdONGNQyFI8VKKrFHNz_dRKkuKj9QN9u2-lHlOVgnEN1cldBzDD7JEML9A1womFgOK9G/s3000/TPK_2822.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUw-2gPz2Yo61KZGeLWwdtt6fZfe1eZQJB-hmLRmRjFS1J1pDbj8Xjkcgb40UqLhNMU9rLwttfcSbIl_uQ9PX5ApjvfMoO8lUV27luRdEXdAkKhosGnABNHdONGNQyFI8VKKrFHNz_dRKkuKj9QN9u2-lHlOVgnEN1cldBzDD7JEML9A1womFgOK9G/w640-h428/TPK_2822.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Once was a gas station but now it is a community park</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSiaud_jAm-Rtm-gYfGVXaODsU11Bj8F422sgoVq9ScQa_BTe0Btr3SnieHF4x4XTIKjcSMQPTbjzaO0Gc_9voKPvlOlXxWWSFyCIPbGgZS0gSms54w-jZSFqrFenQV-yM-afSafGa_sJ-QFtBVbb9jrYYeE6r1qUNGEPSYrNVSQbfB6kYFbuww8Jt/s3000/TPK_2858.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSiaud_jAm-Rtm-gYfGVXaODsU11Bj8F422sgoVq9ScQa_BTe0Btr3SnieHF4x4XTIKjcSMQPTbjzaO0Gc_9voKPvlOlXxWWSFyCIPbGgZS0gSms54w-jZSFqrFenQV-yM-afSafGa_sJ-QFtBVbb9jrYYeE6r1qUNGEPSYrNVSQbfB6kYFbuww8Jt/w640-h428/TPK_2858.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Water tower watching over Murfreesboro</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3I3wlcyNbDbk7DJfQeYSe2DNrYJhW8FrFH0evjiGJOi--pEhkWEUMeDGT34sLi-2ySONV4y4C4yXZsFhvb9ccE3ypR1QI0saWJbl3wb5Peo42AAlXfYAoLv0oofb4oskc7Ookv6Smp58USSCEEJble2Dv5k1OeGyzXZ9r1W8zwj3QVCYrnJviCWWA/s3000/TPK_2859.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3I3wlcyNbDbk7DJfQeYSe2DNrYJhW8FrFH0evjiGJOi--pEhkWEUMeDGT34sLi-2ySONV4y4C4yXZsFhvb9ccE3ypR1QI0saWJbl3wb5Peo42AAlXfYAoLv0oofb4oskc7Ookv6Smp58USSCEEJble2Dv5k1OeGyzXZ9r1W8zwj3QVCYrnJviCWWA/w640-h428/TPK_2859.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Great antique and gift shopping in downtown Murfreesboro</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrYq1SVa2sFL9-hMt_QXktue4XgMe7PTe24H5eEc7iypZrftpmuOmqlkdEn8CSKiMEGw_BG_EjzoxdhNaOp61dfeJfwExRIIfwFB5laNFrPjoSzzrcFqKcbL4H5SjSAGxhEg0X8hRFCGV2QZimmBJSQqTIiXDFUn6SxSNPq-L3WfZPG1G1O-ikp3AB/s3000/TPK_2861.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrYq1SVa2sFL9-hMt_QXktue4XgMe7PTe24H5eEc7iypZrftpmuOmqlkdEn8CSKiMEGw_BG_EjzoxdhNaOp61dfeJfwExRIIfwFB5laNFrPjoSzzrcFqKcbL4H5SjSAGxhEg0X8hRFCGV2QZimmBJSQqTIiXDFUn6SxSNPq-L3WfZPG1G1O-ikp3AB/w640-h428/TPK_2861.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.arkansasstateparks.com/parks/crater-diamonds-state-park" target="_blank">The Crater of Diamonds State Park</a> is located just three miles south of Murfreesboro and consist of 37 acres of pure diamond digging delight! This crater is actually the only place in the world where the public can hunt for diamonds and keep whatever they find. We visited the park many years ago and had no luck finding a diamond. This time we returned to rectify that situation!</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXEoqUR8OJMcQTzwl8mTs_cyDck7xwHTyJbolyZFwZB1RXcreMHoc94EErczDE8aGFIZJz3gfZ9qJ-9wbC1FGsgw8dPQg8NQ3gO-Ar50Nfs1dHNcCqfIuOAzHMLut3XsS8YSYBzPgwMs-mc7LWGSvhVsL-Uq57F1a3hbdK3VuWScZfUQdlzgj7Vp5/s3000/20221028_105415.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1998" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXEoqUR8OJMcQTzwl8mTs_cyDck7xwHTyJbolyZFwZB1RXcreMHoc94EErczDE8aGFIZJz3gfZ9qJ-9wbC1FGsgw8dPQg8NQ3gO-Ar50Nfs1dHNcCqfIuOAzHMLut3XsS8YSYBzPgwMs-mc7LWGSvhVsL-Uq57F1a3hbdK3VuWScZfUQdlzgj7Vp5/w640-h426/20221028_105415.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Welcome center sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcu67lqjb3n3y87824CBbcUbqJuVcNYrT4m1oN89E2Jo0qwIWEN879e5yVqWjivqek1zeZ-JBngFwpZNZvGnMQhiOinmc0ls2VAqyyibuzT2ZuDCvMYfhqyIb4dzHgGB8yoflLzG831Gf77oi7SrlGmy0gO7LzbqU8nsah9v8I2EvffIBcenXB7_-Q/s3000/20221028_110651.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1905" data-original-width="3000" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcu67lqjb3n3y87824CBbcUbqJuVcNYrT4m1oN89E2Jo0qwIWEN879e5yVqWjivqek1zeZ-JBngFwpZNZvGnMQhiOinmc0ls2VAqyyibuzT2ZuDCvMYfhqyIb4dzHgGB8yoflLzG831Gf77oi7SrlGmy0gO7LzbqU8nsah9v8I2EvffIBcenXB7_-Q/w640-h406/20221028_110651.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Crater of Diamonds visitors center</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4J5scooIIR6RKVpkx4vMypuRfYrdEFS0g_5EOHW2CTqKKQu-QnYx02NGybV_mtE77tQDqtufn6TKWpEn0JOA3nC0wTpjvmGd_S20A-WO2nyCW9s7kx4fImQOaMKmfp_RpoxXnatMdtpDVM7IXEXL3EPEclgRtxekULtv-yfOn-xe63aRmMtyoFgIm/s3000/20221028_110732.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1954" data-original-width="3000" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4J5scooIIR6RKVpkx4vMypuRfYrdEFS0g_5EOHW2CTqKKQu-QnYx02NGybV_mtE77tQDqtufn6TKWpEn0JOA3nC0wTpjvmGd_S20A-WO2nyCW9s7kx4fImQOaMKmfp_RpoxXnatMdtpDVM7IXEXL3EPEclgRtxekULtv-yfOn-xe63aRmMtyoFgIm/w640-h416/20221028_110732.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Old equipment used in digging</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlBhFHv5hoK2CNVr4N8RgqN7T8JlAhpys75FwGRSlnDy8Xzc2L26fK_AeStH5hsSMOlcIDZQYVSzzWuzvQBRcqLEpPRa3S6bC76bVSaoCyc0Mk7Df5I-rQhGPEmKquY0RskRkQreVOcN0pa6o73TylNMtEHHmKkVIlIqa1ZKyXL_8rYB-Wo-WzUAf/s3000/20221028_133542.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2017" data-original-width="3000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlBhFHv5hoK2CNVr4N8RgqN7T8JlAhpys75FwGRSlnDy8Xzc2L26fK_AeStH5hsSMOlcIDZQYVSzzWuzvQBRcqLEpPRa3S6bC76bVSaoCyc0Mk7Df5I-rQhGPEmKquY0RskRkQreVOcN0pa6o73TylNMtEHHmKkVIlIqa1ZKyXL_8rYB-Wo-WzUAf/w640-h430/20221028_133542.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The diamond digging field</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">We prepared for our visit by learning about diamonds and how to search for them at the park's visitors center. The three colors of diamonds found in Crater of Diamonds are white, brown, and yellow. Amethyst, garnet, jasper, agate, and quartz are among the minerals and rocks you can find at the park, as well. </span><span style="background-color: white;">More than 35,000 diamonds have been found by park visitors since the Crater of Diamonds became an Arkansas state park in 1972. Notable diamonds found at the Crater include the 40.23-carat Uncle Sam, the largest diamond ever unearthed in the U.S.; the 16.37-carat Amarillo Starlight; the 15.33-carat Star of Arkansas; and the 8.52-carat Esperanza. Sadly, our hopes for finding a diamond, or even a nice mineral sample, were denied</span></span><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVlOh8wSzeYixZlfZysqmJODed2w6QwyhIDu_BQR0To7RQzxp4JOZI07jEX2v_nDuU0e6o4-KPw9YDL_DasdFbo5R0RPrMmrIp_mY78r8x0QNZq6zLAA6bD-qD1qeTvL_MVHB89iwbEjSyxrsSUZhWePG4xBUNTtwkv_qvrx9Mx71HjDUVn5RAW9M/s3000/20221027_152457.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2026" data-original-width="3000" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVlOh8wSzeYixZlfZysqmJODed2w6QwyhIDu_BQR0To7RQzxp4JOZI07jEX2v_nDuU0e6o4-KPw9YDL_DasdFbo5R0RPrMmrIp_mY78r8x0QNZq6zLAA6bD-qD1qeTvL_MVHB89iwbEjSyxrsSUZhWePG4xBUNTtwkv_qvrx9Mx71HjDUVn5RAW9M/w640-h432/20221027_152457.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht01Z9jAc22Aa-cGdY9R2CIuqRNnDWoXmH0jKz2NjWYl1arVld4Hzg-lrgZ99E4TSULGV1bos1NT1_QlKVmRAeggEEvWP0NpGya_yRPJvM22oAAI6xw15lf1XNEOJb_dwcpR3oOztJEJkLyEdYVKEijIuPr5T3-L6hWgL6_Vrt7HVyQgCE9DzaHkT-/s3000/20221028_104821.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1669" data-original-width="3000" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht01Z9jAc22Aa-cGdY9R2CIuqRNnDWoXmH0jKz2NjWYl1arVld4Hzg-lrgZ99E4TSULGV1bos1NT1_QlKVmRAeggEEvWP0NpGya_yRPJvM22oAAI6xw15lf1XNEOJb_dwcpR3oOztJEJkLyEdYVKEijIuPr5T3-L6hWgL6_Vrt7HVyQgCE9DzaHkT-/w640-h356/20221028_104821.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEuumxdGFtls5Br_QlNeAfVe8uePTU3GriVuU2rLZEKDhRMrRP3hY4_226Z42TCjGdioi6CAuZ6F-MEEwU8dmcdoz_BFStpCl6jhSmg4KXotbaQnwad961euxPGlUYa5JQBeW8qs_dZg8noSqpZcIkiwrNM3LFHFalw5nXU9NEr7PE0PmTVPHJkYIj/s3000/TPK_2854.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEuumxdGFtls5Br_QlNeAfVe8uePTU3GriVuU2rLZEKDhRMrRP3hY4_226Z42TCjGdioi6CAuZ6F-MEEwU8dmcdoz_BFStpCl6jhSmg4KXotbaQnwad961euxPGlUYa5JQBeW8qs_dZg8noSqpZcIkiwrNM3LFHFalw5nXU9NEr7PE0PmTVPHJkYIj/w640-h428/TPK_2854.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Entrance to Crater of Diamonds State Park</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgauZx3kKLjlsXzOlaR6g4tJ_FOzMLi-pxa30Bl2I6ptxIw9QPtCHX9SVu7-tPjF38TPgK-Dv1QviG7hyHi7UoXv70UsiE-cj07H3j6dR0AAM_n8Rjg4AVVoGmqwp8Ns86pZlmYjLtoSA_aBUPe09lJrBM525mWCtVlfzJFGe-TYVtdu7TYxIM-DTP5/s3000/TPK_2843.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgauZx3kKLjlsXzOlaR6g4tJ_FOzMLi-pxa30Bl2I6ptxIw9QPtCHX9SVu7-tPjF38TPgK-Dv1QviG7hyHi7UoXv70UsiE-cj07H3j6dR0AAM_n8Rjg4AVVoGmqwp8Ns86pZlmYjLtoSA_aBUPe09lJrBM525mWCtVlfzJFGe-TYVtdu7TYxIM-DTP5/w640-h428/TPK_2843.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Our trailer at our campsite</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The Crater of Diamonds State Park has other amenities which include a gift shop, seasonal water park, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">walking trails, picnic sites, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">5 walk-in tent sites,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"> and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">47 Class AAA campsites (50 Amp/30 Amp/Water/Sewer). </span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Our campsite was amazing! Not only was it clean and level but tall trees surrounded the site providing privacy from neighbors and cover from the drizzle and rain.</span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">There are several hiking trails in the area with some leading down to the Little Missouri River and back up to the Crater of Diamonds Visitor Center.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">Not far from Murfreesboro and near the small town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billstown,_Arkansas" target="_blank">Billstown, Arkansas</a>, is the final resting place of Glen Campbell. We stopped by to pay homage to this master musician</span><span style="background-color: white;">. As we were reading the historical markers within the family cemetery a truck pulled up and out popped Glen Campbell's cousin. He introduced himself and thanked us for visiting making our visit to Campbell's grave even more special.</span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKPHmq3RjFj3PoZjiN7YjCWaAZehvF9IjT6-dkbIM9ay_cNS26M0acwoETSp8-RYi0QuGBvcPKkGsq6pxPRC-uoW6ZSLwbpE_wlyef9g62-IoqRM30v-0dayelsahSRYCbFuIMJ0BOHm_iuV9sadD_-_gsgx2YZlRXWfPSrICiSpDsmIvGBrtkcVz/s3000/TPK_2830.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKPHmq3RjFj3PoZjiN7YjCWaAZehvF9IjT6-dkbIM9ay_cNS26M0acwoETSp8-RYi0QuGBvcPKkGsq6pxPRC-uoW6ZSLwbpE_wlyef9g62-IoqRM30v-0dayelsahSRYCbFuIMJ0BOHm_iuV9sadD_-_gsgx2YZlRXWfPSrICiSpDsmIvGBrtkcVz/w640-h428/TPK_2830.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKsT5IxSRCQ0fWxJK53U__UWHP_ke0dqSdiXYEf61H7hOntADF9IXFQtElP1FJxFW9U7u8uGUxb7W3w3TQGhjtoX0Fhctjg76IyXlQ6fI3LCQwqsA-KaWqOF_jPzjI5nPNpCPV1mJEdzoJipQHL5Q--vRVujtVY8sP7RSCAJtWqKzkFnrRRQRq7eJ/s3000/TPK_2839.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKsT5IxSRCQ0fWxJK53U__UWHP_ke0dqSdiXYEf61H7hOntADF9IXFQtElP1FJxFW9U7u8uGUxb7W3w3TQGhjtoX0Fhctjg76IyXlQ6fI3LCQwqsA-KaWqOF_jPzjI5nPNpCPV1mJEdzoJipQHL5Q--vRVujtVY8sP7RSCAJtWqKzkFnrRRQRq7eJ/w640-h428/TPK_2839.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We also enjoyed visiting the town of Washington, Arkansas. We were so impressed with this town turned living-history-museum that we decided to spend an entire day exploring this area and have saved Washington for a separate post, all by itself.</span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">View our latest video about Crater of Diamonds State Park on our YouTube Channel!</span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="306" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W7SjhGmHyRM" width="468" youtube-src-id="W7SjhGmHyRM"></iframe></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Here is the recipe to the travel-inspired cocktail we create in this video:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><b><span> </span>Arkansas Razorback Cocktail</b></span></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">½ shot of Vodka</p></span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">½ shot of rum</p></span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">½ shot of almond liqueur</p></span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">½ shot of coffee liqueur</p></span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Add all together in a shaker with ice.
Shake to froth and strain off the ice into the glass. The ice is
just to get it cold and the shaking is to make it froth. Don't worry
if it doesn't stay frothy. </p></span></span></div></div></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7lEB4jD1vYIdlAwF07cKsTAv27k4dqqUVEP95LRPJvcJyn7AXUqSjczHsYDTn-B8nsxSQwASqNGof7pIxdztd7V-wQzkdL1nCjQGnXn_E-EVLcmM4Jks5QzUdz4K54geuGnGaiT6biQVQGK08vX4SZkx70-QvAtoLtk4cPwpvvJoqejDqGsppDZI/s2756/20230216_155311.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2116" data-original-width="2756" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7lEB4jD1vYIdlAwF07cKsTAv27k4dqqUVEP95LRPJvcJyn7AXUqSjczHsYDTn-B8nsxSQwASqNGof7pIxdztd7V-wQzkdL1nCjQGnXn_E-EVLcmM4Jks5QzUdz4K54geuGnGaiT6biQVQGK08vX4SZkx70-QvAtoLtk4cPwpvvJoqejDqGsppDZI/w640-h492/20230216_155311.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The Arkansas Razorback</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comCrater of Diamonds State Park, 209 State Park Rd, Murfreesboro, AR 71958, USA34.0325478 -93.67293125.7223139638211578 -128.8291812 62.342781636178849 -58.516681199999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-42216835360016382082022-09-02T17:02:00.161-05:002023-07-30T11:07:44.039-06:00Angel Fire, NM<p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">At the beginning of September 2022, we made our way, again, to beautiful northern New Mexico and camped at the Angel Fire RV Resort.</span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">This was our second time to camp in this location and we absolutely love it! We'll make a second post detailing the sites and amenities at Angel Fire RV Resort.</span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The village of <a href="https://www.angelfirenm.gov/" target="_blank">Angel Fire, New Mexico</a>, is located in northern New Mexico within the Sangre De Cristo Mountains at an elevation of 8406 feet. Its population is around 1300. <span style="background-color: white;">Angel Fire is home to the Angel Fire Resort, with ski slopes and terrain parks, plus a summer mountain-bike park and zip line. The Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway passes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park, which is home to the Vietnam Veterans Peace and Brotherhood Chapel. Farther north, Eagle Nest Lake is ringed by mountains and is stocked with salmon and trout.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">TK's sister and brother-in-law owns a cabin in Angel Fire so we took advantage of there hospitality to visit the acreage around the cabin and play on their ATVs.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDIn_rhjh-BCkROqcbZDwSsUvjzzESyXrpqnUM3Xrfbfxbxdg4mtvXEWKIIVQKDluK7Vnkepxp_gzxFkGCveMdgzNUxBlNAfjwcLU1FRuGDqrL7DMv4M7aNmZuIPZc5yY37Wp3cPLhp79AlIgV60N_dE1dN0r0drdl1k3aMhqUEi-d7DU-PqXCItJ/s3000/IMG_4646.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2466" data-original-width="3000" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDIn_rhjh-BCkROqcbZDwSsUvjzzESyXrpqnUM3Xrfbfxbxdg4mtvXEWKIIVQKDluK7Vnkepxp_gzxFkGCveMdgzNUxBlNAfjwcLU1FRuGDqrL7DMv4M7aNmZuIPZc5yY37Wp3cPLhp79AlIgV60N_dE1dN0r0drdl1k3aMhqUEi-d7DU-PqXCItJ/w640-h526/IMG_4646.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCzQxrBGjLViIDNf1Ac3nxveanoKwbG0y0Dk0DuDjERdy0raKhybMcyMjAGBFpHReJ61Al-Ixb4JjOQIITzTqfm7pKFnaMA5H7xsjJm8DcyhVWqlfDEW_M9HmW0LEvElF6aYbagW0ZKa2vrxuctw1Q6hNhT-MlKY_1x8FBoeS7_t_J6WviyUSPWbIZ/s3000/IMG_4662.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1940" data-original-width="3000" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCzQxrBGjLViIDNf1Ac3nxveanoKwbG0y0Dk0DuDjERdy0raKhybMcyMjAGBFpHReJ61Al-Ixb4JjOQIITzTqfm7pKFnaMA5H7xsjJm8DcyhVWqlfDEW_M9HmW0LEvElF6aYbagW0ZKa2vrxuctw1Q6hNhT-MlKY_1x8FBoeS7_t_J6WviyUSPWbIZ/w640-h414/IMG_4662.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmS8unhXPOwzbraPz_4jisBIvNGnz5HuTtlcw4dja3zWKgWV6xfPmYRMvMy8JPWHK9C0-zbBWH23YfaP_603xRVjcDr3goGz_bY_ipqQepQXGHiTrNg5OyuH4rO8YhT2Usmlq9cdkDij67JY_QfoqhlWG0aRW1KWC-iotwYnqdAJPFMPF4vXQnWThd/s3000/20220925_162141.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmS8unhXPOwzbraPz_4jisBIvNGnz5HuTtlcw4dja3zWKgWV6xfPmYRMvMy8JPWHK9C0-zbBWH23YfaP_603xRVjcDr3goGz_bY_ipqQepQXGHiTrNg5OyuH4rO8YhT2Usmlq9cdkDij67JY_QfoqhlWG0aRW1KWC-iotwYnqdAJPFMPF4vXQnWThd/w640-h428/20220925_162141.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRjXZQtNJJHM-UFpFNR523T1S8a6OLb6crDhMYMX6GW3T4He16VjgLPk58Y-GZPh1dppnZt_ul3Xigyav1vuZ-kDN8eAZPWWGS3DLb9Jd7mKTxn7jSQon0I3pXAfx2qzxJaNxWzcmA0BYMXrFURf_hbbg4SQ2sqUKOtiO49m0adJ16shb--CWidVLi/s3000/20220925_161810.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1731" data-original-width="3000" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRjXZQtNJJHM-UFpFNR523T1S8a6OLb6crDhMYMX6GW3T4He16VjgLPk58Y-GZPh1dppnZt_ul3Xigyav1vuZ-kDN8eAZPWWGS3DLb9Jd7mKTxn7jSQon0I3pXAfx2qzxJaNxWzcmA0BYMXrFURf_hbbg4SQ2sqUKOtiO49m0adJ16shb--CWidVLi/w640-h370/20220925_161810.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We also did a little hiking on the Elliot Barker Trail. In the summer months the trail is popular for hiking, horseback riding and mountain biking. The trail is open to snowmobiles, cross-country skiers and snowshoers in the winter months. To access the trail you'll drive west on Highway 64 about .7 miles from the Angel Fire RV Resort. There is plenty of parking available at the trailhead. When you enter through the gate the trail follows and old jeep road for the first 1/4 mile. <span style="background-color: white;">At 0.6 miles, there is a fork to the left that loops back to the trailhead. Elliot Barker continues to Apache Pass through a variety of terrain, passing Forest Roads 70, 70A and 70B. The trail continues to the south, eventually tying into the South Boundary Trail #164, but may be difficult to follow. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPpcn4SHaoo_maTbHNUYGGGfACBWyL7KsizCG3VYPtJxg_2y70Sxgl3gaT6Or1WUBZJAA4f-oZYx7Sy7SgKHqJJH91iksH_oAGWkhyWtYE2GVeWc9L6aIHM_hnanjNJgNS9plan2RAwHsSbrLlHOXQNcu94_TenIfln5m_oFZT8CXLoPoRW7rczWZ/s3000/20220925_163915.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1998" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPpcn4SHaoo_maTbHNUYGGGfACBWyL7KsizCG3VYPtJxg_2y70Sxgl3gaT6Or1WUBZJAA4f-oZYx7Sy7SgKHqJJH91iksH_oAGWkhyWtYE2GVeWc9L6aIHM_hnanjNJgNS9plan2RAwHsSbrLlHOXQNcu94_TenIfln5m_oFZT8CXLoPoRW7rczWZ/w640-h426/20220925_163915.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDM5BRoKxFwepmLLfLvEPed-zlh4lkTsRCpewstYepSLu0aSOlVwvYqcz9F1tMdqrewShHdbDyW3ipeMAnOWKmkIR-lpBksXylWqlLeKWgJQwarp2JxePRJJ6fHCzT4as54oeYkm_ebEN9uKaVQceKtLn1OqzZ14pdWCsaKvyE0D57ANlri-DYZnMQ/s7400/TKP_9613-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDM5BRoKxFwepmLLfLvEPed-zlh4lkTsRCpewstYepSLu0aSOlVwvYqcz9F1tMdqrewShHdbDyW3ipeMAnOWKmkIR-lpBksXylWqlLeKWgJQwarp2JxePRJJ6fHCzT4as54oeYkm_ebEN9uKaVQceKtLn1OqzZ14pdWCsaKvyE0D57ANlri-DYZnMQ/w640-h428/TKP_9613-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBWhOH3PLmlLlYLO70MNwg4YKB11nAwvsT9gnHxnhHG5N8LSXJ8Y37R1oluIePvS537KV-EPDZZcRCMDNEQdwDZS3NoaHwCrFe5vBNXXuTkLqcDF8Fo3VpDy5t7AEnIfg6Nwf7eEKFMNPPQgmuw_Aw7l9ks4mu2lppCMOaiZHqy4-BqiiYGQCHxV_L/s7400/TKP_9615-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBWhOH3PLmlLlYLO70MNwg4YKB11nAwvsT9gnHxnhHG5N8LSXJ8Y37R1oluIePvS537KV-EPDZZcRCMDNEQdwDZS3NoaHwCrFe5vBNXXuTkLqcDF8Fo3VpDy5t7AEnIfg6Nwf7eEKFMNPPQgmuw_Aw7l9ks4mu2lppCMOaiZHqy4-BqiiYGQCHxV_L/w640-h428/TKP_9615-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5onFJSF1MKDR0z8HMCkdcTeYPj9u84SkVrtKFeyfnKqmPzL4vInRGZLhcYuNQrf6IFXxfBn2rzwqaPDGw6-Hje_yVqF1gv-PZMV1N6ffSZPgCrrx7RxWwfjt_xbf2uPMSVIa-iTtMXwGAhBCw53jS5A31GE4O5v1OrbSj1ASLtKXslsUFiZooinxy/s7400/TPK_9739-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5onFJSF1MKDR0z8HMCkdcTeYPj9u84SkVrtKFeyfnKqmPzL4vInRGZLhcYuNQrf6IFXxfBn2rzwqaPDGw6-Hje_yVqF1gv-PZMV1N6ffSZPgCrrx7RxWwfjt_xbf2uPMSVIa-iTtMXwGAhBCw53jS5A31GE4O5v1OrbSj1ASLtKXslsUFiZooinxy/w640-h428/TPK_9739-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_D3WEPJQLdrkcr2bZk1MUqIg_gJYd3oheUZRNO_9N3FAE8OwBBpIShO2nFWzfuTstvfi2pSlsuBMs7IXGiOqL2qTbf7-pC9_qqHC_w_Xczs2qRDk7TyodUlFQoC9bFVJzgVSdJYuFSHlbK3HOuur5kgec7-9SK0geiBccNhXTwigq3mXRcL_KWuj/s7400/TPK_9740-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_D3WEPJQLdrkcr2bZk1MUqIg_gJYd3oheUZRNO_9N3FAE8OwBBpIShO2nFWzfuTstvfi2pSlsuBMs7IXGiOqL2qTbf7-pC9_qqHC_w_Xczs2qRDk7TyodUlFQoC9bFVJzgVSdJYuFSHlbK3HOuur5kgec7-9SK0geiBccNhXTwigq3mXRcL_KWuj/w640-h428/TPK_9740-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><span style="background-color: white;">During this trip we spent a little time exploring around the village of <a href="https://www.eaglenest.org/" target="_blank">Eagle Nest, New Mexico</a>. </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Eagle Nest is a small, summer home community and resort area. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The area offers camping, backpacking and hiking, gold exploration and fishing. Right in the middle of the village and off highway 64 is the </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span>Enchanted Circle Gateway Museum & Visitor Center. Unfortunately, the museum was closed during our visit so we explored the area around the museum which had many artifacts from the areas gold mining days.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9nl6Jq1PASiuWaDWuPx0bpklQZszV-zfDK5YDHcXkOyX4WQxrdu4jZGB_ar36K5sZgt6i4LQ-Zs8wADtxSmelpKODTjVkymilJOPskMc7AyTeP1m4WW2bg-PuqM04P-b6PlmzYupW5Nw7I2qsawE-HoYDY7Rrg2TVSbq6OlIvHTRr6R1IKLNzCrE/s7400/TKP_9726-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9nl6Jq1PASiuWaDWuPx0bpklQZszV-zfDK5YDHcXkOyX4WQxrdu4jZGB_ar36K5sZgt6i4LQ-Zs8wADtxSmelpKODTjVkymilJOPskMc7AyTeP1m4WW2bg-PuqM04P-b6PlmzYupW5Nw7I2qsawE-HoYDY7Rrg2TVSbq6OlIvHTRr6R1IKLNzCrE/w640-h428/TKP_9726-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zAUBTmICwtNmtt0bkFjQH2-k1n-aklS67tQOhbMhlUyNo-A9I6jC3GzmM5aP6r9e6LtsugeYXK1YbDxQjTI3X_2D9lYWTROGszBTBovo4orNU331GEC_IOlITxYtW6CkgFRsWd3zE1Zu5ksl_0Oj16jMbwZi78EvW0kvXjV3oibKv3EBAOGhGUpX/s7400/TKP_9728-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zAUBTmICwtNmtt0bkFjQH2-k1n-aklS67tQOhbMhlUyNo-A9I6jC3GzmM5aP6r9e6LtsugeYXK1YbDxQjTI3X_2D9lYWTROGszBTBovo4orNU331GEC_IOlITxYtW6CkgFRsWd3zE1Zu5ksl_0Oj16jMbwZi78EvW0kvXjV3oibKv3EBAOGhGUpX/w640-h428/TKP_9728-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURbnNneGrj68noifTpxofOmlFEpQU_cRF20TfHcdum7jkuK7-qi5BAtyBYC6FIyHfn1u19ILE78YdAjs5912leg0OO976ElLBjCbcJkeG0KFpiT-kD0xNuKkBY3SxxXAf0WOVeUowV7GI4stx_j0lHX4QofyZCKAHYzx2LrBplVgN_d7AkwAa_2ox/s7400/TKP_9732-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURbnNneGrj68noifTpxofOmlFEpQU_cRF20TfHcdum7jkuK7-qi5BAtyBYC6FIyHfn1u19ILE78YdAjs5912leg0OO976ElLBjCbcJkeG0KFpiT-kD0xNuKkBY3SxxXAf0WOVeUowV7GI4stx_j0lHX4QofyZCKAHYzx2LrBplVgN_d7AkwAa_2ox/w640-h428/TKP_9732-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSV2hww5SYOuVyiFrlz1mNoIAP0mTebSOgvKjJZxgnUbcqKaO2PJEKTrlG5nculIwdeVPd9qWwuYFYYkBgBpStIJ2ori9SuVn-iNIj0W1T_jbdYY4lI-DTmffORMad8rMKO1MwofPFFQ_CzNyGMYBZ4FX4QrUOk1tGEbOdXTu1nGbBz9GLKvVoc9IB/s7400/TKP_9733-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSV2hww5SYOuVyiFrlz1mNoIAP0mTebSOgvKjJZxgnUbcqKaO2PJEKTrlG5nculIwdeVPd9qWwuYFYYkBgBpStIJ2ori9SuVn-iNIj0W1T_jbdYY4lI-DTmffORMad8rMKO1MwofPFFQ_CzNyGMYBZ4FX4QrUOk1tGEbOdXTu1nGbBz9GLKvVoc9IB/w640-h428/TKP_9733-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGE1170U9BsTtjYaU4lC0iZqdgsXUhvHXZH8yV_mU2sasA4QikfoMPuUO3q5Q0F8zvaWO_g42TfprVXadFAvT76wXKvOxjaT644bxuVwYthOCsniP_r23YzxZsT2aBSAr8ZWgkesbAWTJ6EskGKDxcYieS8WiCW_xmonAcxVWzisueI1nSB9TIEaT3/s7400/TKP_9736-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGE1170U9BsTtjYaU4lC0iZqdgsXUhvHXZH8yV_mU2sasA4QikfoMPuUO3q5Q0F8zvaWO_g42TfprVXadFAvT76wXKvOxjaT644bxuVwYthOCsniP_r23YzxZsT2aBSAr8ZWgkesbAWTJ6EskGKDxcYieS8WiCW_xmonAcxVWzisueI1nSB9TIEaT3/w640-h428/TKP_9736-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwF1TAWbXsTrAC3WC7FgpLyAv325ZCfdxoEjfxMalGuQ1w0s_LRVnULMSwb3aEsH2pUh7OnCXPbTja3tHowOOem5TfiN_EcnFg0QohQ3YygQcgYy_GWbLRvXu3CfcvVXoa4M3YohzVJqCWZe-BvoeUsz3KHahMGSd3-2hI24d2fefJ5YE5OkpYazD_/s7400/TKP_9739-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwF1TAWbXsTrAC3WC7FgpLyAv325ZCfdxoEjfxMalGuQ1w0s_LRVnULMSwb3aEsH2pUh7OnCXPbTja3tHowOOem5TfiN_EcnFg0QohQ3YygQcgYy_GWbLRvXu3CfcvVXoa4M3YohzVJqCWZe-BvoeUsz3KHahMGSd3-2hI24d2fefJ5YE5OkpYazD_/w640-h428/TKP_9739-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Traveling back towards Angel Fire we had the opportunity to visit the <a href="https://www.nmdvs.org/nm-memorials/" target="_blank">Angel Fire Vietnam Veterans Memorial</a>.</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">The Chapel was the first major memorial created to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War. It was recognized by the United States Congress as a “memorial of national significance” and served as inspiration for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. </span></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhtuC2p_Hk6JGx5QYgBR26pVMwL2-29_6ZfYp51os4i_Z75UlN3An_d8MukLTmK_p45azeATfZ2I36LcCl6NEt9_DiLn3QeBMOg3_dDO8cIEbY_NHPHq7L7-Nw4dorgRPzskGCuCOzQtw3jFtQg_cypU0ac96IkVns4ZJv9XermcNUdsCp9Ihd-yq/s3000/20220831_173828.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1706" data-original-width="3000" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhtuC2p_Hk6JGx5QYgBR26pVMwL2-29_6ZfYp51os4i_Z75UlN3An_d8MukLTmK_p45azeATfZ2I36LcCl6NEt9_DiLn3QeBMOg3_dDO8cIEbY_NHPHq7L7-Nw4dorgRPzskGCuCOzQtw3jFtQg_cypU0ac96IkVns4ZJv9XermcNUdsCp9Ihd-yq/w640-h364/20220831_173828.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNAIPsKqT7Zwhrz6WiS1vJvtSirFeqkRBFFUag76Ja7xu_TN5vhOq1530c4T8K5McmOfk0_RVsUj4CbpYpJreeId_Drh7JkPQC40d2f3ipbslfTg6ChxrnFEjnIHwR6iYIh__7sBhiJvLBpyMSZRFs3F6mEKBnGd3jD_en_V3w9WjHChnP4_KT6Sj/s7400/TPK_9754-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNAIPsKqT7Zwhrz6WiS1vJvtSirFeqkRBFFUag76Ja7xu_TN5vhOq1530c4T8K5McmOfk0_RVsUj4CbpYpJreeId_Drh7JkPQC40d2f3ipbslfTg6ChxrnFEjnIHwR6iYIh__7sBhiJvLBpyMSZRFs3F6mEKBnGd3jD_en_V3w9WjHChnP4_KT6Sj/w640-h428/TPK_9754-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdQaSvoo9tyvycaO6T64rcvVsa7I7urNvTBJbcySxZQghxlxPcpPD6HqJqQ2OKFCiqr51nWwAHC7QDodRWhHFWR1UUMCJvkEPx6ebSQN2Q_LQDlyCRlg_sALzqifn8kxqt55CMHyYqdbLJdXCCfb1NVRbmGys1jcEfGY1W-qyhv6F1Aje3d6Y6ycVO/s7400/TPK_9757-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdQaSvoo9tyvycaO6T64rcvVsa7I7urNvTBJbcySxZQghxlxPcpPD6HqJqQ2OKFCiqr51nWwAHC7QDodRWhHFWR1UUMCJvkEPx6ebSQN2Q_LQDlyCRlg_sALzqifn8kxqt55CMHyYqdbLJdXCCfb1NVRbmGys1jcEfGY1W-qyhv6F1Aje3d6Y6ycVO/w640-h428/TPK_9757-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">In 2017, the Department of Veterans’ Services took over management of the Memorial. Today, the Memorial includes a visitor center and museum, with a library of over 1,000 books and 2,000 photographs, memorabilia exhibits, touchable displays, artwork, and sculptures that provide a glimpse into the daily life of our troops. The Memorial also includes an amphitheater, a memorial walkway, memorial gardens, a Huey Helicopter display, and the gravesites of Doc and Jeanne. The Memorial also overlooks the Angel Fire State Veterans Cemetery, which opened in July 2020. Approximately 45,000 individuals come each year.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">If you'd like to see more of our Angel Fire adventure check our our latest video on our YouTube Channel:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="361" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hZXE5BQhdD4" width="481" youtube-src-id="hZXE5BQhdD4"></iframe></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comAngel Fire, NM, USA36.3930879 -105.28500918.0828540638211521 -140.4412591 64.70332173617885 -70.1287591tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-1480283948464005992022-09-01T14:47:00.028-05:002023-07-30T11:08:05.292-06:00Red River, New Mexico<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">In late summer of August 2022, we traveled once again, to beautiful northern New Mexico and stayed at the Angel Fire RV Resort in Angel Fire, New Mexico. During one of our day adventures we traveled from Taos, New Mexico, to Red River, New Mexico, stopping along the way. Our first stop was at Eagle Rock Lake just outside of Questa, New Mexico.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzjMB6NjZGoWZZEQ6qFrtMrA67ZcvyxHooUiIEiHU8TYx1YdHhgxaJnzMa3Nw6NmmpCgGNaYbT5LSjnN8po028VCIlv2zbnW7DLs6IQMBnb7YF_oHd12TDtz_J10hqreDwWy71Eb2vV1_myViA27E38R5vM6WdH3RZd8SYjw1zBYuYp8f-QWVmpN_/s7400/TKP_9588-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzjMB6NjZGoWZZEQ6qFrtMrA67ZcvyxHooUiIEiHU8TYx1YdHhgxaJnzMa3Nw6NmmpCgGNaYbT5LSjnN8po028VCIlv2zbnW7DLs6IQMBnb7YF_oHd12TDtz_J10hqreDwWy71Eb2vV1_myViA27E38R5vM6WdH3RZd8SYjw1zBYuYp8f-QWVmpN_/w640-h428/TKP_9588-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Kiva oven outside of church at Questa, NM</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMOsbqJ5Q6m_1aeudoLrmDSY7SsP9pZ3r36vd926U222dGHXDkY8G3OuWtY-dRkkr2HUDNalpTCrrJo_pTY_wxMc1f9iYdI21blvkie4n_d9eJmtnw-h5lzFhSB3W-hZgIHDujGmupV3wg0fm9zyw7AwG23SCv0-sTmgAk5_9znXBOhGLnZLUvjm4/s7400/TKP_9591-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMOsbqJ5Q6m_1aeudoLrmDSY7SsP9pZ3r36vd926U222dGHXDkY8G3OuWtY-dRkkr2HUDNalpTCrrJo_pTY_wxMc1f9iYdI21blvkie4n_d9eJmtnw-h5lzFhSB3W-hZgIHDujGmupV3wg0fm9zyw7AwG23SCv0-sTmgAk5_9znXBOhGLnZLUvjm4/w640-h428/TKP_9591-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Beautiful stained glass windows of St. Anthony's Catholic Church</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1C2yXJDt72ukIVw_2UT2dhXB4yvQgRe-MowwdGYx3QT-zAoz3W_9J74oy0H-nglHk70GSh5d2eCGAF1TfGOGbxWjNfz1lkcNaVu5-PifOkatgMlafnzy_shrfOOKifLuEbCKdC1kKXpSgBb1FKvuFzl77HKCxwPCZKE90cRRA2uQr0Zs6DN__o6b/s7400/TKP_9597-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1C2yXJDt72ukIVw_2UT2dhXB4yvQgRe-MowwdGYx3QT-zAoz3W_9J74oy0H-nglHk70GSh5d2eCGAF1TfGOGbxWjNfz1lkcNaVu5-PifOkatgMlafnzy_shrfOOKifLuEbCKdC1kKXpSgBb1FKvuFzl77HKCxwPCZKE90cRRA2uQr0Zs6DN__o6b/w640-h428/TKP_9597-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Questa, NM</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfbkd_3azK22BcdjIPlx_x9Db2OpApsTDlgNAeLJHc0vuDfkFDktYZfMTBbEa-hxpq0D4TFZnK_U7uvrOQhQzd7tVuaOtY0CaqCswlVzTS1eMfjc5Dc0oEkKw9ZWHzIytzcUvtUGDw7du5sjPbx5orJ3fdiL7CML21hs0Yzl7Iz2NAtjqu5G0GnqU/s7400/TKP_9603-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfbkd_3azK22BcdjIPlx_x9Db2OpApsTDlgNAeLJHc0vuDfkFDktYZfMTBbEa-hxpq0D4TFZnK_U7uvrOQhQzd7tVuaOtY0CaqCswlVzTS1eMfjc5Dc0oEkKw9ZWHzIytzcUvtUGDw7du5sjPbx5orJ3fdiL7CML21hs0Yzl7Iz2NAtjqu5G0GnqU/w640-h428/TKP_9603-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Old adobe structure at Questa, NM</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Eagle Rock Lake Day Use Area on the Carson National Forest is one of the most popular recreations spots in the Questa area. Spreading across some three acres, it is a hot spot for both locals and visitors for fishing, picnicking, and hiking. The lake was recently completely rebuilt and redesigned.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhze4MXGMugzbdFVxg69euKr3WrF4FMEf0RsWNR6LSSHWPjaECMXya3UF1gQ9OojuG1qVmE4zBUjLYF0y802sjk8oUVqANm6s9SFCgGT4IxvDouaT2aBJP0Q_kwC5O6nUMxew73Bm7C_wbvD3-nr2aV9xVV7Y0_VDhGc_SSGgCQAhltEjf8WUnGK1CO/s3000/20220830_155444_02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2169" data-original-width="3000" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhze4MXGMugzbdFVxg69euKr3WrF4FMEf0RsWNR6LSSHWPjaECMXya3UF1gQ9OojuG1qVmE4zBUjLYF0y802sjk8oUVqANm6s9SFCgGT4IxvDouaT2aBJP0Q_kwC5O6nUMxew73Bm7C_wbvD3-nr2aV9xVV7Y0_VDhGc_SSGgCQAhltEjf8WUnGK1CO/w640-h462/20220830_155444_02.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Sunflower at Fawn Lakes Campground</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">Moving closer to Red River we make another stop at one of our favorite campgrounds, Fawn Lakes. </span><span>Fawn Lakes Campground is located in Carson National Forest, one of a few campgrounds located along the scenic canyons of Red River. Visitors enjoy fishing and exploring nearby hiking trails. This campground use to have two or three ponds that were stocked with trout, however, when we visited last we saw that at least one pond had eroded away and was completely dry. We're hoping the state of New Mexico corrects this problem quickly and brings Fawn Lakes back to life!</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbB0VwQr808IzBXU0n8jp7pQEsFrsIxXdgKAl8LBs-G7l3lJWv9MmtAvYEE3zQ5hnGhVP7AArWT1SseA39b3eID8LFKeKLBILmnpYfCcFBzmqePpWd4ebEqRCBPrmG2RRdJHLQi_d6KqSyCP9L3SG3k5bC0ZgXXOtQcJLt7YHJgFWzwh-QbfRjqPGP/s7400/TKP_9702-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbB0VwQr808IzBXU0n8jp7pQEsFrsIxXdgKAl8LBs-G7l3lJWv9MmtAvYEE3zQ5hnGhVP7AArWT1SseA39b3eID8LFKeKLBILmnpYfCcFBzmqePpWd4ebEqRCBPrmG2RRdJHLQi_d6KqSyCP9L3SG3k5bC0ZgXXOtQcJLt7YHJgFWzwh-QbfRjqPGP/w640-h428/TKP_9702-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfULR1lpHE3k3SGEJpP2Xpt9bMecSgOlgf3LH6Z2XS30RVkoQfMrn_qO72608DSxBXIF08r74Ap1pls9ayUKHhiKGp4IbW0kluLZ5PfJVaiy404xRISNjAOeDv9jIiPFk-aRQGN-orSUELjWVho10pYHC8XzL5ledkLSY-GK5ekJcnhu5RBTPaTLB/s7400/TKP_9703-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfULR1lpHE3k3SGEJpP2Xpt9bMecSgOlgf3LH6Z2XS30RVkoQfMrn_qO72608DSxBXIF08r74Ap1pls9ayUKHhiKGp4IbW0kluLZ5PfJVaiy404xRISNjAOeDv9jIiPFk-aRQGN-orSUELjWVho10pYHC8XzL5ledkLSY-GK5ekJcnhu5RBTPaTLB/w640-h428/TKP_9703-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Capulin Canyon north of Red River</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">Red River</span><span style="background-color: white;"> is a </span>resort town<span style="background-color: white;"> in </span><span style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Taos County</span><span style="background-color: white;">, </span><span style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">New Mexico</span><span style="background-color: white;">, located in the </span>Sangre de Cristo Mountains<span style="background-color: white;">. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Red River is located along the </span>Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway<span style="background-color: white;">, and is 36 miles (58 km) from </span>Taos<span style="background-color: white;">.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> The town is surrounded by majestic mountains and within it are the cutest shops, hotels, restaurants and parks. Fishing along the Red River is popular but so is renting a Jeep or ATV and exploring a few of the many trails and old mines in the area.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15GSwQVTn38I6-YqZnbZUCsiRoRni2cSD4LrU62qsuTQg9azsV-f0QdBuWT4p5w7_wjNqbWzNAoHPpX3i-xUSp3rSLvCgmIKqJD0yVW2obkKv_MP2aymWVDrpWDUySzcgaW2Fc_pjHy-C7s821J9eFoe8Zb6_d4VDyOYpGC1Maocc1YyprENs_dnD/s3000/20220831_163551.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1959" data-original-width="3000" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15GSwQVTn38I6-YqZnbZUCsiRoRni2cSD4LrU62qsuTQg9azsV-f0QdBuWT4p5w7_wjNqbWzNAoHPpX3i-xUSp3rSLvCgmIKqJD0yVW2obkKv_MP2aymWVDrpWDUySzcgaW2Fc_pjHy-C7s821J9eFoe8Zb6_d4VDyOYpGC1Maocc1YyprENs_dnD/w640-h418/20220831_163551.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOiwNPdbzkgPtbqMUQM6A-B8JzMmzQ8rB_2mf-yPXauRYSMyAzI8v9bBwBqd2JdNP_hKFu7GD3N9fM1NNJaNRYpdH8P6d02nsHig4y3U6pCEdgE3Mv05efk-qVlnHWfXG_JuxX6IosUqVNLbDBk20KbWvkutnEsiHeQ7Rx28yOzitQTa8sQUJjYov/s7400/TKP_9712-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOiwNPdbzkgPtbqMUQM6A-B8JzMmzQ8rB_2mf-yPXauRYSMyAzI8v9bBwBqd2JdNP_hKFu7GD3N9fM1NNJaNRYpdH8P6d02nsHig4y3U6pCEdgE3Mv05efk-qVlnHWfXG_JuxX6IosUqVNLbDBk20KbWvkutnEsiHeQ7Rx28yOzitQTa8sQUJjYov/w640-h428/TKP_9712-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-B-6tqWBKTsevNWobMoFZEE2HPdcySMf0bwO4AnK8UIx83tf1268oYtsAP8PlcCcdj9_3RqCCAaUNTUuuDISWLMxeKnzhBv-sKt8NnewhFG_EWa_0AAurreY89YRw8zs_U1DGindsvI80CdIvB-wgRKE1Pj3L7p0IGz5r7bhlZd2IeOmOIsj3-v5D/s7400/TKP_9715-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-B-6tqWBKTsevNWobMoFZEE2HPdcySMf0bwO4AnK8UIx83tf1268oYtsAP8PlcCcdj9_3RqCCAaUNTUuuDISWLMxeKnzhBv-sKt8NnewhFG_EWa_0AAurreY89YRw8zs_U1DGindsvI80CdIvB-wgRKE1Pj3L7p0IGz5r7bhlZd2IeOmOIsj3-v5D/w640-h428/TKP_9715-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNryVqz-ETR61hTVNh8WNBedAqY_0zaYmIoWQa4I73StL3rwnlPgZfkzv2DiVkTSTGcUCdKCSx_MMQULf2hrmiEPDg5ZGl8mXtnVFNcq_MRGarjOJlHCH6RWUWcxTCkYxKNwaC55TRjvFmMF69CUvAwZkM5E3HItUnetGQXexCf3-RdE0bjH63B1j/s4032/IMG_20180627_183627766.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNryVqz-ETR61hTVNh8WNBedAqY_0zaYmIoWQa4I73StL3rwnlPgZfkzv2DiVkTSTGcUCdKCSx_MMQULf2hrmiEPDg5ZGl8mXtnVFNcq_MRGarjOJlHCH6RWUWcxTCkYxKNwaC55TRjvFmMF69CUvAwZkM5E3HItUnetGQXexCf3-RdE0bjH63B1j/w640-h480/IMG_20180627_183627766.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Popular honey hole along the Red River</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3bkogmDfZx-TWya2hjxvmHp1FGetCqqQXxSqk-cNnvXF3XFGO_0CHYF3k91n0COoqy9J6G2D-Gur2SD10DTsFDcToJ2RVAv3Lp9yoKf88mRfMizCXF9dtPKEDbFykDf-nVUFDXU7HN3ybbR5meRocsCmsvlVnx5MOAEl3NvEsTo0sG1Ht8hXXrEa/s4032/IMG_20180627_192354468.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3bkogmDfZx-TWya2hjxvmHp1FGetCqqQXxSqk-cNnvXF3XFGO_0CHYF3k91n0COoqy9J6G2D-Gur2SD10DTsFDcToJ2RVAv3Lp9yoKf88mRfMizCXF9dtPKEDbFykDf-nVUFDXU7HN3ybbR5meRocsCmsvlVnx5MOAEl3NvEsTo0sG1Ht8hXXrEa/w640-h480/IMG_20180627_192354468.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Everyone is friendly in Red River, especially if you have snacks!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">Whenever we're in Red River we always stop at one of our favorite saloons, Bull O' the Woods and enjoy their delicious loaded green chili fries! Bull O' the Woods has been </span><span style="background-color: white;">providing Red River’s locals and guests an authentic saloon experience since 1939. Live music, open campfires, a full kitchen, pool, shuffleboard, and the largest selections of beers keeps bringing us back.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPE2JwLRPhRjZJIMjujKU5wf8zlzqmOK8qIHVwBjnfPOWFdP0UzUh1D6Uk4pxQyKSR1op2gI0GYAKXBPo0wTe74G34L3fkJp-bUgDlfemYH1PBKm42R2r3z7GI3ll6qvTDYvr0l3q5QDJYQUtUJcNcWKnG1pNODA4pkd0frnvNan7FcZr10yq0qab3/s3000/30135273615315.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1985" data-original-width="3000" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPE2JwLRPhRjZJIMjujKU5wf8zlzqmOK8qIHVwBjnfPOWFdP0UzUh1D6Uk4pxQyKSR1op2gI0GYAKXBPo0wTe74G34L3fkJp-bUgDlfemYH1PBKm42R2r3z7GI3ll6qvTDYvr0l3q5QDJYQUtUJcNcWKnG1pNODA4pkd0frnvNan7FcZr10yq0qab3/w640-h424/30135273615315.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span>After a tasty lunch we headed up Mallette Road and to a part of Red River's Bitter Creek Mining District. Several mines along Bitter Creek can be accessed by heading to</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Cabresto Road, Forest Road 134, from Questa to the Midnight Mine. We did not get to explore the area for very long as thunderstorms threatened to cut our time short. We still had enough time to visit Midnight Meadows and the Edison Mine.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhRfrgcImM-ZIcHCe7yUaksM6FtZ96wRahPENHgOt7rfyOtk2VsuyzkY3HOI07JijY-05DAUX3VoEXydle9pNAIrHJ5gT1Oz-vQMprclVP5-5wT7ZAPbt6n2b7JzOIaH76mkSAoq3aR6_5pi9YlCDFtexbOSGj97KSX1-Aq_hekNnT05g07D6iQZR/s7400/TKP_9535-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhRfrgcImM-ZIcHCe7yUaksM6FtZ96wRahPENHgOt7rfyOtk2VsuyzkY3HOI07JijY-05DAUX3VoEXydle9pNAIrHJ5gT1Oz-vQMprclVP5-5wT7ZAPbt6n2b7JzOIaH76mkSAoq3aR6_5pi9YlCDFtexbOSGj97KSX1-Aq_hekNnT05g07D6iQZR/w640-h428/TKP_9535-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmpUnBolJHEsXo3FdDbWntJSKc6nIiZMvTV3CmQRlilC1Jk4InVD3mpkiKiNpsvnSuI0SN41MALW9Q1DcydyltadQmGDxdUVjR3cAin2hlswb5tNRzx6VvyoSwmn_v0kFnwN-rdXK5AEb8q2t1W6-bPRYvZ7JJ4Nz8vVahnOxrWtFP-FEotZRJ9CR/s7400/TKP_9539-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmpUnBolJHEsXo3FdDbWntJSKc6nIiZMvTV3CmQRlilC1Jk4InVD3mpkiKiNpsvnSuI0SN41MALW9Q1DcydyltadQmGDxdUVjR3cAin2hlswb5tNRzx6VvyoSwmn_v0kFnwN-rdXK5AEb8q2t1W6-bPRYvZ7JJ4Nz8vVahnOxrWtFP-FEotZRJ9CR/w640-h428/TKP_9539-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWi6gpkLq-j9mpBuhndOUEdWAp556zLMYXSsufI1JFcIFLu5FfFpOgj0VVgGYtkcDkz7F0eQnkZbOd-ojR_t5z1heuV4ZPL97IoYoqNbNnQ9G9l5mNIduhj2HuuND2zjhIldUXvw_TniRyOsSn0dRNkS4FWWVZCUSEJKlgapxjDhMRmhYg4k2zDSs/s7400/TKP_9541-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWi6gpkLq-j9mpBuhndOUEdWAp556zLMYXSsufI1JFcIFLu5FfFpOgj0VVgGYtkcDkz7F0eQnkZbOd-ojR_t5z1heuV4ZPL97IoYoqNbNnQ9G9l5mNIduhj2HuuND2zjhIldUXvw_TniRyOsSn0dRNkS4FWWVZCUSEJKlgapxjDhMRmhYg4k2zDSs/w640-h428/TKP_9541-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirY9_tHz_6nFmSDVOWpe_bAEWuqYFQdDsUdhVVxPR8TKu1mGesWsEXpr8s7Tw4oLjNlzrDeT5Tkz3kIJqHoBCHL9UR0EGsBSn2BIxIOBtrq9pRb7CvhWHTLFbbVJTgFG15M29nlu1clJowoG5QGEXCTJJ9Dp42lmsFUMUgqdoFKWXFappbYWtmMOH5/s7400/TKP_9546-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirY9_tHz_6nFmSDVOWpe_bAEWuqYFQdDsUdhVVxPR8TKu1mGesWsEXpr8s7Tw4oLjNlzrDeT5Tkz3kIJqHoBCHL9UR0EGsBSn2BIxIOBtrq9pRb7CvhWHTLFbbVJTgFG15M29nlu1clJowoG5QGEXCTJJ9Dp42lmsFUMUgqdoFKWXFappbYWtmMOH5/w640-h428/TKP_9546-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8H4PU9JNKRSyrP4TmhrZwLlnYu9ywVfxAOa3EUU2uIEge-zC3XF8OYb1zwDjy5CNviNS0OtbAfeyb7srkop4po9E6vHWVno7uMlOy34DW5dP5jG_B2PZNhpsLc8sWY9dFM93mGe1WQmBOQE2UkS5DALHf8K6GKiyxcsCEEFN2YO64rHIqHEgUfewK/s7400/TKP_9548-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8H4PU9JNKRSyrP4TmhrZwLlnYu9ywVfxAOa3EUU2uIEge-zC3XF8OYb1zwDjy5CNviNS0OtbAfeyb7srkop4po9E6vHWVno7uMlOy34DW5dP5jG_B2PZNhpsLc8sWY9dFM93mGe1WQmBOQE2UkS5DALHf8K6GKiyxcsCEEFN2YO64rHIqHEgUfewK/w640-h428/TKP_9548-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoC9Zsx1oARUcv1F465MfDWek-pNDywU0DaONZwKMVvbheuk4DayZwZm4rRgiBtHMSy72wMoWyZ-evYU5APOUg67kKWlaDC6nyrQTGdwE1GaSCKYc9Njzu6Kz4a7NzrPatH-GFyIi9_LvzjdEJYDvrdOvsmMOunP_nBWwfu5PZg6ZDKw5_L6bkrAnP/s7400/TKP_9580-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoC9Zsx1oARUcv1F465MfDWek-pNDywU0DaONZwKMVvbheuk4DayZwZm4rRgiBtHMSy72wMoWyZ-evYU5APOUg67kKWlaDC6nyrQTGdwE1GaSCKYc9Njzu6Kz4a7NzrPatH-GFyIi9_LvzjdEJYDvrdOvsmMOunP_nBWwfu5PZg6ZDKw5_L6bkrAnP/w640-h428/TKP_9580-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjrEuEge1yL0ixOWnkRiPPMcLezMXSHG1qtPHiWIHr8EX6ebTQH_3EIrbjt5N1OBJGGaNzfQqQY8uGPcQ8-X8JQoQOhBGK0XyacxHivXtw5_mg5itac0gaorhpJCGY9Ji-XCgM-CtbxK5vd4QvSQctErcTpQ_f1zzCrhbDISLNBZNPeIi_uWmyi-pg/s7400/TKP_9582-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjrEuEge1yL0ixOWnkRiPPMcLezMXSHG1qtPHiWIHr8EX6ebTQH_3EIrbjt5N1OBJGGaNzfQqQY8uGPcQ8-X8JQoQOhBGK0XyacxHivXtw5_mg5itac0gaorhpJCGY9Ji-XCgM-CtbxK5vd4QvSQctErcTpQ_f1zzCrhbDISLNBZNPeIi_uWmyi-pg/w640-h428/TKP_9582-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVrOYRIoiIfXQeYbYu0KyQgDpGHdczzG3WlMOlHf8sq8ioDwi5DE3u60K2Md6cf4eY2_uRozGVwYMQHfHRCX8NxC5sBS9EDyDJxQnkn3ZDSCH8_hezS69fmDOsqU-voFCPFNIjPWelqsd_DRGvH9B_3b4KkepbMOjsoHGDe1cXN7afgVliUIHr2SZ/s7400/TKP_9557-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVrOYRIoiIfXQeYbYu0KyQgDpGHdczzG3WlMOlHf8sq8ioDwi5DE3u60K2Md6cf4eY2_uRozGVwYMQHfHRCX8NxC5sBS9EDyDJxQnkn3ZDSCH8_hezS69fmDOsqU-voFCPFNIjPWelqsd_DRGvH9B_3b4KkepbMOjsoHGDe1cXN7afgVliUIHr2SZ/w640-h428/TKP_9557-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We always have a great time in Red River but after a full day of exploring we were exhausted so we headed back to our home base of Angel Fire, New Mexico.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-uz1rw3BtusysK6ojPoLs7z3Z46oxAIsPdsnkqOqCYIMgqBMigKfGE5qSuLKQHVlnltt21pWwR475yzeKbtpTmAwzRNhsxbN0qzM0Bd6IBwuxulBOpOhvn7sM8-gjmJPD4sccU9D-jlrTRWkq2li9NDUH7NV02BNf6YTvqzj8NG3XWjVTO3xdwPef/s7400/TPK_9732-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-uz1rw3BtusysK6ojPoLs7z3Z46oxAIsPdsnkqOqCYIMgqBMigKfGE5qSuLKQHVlnltt21pWwR475yzeKbtpTmAwzRNhsxbN0qzM0Bd6IBwuxulBOpOhvn7sM8-gjmJPD4sccU9D-jlrTRWkq2li9NDUH7NV02BNf6YTvqzj8NG3XWjVTO3xdwPef/w640-h428/TPK_9732-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3TbiCcIj03PAOSI8RbtaziEHNEkV8g2TwwuMx0xEX0HSr_1jEIKqxyWN6OPGuwwmd_JVCr7ciR5WDaEJMIAhwK2_Q-SyxGWw7k31umdkGsrAKKE52syMhV5djBr6_gctYsgGiGC8PJrUFtSHegqLA1TUJSTqqCuMndBJ-FwCyA3A4b770P-Uvsg9/s7400/TPK_9724-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3TbiCcIj03PAOSI8RbtaziEHNEkV8g2TwwuMx0xEX0HSr_1jEIKqxyWN6OPGuwwmd_JVCr7ciR5WDaEJMIAhwK2_Q-SyxGWw7k31umdkGsrAKKE52syMhV5djBr6_gctYsgGiGC8PJrUFtSHegqLA1TUJSTqqCuMndBJ-FwCyA3A4b770P-Uvsg9/w640-h428/TPK_9724-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCAqNHp634nfVrrg8agavtdwMQbh98e9RUd4cqqYQgW25Mu0wSc3HV-vrsFzT-s_10GW5FwVyPMWu30qcoEcyESvqmqxgN-3qbLopsgb4s-ODL1Yi98glTUIeWFlOeDhYrBMWkpZ5A7XglIoYgAdfoQWvryGXVjXQz1n1LDk1IWwPj3Fd0QyXKErt/s7400/TKP_9608-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCAqNHp634nfVrrg8agavtdwMQbh98e9RUd4cqqYQgW25Mu0wSc3HV-vrsFzT-s_10GW5FwVyPMWu30qcoEcyESvqmqxgN-3qbLopsgb4s-ODL1Yi98glTUIeWFlOeDhYrBMWkpZ5A7XglIoYgAdfoQWvryGXVjXQz1n1LDk1IWwPj3Fd0QyXKErt/w640-h428/TKP_9608-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">If you'd like to see more of our adventures in Red River view our video on YouTube and don't forget to like and subscribe!</span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0yK_6CYnRAM" width="495" youtube-src-id="0yK_6CYnRAM"></iframe></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Create our travel inspired cocktail with this recipe:</span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><b>Spicy Red River Margarita</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><u>Ingredients</u></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">2 oz tequila</span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">1 jalapeno, quartered & seeded</span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">1/2 T kosher salt</span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">1/2 tsp. coarse sugar</span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">1/2 cup ruby red grapefruit juice</span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">1/4 cup simple syrup</span></p></blockquote><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><u>Steps</u></span> </span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"></span></p><ol class="recipe-directions__list" style="background-color: white; counter-reset: item 0; list-style: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-inline-start: 0px;"><li class="recipe-directions__item" style="counter-increment: item 1; display: flex; margin-bottom: 30px; padding-right: 40px;"><span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Place tequila and jalapenos in a small bowl. Let stand 2-3 hours. Using water, moisten the rims of four margarita or cocktail glasses. Mix salt and sugar on a plate; hold each glass upside down and dip rim into salt mixture. Set aside. Discard remaining salt mixture on plate. Strain tequila into a small bowl, discarding jalapenos. Stir in grapefruit juice and simple syrup. Serve in prepared glasses over ice.</span></span></li></ol>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comRed River, NM, USA36.7080849 -105.40611598.3978510638211574 -140.5623659 65.018318736178855 -70.2498659tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-77549028787220036142022-08-31T15:46:00.224-05:002023-07-30T11:08:27.555-06:00Taos, New Mexico<p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">In August of 2022, we returned to northern New Mexico and visited the small town of <a href="https://taos.org/" target="_blank">Taos, New Mexico</a>. We had traveled to Tao several times before but this time we wanted to visit and explore the church at Ranchos de Taos, Dennis Hopper's gravesite, and the Taos Ski Valley.</span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://sfranchos.org/" target="_blank">San Francisco de Asis</a> is an adobe church located in an area of Taos called Ranchos de Taos and was completed in the early 1800s. This church is still active today and is one of the few original buildings still standing in Taos. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCslEn9jPpvTBvKeyl7uZHrmdfJ-flGEL77q-kh19s8LUS9BVeCiqK9WylHEj9xWGvf5nH6iHvegfTlir53WO3Aiq6ad-niYg5_znvk0TUqgxpoFZIWja3vsx1T4mIlWgb0Gcnq2H2oDSO0zNya_3_M8rR_dhPq6491iUQ6D9WC7Q_9NP-NZ9sRXnp/s7400/TKP_9626-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCslEn9jPpvTBvKeyl7uZHrmdfJ-flGEL77q-kh19s8LUS9BVeCiqK9WylHEj9xWGvf5nH6iHvegfTlir53WO3Aiq6ad-niYg5_znvk0TUqgxpoFZIWja3vsx1T4mIlWgb0Gcnq2H2oDSO0zNya_3_M8rR_dhPq6491iUQ6D9WC7Q_9NP-NZ9sRXnp/w640-h428/TKP_9626-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYaJxMLEQYRNoOMPpGpOP6z0ms8S7JE2lENiGlRTynlNPM-6xtuj6FoCHjwYo0j8YAFPjYaXYlFNS2Mh1eGiJQq6l1Vq1Rtw32yNKVq0J43nNlda-go6u6nm61-xSUPjMnkQYoNW3l8r89RBAgVgGOQirc4-BSP-RLnYBBaPpt2RJVvPoCcteHIuy/s7400/TKP_9628-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYaJxMLEQYRNoOMPpGpOP6z0ms8S7JE2lENiGlRTynlNPM-6xtuj6FoCHjwYo0j8YAFPjYaXYlFNS2Mh1eGiJQq6l1Vq1Rtw32yNKVq0J43nNlda-go6u6nm61-xSUPjMnkQYoNW3l8r89RBAgVgGOQirc4-BSP-RLnYBBaPpt2RJVvPoCcteHIuy/w640-h428/TKP_9628-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNh3bAeV6qpPebo0Fsp1eAII5R7W-Zlq70PF6jimvWJezxCdWCHteY7rshKEmlJU0wZYyLxTVYW-Az96Mm_4u3cEeNnthEievs8ofvifq8pCmHXjVQSvIH-ETy-nORQQoBVvZAtOLPEx6dzgbBUwyTWQqcDOqfDHlFo1i7pXo5UeyURwq3L0PhJMcj/s7400/TKP_9642-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNh3bAeV6qpPebo0Fsp1eAII5R7W-Zlq70PF6jimvWJezxCdWCHteY7rshKEmlJU0wZYyLxTVYW-Az96Mm_4u3cEeNnthEievs8ofvifq8pCmHXjVQSvIH-ETy-nORQQoBVvZAtOLPEx6dzgbBUwyTWQqcDOqfDHlFo1i7pXo5UeyURwq3L0PhJMcj/w640-h428/TKP_9642-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span><span><p><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></p>The building is a unique blend of Spanish colonial architecture and traditional building techniques used by the Taos Pueblo people and</span></span><span> features twin bell towers, an arched portal entrance, hand-hewn vigas (ceiling beams), hand-carved corbels, and a choir loft. In addition, the church houses eight imported oil paintings set within hand-carved and hand-painted reredos (altar screens).</span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80zLssn_NBTZA1w9xwUqrirHSkwQ75JYwLSeXF6jqof9aMG8GgHfxBA5tKbdCqYfZBPpTOKhWJQirzzq0H3vZqrgdGNVvdRbFkjIP_F14sB-LWc3xkrdN_QuzgBVibEkjCROOSGCVH6Hm5wH3i5NGcleOucT9Z27KRUKN9TahS_9oW4kty4nu7wr-/s7400/TKP_9634-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80zLssn_NBTZA1w9xwUqrirHSkwQ75JYwLSeXF6jqof9aMG8GgHfxBA5tKbdCqYfZBPpTOKhWJQirzzq0H3vZqrgdGNVvdRbFkjIP_F14sB-LWc3xkrdN_QuzgBVibEkjCROOSGCVH6Hm5wH3i5NGcleOucT9Z27KRUKN9TahS_9oW4kty4nu7wr-/w640-h428/TKP_9634-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc5OOr91wS97sFKSUTdyd79EXOM-MMaw-0esyIbY35wik7Wb7fg7mmXu45XZMbXTwqdsxsE6cGhWR3jIyHEbyE1tGuCEaWkZ-1xn6wDeIJwSBFpUMsFnpsLwoZV8nQUgV6KOmL48fC4PtfkBZxH15Vop9sGfQfW7LebH2gm7TfHY_zVTNulu8UoA0V/s7400/TKP_9646-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc5OOr91wS97sFKSUTdyd79EXOM-MMaw-0esyIbY35wik7Wb7fg7mmXu45XZMbXTwqdsxsE6cGhWR3jIyHEbyE1tGuCEaWkZ-1xn6wDeIJwSBFpUMsFnpsLwoZV8nQUgV6KOmL48fC4PtfkBZxH15Vop9sGfQfW7LebH2gm7TfHY_zVTNulu8UoA0V/w640-h428/TKP_9646-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3wDL3yq1r0ZH6inglwH2GFX1XYpA8s0pA8b9Ml8ZwryZWRD7pIQaOO-4QxMEJFMIa0cx9UYUO-yAFqXlSoBhRL6wMQCPZC8cFGy4XnFkMBHll4pLKCWEPVi3R_w-2o3CjfX7d81JiB9NuleVt8aOWgCMDO69KOPSOlcRyJBknX4uXi99GUFYcdPM/s7400/TKP_9649-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3wDL3yq1r0ZH6inglwH2GFX1XYpA8s0pA8b9Ml8ZwryZWRD7pIQaOO-4QxMEJFMIa0cx9UYUO-yAFqXlSoBhRL6wMQCPZC8cFGy4XnFkMBHll4pLKCWEPVi3R_w-2o3CjfX7d81JiB9NuleVt8aOWgCMDO69KOPSOlcRyJBknX4uXi99GUFYcdPM/w640-h428/TKP_9649-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZHX1WGLv9_FY_Qu0inxv-pDSzRkRtir2c8fvPSAlRwj-LeHFifY0MOuSb6fQPCl5Gh2OTXMvf-Kr1g8cvNXxJ--5QuAQQU3B8CkiTKawCdscp6yvPUVcL2mEc93DKPJwMc2Kw-beBzyy9THDxWoPM7P-NWxnI73nOLgKnc9sLqZ2WJILN-Fxm566/s7400/TKP_9652-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZHX1WGLv9_FY_Qu0inxv-pDSzRkRtir2c8fvPSAlRwj-LeHFifY0MOuSb6fQPCl5Gh2OTXMvf-Kr1g8cvNXxJ--5QuAQQU3B8CkiTKawCdscp6yvPUVcL2mEc93DKPJwMc2Kw-beBzyy9THDxWoPM7P-NWxnI73nOLgKnc9sLqZ2WJILN-Fxm566/w640-h428/TKP_9652-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; margin: 1em 0px;"><span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/about-georgia-okeeffe/" target="_blank">Georgia O’Keeffe</a> began visiting the Southwest in 1929, and her experience of the region, as well as of its indigenous peoples, bolstered her interest in abstraction. If all, or parts of San Francisco de Asis look familiar to you it is because you might recognize O'Keeffe abstract painting of the church.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; margin: 1em 0px;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hopper" target="_blank">Dennis Hopper's</a> humble gravesite is<span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;"> little more than a mound of rocks. </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;">The Native American-style burial mound in the Jesus Nazareno Cemetery in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, is believed to have been the Easy Rider star's final request. </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;">Faded flowers and trinkets from well-wishers cover the top of the rubble pile.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; margin: 1em 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRf8oujRJz9pRJA_2RLRT6nOSMD5WH8rHNGZKh9assnEf3kIvP5UJHOAcorT0elIIz31vaiu-yKjXD9fXMZs-Es9sd1HQTfEiaWVBSib-6G65o67O_6k4lGK8EQHwdl62sES0CfUlKJMWwjAS7rIxZ-mxetdKaumguFbKUK50mhAbQj49zYNp-kmSG/s7400/TKP_9660-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRf8oujRJz9pRJA_2RLRT6nOSMD5WH8rHNGZKh9assnEf3kIvP5UJHOAcorT0elIIz31vaiu-yKjXD9fXMZs-Es9sd1HQTfEiaWVBSib-6G65o67O_6k4lGK8EQHwdl62sES0CfUlKJMWwjAS7rIxZ-mxetdKaumguFbKUK50mhAbQj49zYNp-kmSG/w640-h428/TKP_9660-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-ep5DVzlAtjmN6knT4wXFm4UsrfJ-1wROySvd2jDtv_qG8NT8fNhgASn9qMoFJf5lBri1td9qYF-AjCrzVHvzsX2yF0jcJuwYALO2X7aG2Asbzc-6O8dYCu--ITGHptWECKTRu86b0UtTT5mzg0xpzyz1JlE6cZI4_h3G_hXpIX_pXjeKf-D2PQx/s7400/TKP_9657-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7400" data-original-width="4940" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-ep5DVzlAtjmN6knT4wXFm4UsrfJ-1wROySvd2jDtv_qG8NT8fNhgASn9qMoFJf5lBri1td9qYF-AjCrzVHvzsX2yF0jcJuwYALO2X7aG2Asbzc-6O8dYCu--ITGHptWECKTRu86b0UtTT5mzg0xpzyz1JlE6cZI4_h3G_hXpIX_pXjeKf-D2PQx/w428-h640/TKP_9657-1.jpg" width="428" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; margin: 1em 0px;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><span>For lunch we stopped at <a href="https://5starburgers.com/" target="_blank">5 Star Burger</a> located on </span></span><span><span>Paseo Del Pueblo Sur</span></span><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><span>in Taos and sampled some of their delicious chili cheese fries!</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; margin: 1em 0px;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; margin: 1em 0px;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIc4ykgtoZJl8NdvABKveRTmHIle8gyd4ObftqVNWK0CvuJCxm7VbAJx7E7hNnVLeJPgg4nmpB94HS8PVspAxAZKLmtZbJ78KLlAyOcoxAsSQhnxM_iryrW2lQb-2uqRbDIHr2Zx_2eW0CqM_dEvXaTNKGgEox6aNuWpGrV_iMdnQhzS0uWIykoQG/s3000/20220925_115252.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="3000" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIc4ykgtoZJl8NdvABKveRTmHIle8gyd4ObftqVNWK0CvuJCxm7VbAJx7E7hNnVLeJPgg4nmpB94HS8PVspAxAZKLmtZbJ78KLlAyOcoxAsSQhnxM_iryrW2lQb-2uqRbDIHr2Zx_2eW0CqM_dEvXaTNKGgEox6aNuWpGrV_iMdnQhzS0uWIykoQG/w640-h380/20220925_115252.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; margin: 1em 0px;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span>The historic <a href="https://taos.org/explore/landmarks/taos-plaza-downtown/" target="_blank">Taos Plaza</a> has been around since 1796</span><span> when the King of Spain gave the Don Fernando de Taos Land Grant to 63 families in the Taos area. This land grant became the most important settlement in the area outside of the ancient Taos Pueblo two miles to the north.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; margin: 1em 0px;"><span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-dTzlhMgFygnK45i5bxvZnCdXiPx2YSv5MkAQl4H5gaVKnrnaRyTGaqIg5QNw8RP6nM2DR4jvz_o-d-NdSmH0vmxiKVijpE1G3YLKnTLgnO8uEmZGm4tmsEH8b9LIdcMeVihrxwuiRDCeuwCwpuDvgQ22RlTIflzAKz3efdHZeYoql-2d416rC24/s3000/20220830_122222.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1870" data-original-width="3000" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-dTzlhMgFygnK45i5bxvZnCdXiPx2YSv5MkAQl4H5gaVKnrnaRyTGaqIg5QNw8RP6nM2DR4jvz_o-d-NdSmH0vmxiKVijpE1G3YLKnTLgnO8uEmZGm4tmsEH8b9LIdcMeVihrxwuiRDCeuwCwpuDvgQ22RlTIflzAKz3efdHZeYoql-2d416rC24/w640-h398/20220830_122222.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm5Jzp792YIdsfLWi5M8isKIb1s0bIWPlMJPVOvrr1PhNSXTpJtPMmkvZGmCEcy0CSC_NiWGQ9E46EmR2xYIsXHP_l2pdJ09BjJEtCaF18FywcwNTb74XrASjjdyrf7wsD-QmhRpaYADzEh8Q6DgyR-thViqSBmKwARvzmNFNDK0eoyOXfKYORfFSz/s3000/20220830_122743.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2033" data-original-width="3000" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm5Jzp792YIdsfLWi5M8isKIb1s0bIWPlMJPVOvrr1PhNSXTpJtPMmkvZGmCEcy0CSC_NiWGQ9E46EmR2xYIsXHP_l2pdJ09BjJEtCaF18FywcwNTb74XrASjjdyrf7wsD-QmhRpaYADzEh8Q6DgyR-thViqSBmKwARvzmNFNDK0eoyOXfKYORfFSz/w640-h434/20220830_122743.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </span></span><p></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">In 1820, the Historic Taos Plaza saw its first <a href="https://www.lafondataos.com/" target="_blank">“La Fonda”</a> (Spanish for “the Inn”) in the form of a mercantile store that also rented rooms. This historic location is where you will find the Hotel La Fonda de Taos. La Fonda is the only hotel located in the Taos Plaza. Inside the La Fonda is a completely renovated interior which features its own special touches, including the world-famous D.H. Lawrence “Forbidden Art” collection. </span></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAwVIKq7AkE756ZzLO0SWiygNLvPNxBPkPMCRx2SDPps3qVrclw0mNMQDBY9t9rE8571zv7wXbdJJRm2pJjXifWT6kRS5ALWsPHTxu_brZambXK5e6DpMpj8E3CRgroVLT0EcTpcYpinXsLbN2tfkZ4R02UnrQztG_yEM4_rhCp0-8RgXK9r-Y1by/s3000/20220830_133659.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2122" data-original-width="3000" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAwVIKq7AkE756ZzLO0SWiygNLvPNxBPkPMCRx2SDPps3qVrclw0mNMQDBY9t9rE8571zv7wXbdJJRm2pJjXifWT6kRS5ALWsPHTxu_brZambXK5e6DpMpj8E3CRgroVLT0EcTpcYpinXsLbN2tfkZ4R02UnrQztG_yEM4_rhCp0-8RgXK9r-Y1by/w640-h452/20220830_133659.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8OOVjm-fcU1uLfGLZKqvmkD825uOLn1MKYYIz9D9XHSFLGBxTc4EuozKyydsZ-nNuG4Xc3KjvWtxrGNPwL0uecZUE60pFW_I6R6DmSSke9pSmzw07YHi5jtoi_wKPLoMjGxuD6pPsk-ZgcIWNP-qbYjM6JunFLDKXAaj76r9ZDoA0MgrP869929V/s3000/20220831_124930.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2024" data-original-width="3000" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8OOVjm-fcU1uLfGLZKqvmkD825uOLn1MKYYIz9D9XHSFLGBxTc4EuozKyydsZ-nNuG4Xc3KjvWtxrGNPwL0uecZUE60pFW_I6R6DmSSke9pSmzw07YHi5jtoi_wKPLoMjGxuD6pPsk-ZgcIWNP-qbYjM6JunFLDKXAaj76r9ZDoA0MgrP869929V/w640-h432/20220831_124930.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_o9Ecl9yG6vcGkH-xERdknIZxgfw1wyr3D0FRKXS7U0trUh7Bbp7EO4Sy4jJVnwc_DAhK5z1Zh4tYLxkU2IzSiCGFhoz6XP3CFfGa9fdBqg99Yt6eWA0GWKJtLX-AX6zQDY-3a71KXGgFiNInZoGImoum9hko32llGnMxFW2vie1RwZig8w4tCwZy/s7400/TKP_9667-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_o9Ecl9yG6vcGkH-xERdknIZxgfw1wyr3D0FRKXS7U0trUh7Bbp7EO4Sy4jJVnwc_DAhK5z1Zh4tYLxkU2IzSiCGFhoz6XP3CFfGa9fdBqg99Yt6eWA0GWKJtLX-AX6zQDY-3a71KXGgFiNInZoGImoum9hko32llGnMxFW2vie1RwZig8w4tCwZy/w640-h428/TKP_9667-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We do not ski but we've always wanted to visit the <a href="https://www.skitaos.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=winter23convbr&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgOefBhDgARIsAMhqXA7DlXb6UVQaaPLf5885AABVH-Z_1OeCp_O2HlBz2sJzY6HmmXkqtJwaAuLeEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds" target="_blank">Taos Ski Valley</a> which boasts to have over 300 inches of bone-dry powder and some of the most untamed ski chutes, bowls and glades in North America. The Hondo Rio parallels the road to the Taos Ski Valley and provided us with a beautiful spot to stop to snack on our way up to the ski resort.</span></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNsgg7g3iBMLfSzG1MXmdz1T2bDyIT3WS2QZ7V8mysW9V1OCEawR81bza3WoilsTc4rZAgnaglAnLuc5c2agtyPKlMVNfxvysh3GWQK_noJ9InZ9uc01gFhsw6yNslrVIQq8jjlHgIbX0q0AG9rM17_hUTPGQ875VgjgkrY-eePTjnUpTMJVEoyTq/s7400/TKP_9664-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNsgg7g3iBMLfSzG1MXmdz1T2bDyIT3WS2QZ7V8mysW9V1OCEawR81bza3WoilsTc4rZAgnaglAnLuc5c2agtyPKlMVNfxvysh3GWQK_noJ9InZ9uc01gFhsw6yNslrVIQq8jjlHgIbX0q0AG9rM17_hUTPGQ875VgjgkrY-eePTjnUpTMJVEoyTq/w640-h428/TKP_9664-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5QB2k1rcIjC7ABpCunj5vAsHzqOXIkA3fqsfidWGVbXT4Wb3iHCmep1IRMf0cxNo-RvNqMVHqM43lFbBSszILYacHK_qNOO8nK1UZjodFeyUhtlf59LXZ_nEl0BPLlc2IUkZtr0tk4-eHFAjIWbBs_Rjur_K1m8igU3rh0wVmmb482R8rfwErxkCq/s7400/TKP_9666-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5QB2k1rcIjC7ABpCunj5vAsHzqOXIkA3fqsfidWGVbXT4Wb3iHCmep1IRMf0cxNo-RvNqMVHqM43lFbBSszILYacHK_qNOO8nK1UZjodFeyUhtlf59LXZ_nEl0BPLlc2IUkZtr0tk4-eHFAjIWbBs_Rjur_K1m8igU3rh0wVmmb482R8rfwErxkCq/w640-h428/TKP_9666-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirauxlEdpuiXXo2PP_4GZ67tOnO_Y45q85zTUvgb1EJF1aWJ8J3pZY693e-DaywpdKdvG2TyLOMxoCmWfehLEumxeJ_w0e1aEcZhdJBCUxnkyl5vXpKrQUloyYCdbiuRUWeHppYxcglDxh0ufhIbaOf1lc4mf03XrajRCFqUcHjvYyqw5yzXG2PGf8/s7400/TKP_9669-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirauxlEdpuiXXo2PP_4GZ67tOnO_Y45q85zTUvgb1EJF1aWJ8J3pZY693e-DaywpdKdvG2TyLOMxoCmWfehLEumxeJ_w0e1aEcZhdJBCUxnkyl5vXpKrQUloyYCdbiuRUWeHppYxcglDxh0ufhIbaOf1lc4mf03XrajRCFqUcHjvYyqw5yzXG2PGf8/w640-h428/TKP_9669-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MckzF4fZADgpfHNmeBM8_KzwLesYf8tFyOL0IkBN7xh0dvQObiIPZiYREDyIWnk6QJ5mq81yhbzXMevU5_e1bVZdhPJwjEOiqBXkKXc6-EDDBZdnl43yNj2ZIQ8UEpshK5ultXmRBSWjmrffsW5gS0yTQSXGfuazbRqwy--qblMYVsh-dYMAX6Zg/s7400/TKP_9670-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MckzF4fZADgpfHNmeBM8_KzwLesYf8tFyOL0IkBN7xh0dvQObiIPZiYREDyIWnk6QJ5mq81yhbzXMevU5_e1bVZdhPJwjEOiqBXkKXc6-EDDBZdnl43yNj2ZIQ8UEpshK5ultXmRBSWjmrffsW5gS0yTQSXGfuazbRqwy--qblMYVsh-dYMAX6Zg/w640-h428/TKP_9670-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">As we left Taos we headed north making our way back to Angel Fire, New Mexico, where we were camping. Fascinated by the churches in this area we stopped to view Capilla de San Cristobal Catholic Church located in the village of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Cristobal,_New_Mexico" target="_blank">San Cristobal</a>. Near the church was the Valley Store housed in an old air stream.</span></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8eZ4-0J-jSXckYG958g_8mbB8xgd7VsFTQaaw2VPYqVNzzQOEI_5TcnmiV4iEVO_4wNTcYtVonzgehGa76LQH2vqlWeucee8UGSMWQm9n0e3y8CloEzZ-rDz8cxtsaj6T4Ngbf-JvGGhWf4f96ZDfbr7CBq7BO-QjQ9OOzZj9miSuFNRJYHGwSdt/s7400/TKP_9683-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8eZ4-0J-jSXckYG958g_8mbB8xgd7VsFTQaaw2VPYqVNzzQOEI_5TcnmiV4iEVO_4wNTcYtVonzgehGa76LQH2vqlWeucee8UGSMWQm9n0e3y8CloEzZ-rDz8cxtsaj6T4Ngbf-JvGGhWf4f96ZDfbr7CBq7BO-QjQ9OOzZj9miSuFNRJYHGwSdt/w640-h428/TKP_9683-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrN40iAwaL-LCn8TdDhJz48suc3Ts64g_G3nWSuVNJD-m7egtG5YlLoP6GHddjyZ7MMp5SsYoug-S-Bv0Icyz-_mBWrj3gePiPPvZ50sBUn1EGKbHazrdxMdiKVwH000rFUcQvustjZxvGiWp4PxN9xGXQlgRxupUoyc64hbdlzfDAX5h5kRo9SpVd/s7400/TKP_9690-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrN40iAwaL-LCn8TdDhJz48suc3Ts64g_G3nWSuVNJD-m7egtG5YlLoP6GHddjyZ7MMp5SsYoug-S-Bv0Icyz-_mBWrj3gePiPPvZ50sBUn1EGKbHazrdxMdiKVwH000rFUcQvustjZxvGiWp4PxN9xGXQlgRxupUoyc64hbdlzfDAX5h5kRo9SpVd/w640-h428/TKP_9690-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuIdlQ4kI6E91bdn1AfxAII6SPW6zyDs5JdsJItlhmPVZEsvavyFsmqpWGcaRgfcKC6qhcwXmKJ5_vxLtR35NnIQP_bsIC0Bv129uKvTcVnjaSAIpaN3K9lb5B-OksFJAX4i7HIVO4i24nOJ3l_ZKIb4sDbvg3gYQXj6oZje6rMfqB52_wODhVFV8c/s7400/TKP_9691-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuIdlQ4kI6E91bdn1AfxAII6SPW6zyDs5JdsJItlhmPVZEsvavyFsmqpWGcaRgfcKC6qhcwXmKJ5_vxLtR35NnIQP_bsIC0Bv129uKvTcVnjaSAIpaN3K9lb5B-OksFJAX4i7HIVO4i24nOJ3l_ZKIb4sDbvg3gYQXj6oZje6rMfqB52_wODhVFV8c/w640-h428/TKP_9691-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8g_AN72NwHz9zbWm5Yc6gY-2dyGmY3AVXsZ5SBisME48Czxwqaclr_xJKH_uMNn0cVXqYS4mFgE03C6wn_xX-pFsInfEJYik1jpkESNbvSbmNCtosXeHGKcFYADQD-w9j-KLxaLSaXZR6BnHXPoOBTWyy8YZdSZ8YEnt0xBe4pMKdBSuKVcs7IY1c/s7400/TKP_9694-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8g_AN72NwHz9zbWm5Yc6gY-2dyGmY3AVXsZ5SBisME48Czxwqaclr_xJKH_uMNn0cVXqYS4mFgE03C6wn_xX-pFsInfEJYik1jpkESNbvSbmNCtosXeHGKcFYADQD-w9j-KLxaLSaXZR6BnHXPoOBTWyy8YZdSZ8YEnt0xBe4pMKdBSuKVcs7IY1c/w640-h428/TKP_9694-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDc5kdLTpjQiK6OrTDnKHyDSEeq6opWFqbvhEiz2l7bHNktgMehL-7lWHXHYytSh2xOC75blFj4vDJ5J1Nh86XynLxZstzyvZ_2_nEHzfpTiVsnDnVr7yBoZAxH0V4ak6M8PUzOygQuQVX8dYqeDb8Id7tVxMDbabphu6s-13RGX76EWXioRIp3DRL/s7400/TKP_9696-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4940" data-original-width="7400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDc5kdLTpjQiK6OrTDnKHyDSEeq6opWFqbvhEiz2l7bHNktgMehL-7lWHXHYytSh2xOC75blFj4vDJ5J1Nh86XynLxZstzyvZ_2_nEHzfpTiVsnDnVr7yBoZAxH0V4ak6M8PUzOygQuQVX8dYqeDb8Id7tVxMDbabphu6s-13RGX76EWXioRIp3DRL/w640-h428/TKP_9696-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">To see more of our trip to Taos, New Mexico, check out our latest video on our YouTube Channel.</span></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/q4J4RttqLzU" width="495" youtube-src-id="q4J4RttqLzU"></iframe></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Here is the recipe for the travel-inspired cocktail we create in this video. It was inspired by the <a href="https://punchdrink.com/articles/legend-ski-taos-tree-martini-cocktail/" target="_blank">Legend of the Taos Tree Martini</a>!</span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: 13pt;"><b>Dirty Vodka Martini</b></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>Ingredients</u>
</span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 1/2 ounces gin or vodka
</span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">1/2 ounce dry vermouth
</span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">1/2 ounce olive brine
</span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Garnish: 2 to 4 olives
</span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>Steps</u>
</span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Add the gin or vodka, vermouth and olive brine to a mixing glass filled with ice and stir until well-chilled. </span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. </span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Garnish with a skewer of olives.</span></span></p></blockquote><p class="has-text-align-center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comTaos, NM 87571, USA36.4072134 -105.57337888.0969795638211579 -140.7296288 64.717447236178856 -70.4171288tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-19452530301422539752022-07-30T11:37:00.006-05:002023-07-30T11:08:50.784-06:00North Texas - Red River Border<p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">On a rainy summer morning we decided to jump into the truck and take a drive to the border of Texas and Oklahoma, near the Red River, for a little history lesson on the Chisholm Trail and Red River Station.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3F-PYlWLkRn_5zpDXojt8KEO0Nd712ANVp7I8Vsri-nwuN8vAIJ7io62dD21bpDCIixAlHV2V6x3dTdCEzCxN4bLj1zb9fobB0cmO_0DidPTWwQnV89HF1c1V3i43z6cE1bMK0ilCbdNmjBwhYSB-c1U1b7TPHEhqwNd1VDXyjP9LScMvKrmukeBN/s3000/TPK_7930.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3F-PYlWLkRn_5zpDXojt8KEO0Nd712ANVp7I8Vsri-nwuN8vAIJ7io62dD21bpDCIixAlHV2V6x3dTdCEzCxN4bLj1zb9fobB0cmO_0DidPTWwQnV89HF1c1V3i43z6cE1bMK0ilCbdNmjBwhYSB-c1U1b7TPHEhqwNd1VDXyjP9LScMvKrmukeBN/w640-h428/TPK_7930.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqz3MSOOwwKzOZceC8OYiq9KGaU9qX732vmP1OTjbW92NyJsXY7sF0yyglFJ67_9U0h77yPnGN8ogfvFpbRaI19uDWZTVK9dC6kf1D218_2Jz00N06FkCsP4-9JfeNONKHSeGFqSEXiPO_nn2ikgKF7epWCXCA6_SVwnNtXNc9sU-w985OqbL-SoJ/s3000/TPK_8058.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqz3MSOOwwKzOZceC8OYiq9KGaU9qX732vmP1OTjbW92NyJsXY7sF0yyglFJ67_9U0h77yPnGN8ogfvFpbRaI19uDWZTVK9dC6kf1D218_2Jz00N06FkCsP4-9JfeNONKHSeGFqSEXiPO_nn2ikgKF7epWCXCA6_SVwnNtXNc9sU-w985OqbL-SoJ/w640-h428/TPK_8058.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Making our way to the Red River border we first visited <a href="https://saintjochamber.com/things-to-do/" target="_blank">Saint Jo</a>, the oldest town in Montague County, has a population of around, 883. St. Jo's historical Chisholm Trail Square commemorates the famous cattle trail which drove livestock through Saint Jo to the north and into Kansas. Many of the buildings along the square have been renovated and now hold museums, restaurants, gift shops and art galleries.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjinYLP5akXfKc1t0hmwwONK49GScHLBxRizruWfT9ZuT8ZQkiOa0vPiAvw1izLOehWi7-CH-JOT7SnvnTEmhTth4q8654GhDCa4q3Qc80d9E-D6Vw0sAREtaYWMDRDggYXjGE6CAng4ZpzPjHu6tq1qgxRC8S2fKBvLp-c2QSHonzA8SmTA6UzXHGh/s3000/TPK_7908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjinYLP5akXfKc1t0hmwwONK49GScHLBxRizruWfT9ZuT8ZQkiOa0vPiAvw1izLOehWi7-CH-JOT7SnvnTEmhTth4q8654GhDCa4q3Qc80d9E-D6Vw0sAREtaYWMDRDggYXjGE6CAng4ZpzPjHu6tq1qgxRC8S2fKBvLp-c2QSHonzA8SmTA6UzXHGh/w640-h428/TPK_7908.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMl80Q57z9RB--ZGTr41rx9y760aaedPlqz9tCs-2y24TRLZ3lGuoOlqL_m_fvBWeudM4t9ToagFybaVrpGMR8yPJvBn8FWDoLQ18on9CXqzsZQbkxsty3q-3yX2BneJyIukgg-WqNoCOnGbfWmbFncxGPAllwONaH5x9A1DVlyTxV6ybJsHU8wcs/s3000/TPK_7913.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMl80Q57z9RB--ZGTr41rx9y760aaedPlqz9tCs-2y24TRLZ3lGuoOlqL_m_fvBWeudM4t9ToagFybaVrpGMR8yPJvBn8FWDoLQ18on9CXqzsZQbkxsty3q-3yX2BneJyIukgg-WqNoCOnGbfWmbFncxGPAllwONaH5x9A1DVlyTxV6ybJsHU8wcs/w640-h428/TPK_7913.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6qczvRxw80YjZ5QuhcFLIym3KBccgYz3YIpjIDNDmmsnSpp4JG-6xEBwWkdxKbCg-t1i2jzOsy9Yt32tyBPUDe9XYV7skJDYTcd_wNiOd2B-GN-TTClPpShXHbW1L3C1g55lvdRrnM8sUIP2le6zIxZ_ojykip_L6IOm8Yt9_6ViWjroY7QdH-sB/s3000/TPK_7917.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6qczvRxw80YjZ5QuhcFLIym3KBccgYz3YIpjIDNDmmsnSpp4JG-6xEBwWkdxKbCg-t1i2jzOsy9Yt32tyBPUDe9XYV7skJDYTcd_wNiOd2B-GN-TTClPpShXHbW1L3C1g55lvdRrnM8sUIP2le6zIxZ_ojykip_L6IOm8Yt9_6ViWjroY7QdH-sB/w640-h428/TPK_7917.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oRrzlAg0kAhL8QcE-mPqFcgR-T2ebAFdLas_RFaeTltzbbZ1nJdu_jcehu7H_wSc2w9F8C73Cu2ik_32wRocWV5p8r8vpHxJ8_bk2rewRUcPQ4ceWwc3tOnPhrXZzoJreqLGwR6siQm3za_yvVRjMmirRFF4PyrctUY35_6RPKzvnq0DnLAwKZPC/s3000/TPK_7926.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oRrzlAg0kAhL8QcE-mPqFcgR-T2ebAFdLas_RFaeTltzbbZ1nJdu_jcehu7H_wSc2w9F8C73Cu2ik_32wRocWV5p8r8vpHxJ8_bk2rewRUcPQ4ceWwc3tOnPhrXZzoJreqLGwR6siQm3za_yvVRjMmirRFF4PyrctUY35_6RPKzvnq0DnLAwKZPC/w640-h428/TPK_7926.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSe_Qh1z4lBKwdadWF7PY1O_HfbNzIwexF_TNg1QgNBdvGZwb1UHofRqGazMlGyOSFuIryWWaKhwSDj5dIFfHRtSK3uxWG-PSw3Nu22mw5avuNIx7wiE9gOOu0vPEMqYdu7cK_BkaKP0QbG4gxElzwNv7PbhlVa-ZK2qEZME5qXypCP2RyMmpD06O/s3000/TPK_7928.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSe_Qh1z4lBKwdadWF7PY1O_HfbNzIwexF_TNg1QgNBdvGZwb1UHofRqGazMlGyOSFuIryWWaKhwSDj5dIFfHRtSK3uxWG-PSw3Nu22mw5avuNIx7wiE9gOOu0vPEMqYdu7cK_BkaKP0QbG4gxElzwNv7PbhlVa-ZK2qEZME5qXypCP2RyMmpD06O/w640-h428/TPK_7928.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5p_8oR0SLwZqab-PMfgE0oM37Ns_EGcNOvSKsMmelotm6y912axrc0kIJ-58ABdVjMipkHJhFcx-MwfST4j3gHDD_LotgbcAM8nsBTGeoUztUQKXMH9zgf8xZEDLhOYDIvayTn3utoSjA6OxrqL6t4xfFt3mKXC6DLD0-2_j-6DQbdRNSxGoN5Qrd/s3000/TPK_7929.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5p_8oR0SLwZqab-PMfgE0oM37Ns_EGcNOvSKsMmelotm6y912axrc0kIJ-58ABdVjMipkHJhFcx-MwfST4j3gHDD_LotgbcAM8nsBTGeoUztUQKXMH9zgf8xZEDLhOYDIvayTn3utoSjA6OxrqL6t4xfFt3mKXC6DLD0-2_j-6DQbdRNSxGoN5Qrd/w640-h428/TPK_7929.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_River_Station,_Texas" target="_blank">Red River Station</a></span><span style="background-color: white;">, a </span><span>trading post</span><span style="background-color: white;"> on the </span><span>Red River, was near Saint Jo</span><span style="background-color: white;">. In the post-Civil War period, this post became the southern terminus of the </span><span>Chisholm Trail</span><span style="background-color: white;">. As ranchers undertook </span><span>cattle drives</span><span style="background-color: white;"> to get their cattle to railheads in Kansas and then shipped East, where they could command high prices. Cowboys were the chief customers for saloons and hotels in the area. Eventually railroads were constructed into Texas, ending the cattle drives to Kansas, and drawing off business along the trail.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0txkCCJ_34bZHNAvf3YJnwRBOK5Zq0nfNIjjj9fJ4ceL0GIcw5izM1A1v3Hqh1EGtZJmYVEH8Yr67BIxlLqE9OPbEwTP-2UBSWLDs_eKxAkfytuVjOT9mVWB2zg1IgRk5B-q7S33ySrLEQuj2cUI1kVEl3KBPeRoehs-NbnJZNwbLLPx-6g2i7mp/s3000/TPK_7936.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0txkCCJ_34bZHNAvf3YJnwRBOK5Zq0nfNIjjj9fJ4ceL0GIcw5izM1A1v3Hqh1EGtZJmYVEH8Yr67BIxlLqE9OPbEwTP-2UBSWLDs_eKxAkfytuVjOT9mVWB2zg1IgRk5B-q7S33ySrLEQuj2cUI1kVEl3KBPeRoehs-NbnJZNwbLLPx-6g2i7mp/w640-h428/TPK_7936.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcssrHBfZlblp0VZ45zM1lxzGguE__WnSJ74xKN6SuNJVDX94-llEluce4-ldYHxQU74RsgC0wE9vNqQ_xPrYuNRhr1AuPthzny2NnF-fNDAEqhH4rFLCT7nS3q3vnxPMP_uZKoKd8se2IQf-DU2RiYQIaolJGqY6Q4sy8w0TGeYP1p46Og7KTOQq/s3000/TPK_7942.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcssrHBfZlblp0VZ45zM1lxzGguE__WnSJ74xKN6SuNJVDX94-llEluce4-ldYHxQU74RsgC0wE9vNqQ_xPrYuNRhr1AuPthzny2NnF-fNDAEqhH4rFLCT7nS3q3vnxPMP_uZKoKd8se2IQf-DU2RiYQIaolJGqY6Q4sy8w0TGeYP1p46Og7KTOQq/w640-h428/TPK_7942.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXdZwx8-v_GUGuIMfcNbxaFjRLWBtFVGupex1UnglT6J5XadxHwL7XuTrC41BwtRACneLpk_mFCz-kT7BHW7Wn-Cid6iZ-WqnXd0D0E3Vns0Opog7WVtz89YSjQUJb49D69ROrdyDO9hi1NfnP4gDFNTCQrRnGBsbpsWpnluh8KKkokjRhgeXUPLd/s3000/TPK_7943.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXdZwx8-v_GUGuIMfcNbxaFjRLWBtFVGupex1UnglT6J5XadxHwL7XuTrC41BwtRACneLpk_mFCz-kT7BHW7Wn-Cid6iZ-WqnXd0D0E3Vns0Opog7WVtz89YSjQUJb49D69ROrdyDO9hi1NfnP4gDFNTCQrRnGBsbpsWpnluh8KKkokjRhgeXUPLd/w640-h428/TPK_7943.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_tkNeIfV8pGnjVcnklx5jb4t78FmHjuWKNgqiksrAbshVL_PPoas8iQfWFvB81CqFCGtfMkCVgTzpanB4Gng0fZEi-r-n-3d4nB4Huo9PSqOvx2Yv0u2NmGnaN-wp8R1tlSnnTpPdhT5f4k_OBXxbp5cbGiXOnYaqf7Ch1T2nlF4nJvwitLQufyc/s3000/TPK_7959.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_tkNeIfV8pGnjVcnklx5jb4t78FmHjuWKNgqiksrAbshVL_PPoas8iQfWFvB81CqFCGtfMkCVgTzpanB4Gng0fZEi-r-n-3d4nB4Huo9PSqOvx2Yv0u2NmGnaN-wp8R1tlSnnTpPdhT5f4k_OBXxbp5cbGiXOnYaqf7Ch1T2nlF4nJvwitLQufyc/w640-h428/TPK_7959.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7SI0cCHZkkRJNif9BMSEdYpO6JXUzBPwSPzNQbblP4iLrLU-2kfvRN1GVSdDn3_7DN4FEPjrBrdNYVx_tXUsZbvlnhEYpFgF6gNYyIOj9BOkGXahphcHjx0ExbytPhX57hfkQsH8ouQerhfS9eyOFdYCST521o9tMFmqHiuEjGd4AjEZOre8_-Rt9/s3000/TPK_7968.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7SI0cCHZkkRJNif9BMSEdYpO6JXUzBPwSPzNQbblP4iLrLU-2kfvRN1GVSdDn3_7DN4FEPjrBrdNYVx_tXUsZbvlnhEYpFgF6gNYyIOj9BOkGXahphcHjx0ExbytPhX57hfkQsH8ouQerhfS9eyOFdYCST521o9tMFmqHiuEjGd4AjEZOre8_-Rt9/w640-h428/TPK_7968.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p>Near the town of Saint Jo lies, </span><a href="https://www.nocona.org/" target="_blank">Nocona,Texas</a><span style="background-color: white;">. Also located in Montague County, Nocona has a population of around 3000. Another stop on the Chisholm Trail, Nocona has views of the past, present, and future. This area is home to great historical sites, museums wineries, unique art galleries, a gorgeous lake, golf courses, and some good delicious BBQ!</span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNgv6jma1uK6r6BuaMS7wrKIFXQ7b8rer5oCbBrZaNTchtCK0YVq4p2ch1IQFtITjQSq_liyQqh0ch3ot5Ni4SnEFiT9CBV6mtwdQjWRv_nYKY9xswH-0azcBXOfqGgrb_x592DX3q6fc14PRLvk9o9lgf_Og8ageShc2jZAYtaZmwn7G-NIaG4sL/s3000/TPK_8048.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNgv6jma1uK6r6BuaMS7wrKIFXQ7b8rer5oCbBrZaNTchtCK0YVq4p2ch1IQFtITjQSq_liyQqh0ch3ot5Ni4SnEFiT9CBV6mtwdQjWRv_nYKY9xswH-0azcBXOfqGgrb_x592DX3q6fc14PRLvk9o9lgf_Og8ageShc2jZAYtaZmwn7G-NIaG4sL/w640-h428/TPK_8048.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwhy3Xi5DE-CDHwU3_gHZqu1KXgr8pMRb4Q-1xV3KxZec0nx8ekrezHgVJyqYyyj0uCTCcnT98zLlqwzWwmGeYP0wFMa9GoU2BS5hSDW7YdQDHKsiMeALHzJVyizn2mvYUH21gt0-LNC_Jw8PGqkxoRiEKQ33d6fCcWJ3xyHDN_NRveP3YeRHZKV2_/s3000/TPK_7931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwhy3Xi5DE-CDHwU3_gHZqu1KXgr8pMRb4Q-1xV3KxZec0nx8ekrezHgVJyqYyyj0uCTCcnT98zLlqwzWwmGeYP0wFMa9GoU2BS5hSDW7YdQDHKsiMeALHzJVyizn2mvYUH21gt0-LNC_Jw8PGqkxoRiEKQ33d6fCcWJ3xyHDN_NRveP3YeRHZKV2_/w640-h428/TPK_7931.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9KX3gS3eobciEWxEHDhe-L31t0f8_Jszi1nJQqBxgTtDFXvolFxlQHfUVxC3BSDuib00dIqkzTJkwWIpmbJJcYDuND9IgvvZVpdFSBacNfxxYIVSGTFs_igAMHusi_zdiEEQJxRHRlTqlE7-h2RG8FclRcigHNbXuUQFqBUZmXXIYQbnmSqzMzt0m/s3000/TPK_7934.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9KX3gS3eobciEWxEHDhe-L31t0f8_Jszi1nJQqBxgTtDFXvolFxlQHfUVxC3BSDuib00dIqkzTJkwWIpmbJJcYDuND9IgvvZVpdFSBacNfxxYIVSGTFs_igAMHusi_zdiEEQJxRHRlTqlE7-h2RG8FclRcigHNbXuUQFqBUZmXXIYQbnmSqzMzt0m/w640-h428/TPK_7934.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasGhostTowns/SpanishFortTexas/SpanishFortTexas.htm" target="_blank">Spanish Fort</a>, a Texas ghost town, is near the town of Nocona. </span><span style="background-color: white;">At its peak, the town had numerous businesses and churches, a Masonic lodge, five physicians, four hotels, and several saloons. Spanish Fort became known as a very rough and tumble cowboy town, and at least 40 murders are said to have occurred during the cattle drive heyday. </span><span style="background-color: white;">The 20th century saw Spanish Fort almost completely vanish. The post office, school, and newspapers all had closed by 1970. Even the oil boom in Nocona's North Field could not save Spanish Fort, and the town has maintained a population of around 50 ever since.</span></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAfe088fHKEvX27qn2NstXV0GBTDSqc7zMXnoEzSQyQ1nWFO8VrypEMkHE9I_P_IyeVmzJuXNU37rLcBPeCiuJoqHs1BzZMa2Q9O8ZweL0G5S7Ef9xvducUkIyv8XGfriHh3UUOSGRAuUEzJqtbuJBgpmVzLiiFwQl15emF-2n2mF8OUSC2BTg75a/s3000/TPK_8047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAfe088fHKEvX27qn2NstXV0GBTDSqc7zMXnoEzSQyQ1nWFO8VrypEMkHE9I_P_IyeVmzJuXNU37rLcBPeCiuJoqHs1BzZMa2Q9O8ZweL0G5S7Ef9xvducUkIyv8XGfriHh3UUOSGRAuUEzJqtbuJBgpmVzLiiFwQl15emF-2n2mF8OUSC2BTg75a/w640-h428/TPK_8047.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0MP3XC65arya-Ttugq-27cMGZh2wm6MGjqObrnP9xw419rpRmFILDDNnhiyXborULO773d6eQRpsEoG4hBfcJn5dPOHHm-plYsct8JFceeNz7i4ZjiFc0LKMyqYlLtnzfkpGk3WT-rk3hE1SM2CTFu7Iv5h5fFblq1agmcHwEjk3E6GNnxWnhbkF/s3000/TPK_8044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0MP3XC65arya-Ttugq-27cMGZh2wm6MGjqObrnP9xw419rpRmFILDDNnhiyXborULO773d6eQRpsEoG4hBfcJn5dPOHHm-plYsct8JFceeNz7i4ZjiFc0LKMyqYlLtnzfkpGk3WT-rk3hE1SM2CTFu7Iv5h5fFblq1agmcHwEjk3E6GNnxWnhbkF/w640-h428/TPK_8044.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2l78YcXbmq-J4qu4bzY7l3WZPlJudnTBPY_pGgj1fgorUcc53D846scbWtSvHuHBrzQQWALy9O30LfoCHKRzoLgsGvkxv7S9vzDXNoIb1dolKtNuPP_gm1Osw9UaKZpFtsfHsHEmAVP7oO98W81sXThKWrhANhLvnJyepPGGlH8G_episGE3cg5En/s3000/TPK_8021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2l78YcXbmq-J4qu4bzY7l3WZPlJudnTBPY_pGgj1fgorUcc53D846scbWtSvHuHBrzQQWALy9O30LfoCHKRzoLgsGvkxv7S9vzDXNoIb1dolKtNuPP_gm1Osw9UaKZpFtsfHsHEmAVP7oO98W81sXThKWrhANhLvnJyepPGGlH8G_episGE3cg5En/w640-h428/TPK_8021.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_P2bFka2eAUpl0JsF7zRVgqsT4SA9uRxtd2PVZlGJGhk6kNwvxoGRFMifLed0X6FDf6h1suu1LT4Xpnuq_P0Z0jVN6E_MDrVlOKGZd6yWVdAxRrV5GnZVkiRTiY-R_VqGbAbRwpcPOQAEqoNABtg_gCeBav5fulJs5JXkPT7SMVrgif62xFoHkJ9/s3000/TPK_8019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_P2bFka2eAUpl0JsF7zRVgqsT4SA9uRxtd2PVZlGJGhk6kNwvxoGRFMifLed0X6FDf6h1suu1LT4Xpnuq_P0Z0jVN6E_MDrVlOKGZd6yWVdAxRrV5GnZVkiRTiY-R_VqGbAbRwpcPOQAEqoNABtg_gCeBav5fulJs5JXkPT7SMVrgif62xFoHkJ9/w640-h428/TPK_8019.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnp4enJp1Cu2n1jgV7cG-uaqd454avcas5udzqVb4Qf1vT5tgz_de3OVwpinYGvmTVsfSsuAf-lG8gfzb6TieXE9UlmJEiYCRG3sBeDlrvjsnSd-NY8U9i_JzpP74UXDZEFLT6lR8vic42uvkNZMih-lPIZSJRB9uwgqto7Z6WxnMWSgp0fRvKp2f/s3000/TPK_8016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnp4enJp1Cu2n1jgV7cG-uaqd454avcas5udzqVb4Qf1vT5tgz_de3OVwpinYGvmTVsfSsuAf-lG8gfzb6TieXE9UlmJEiYCRG3sBeDlrvjsnSd-NY8U9i_JzpP74UXDZEFLT6lR8vic42uvkNZMih-lPIZSJRB9uwgqto7Z6WxnMWSgp0fRvKp2f/w640-h428/TPK_8016.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-IiTRwYqtoL7ittLvOIOSlSG5EKKj__-v3K8BoTM28kqOBfWM86gteWbWNOs0vBXbPrryrty32J6KQstbnv7CjxrH_YaQJ8XiRgYrzSf5xGBT0nnWl1yBIyD4S-EsX36Pz1vXArm_cBd_NHhHtdRA9Oe8a_4ipFgQdCZelCNBxx6VCNVtL9BGF4_/s3000/TPK_8010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-IiTRwYqtoL7ittLvOIOSlSG5EKKj__-v3K8BoTM28kqOBfWM86gteWbWNOs0vBXbPrryrty32J6KQstbnv7CjxrH_YaQJ8XiRgYrzSf5xGBT0nnWl1yBIyD4S-EsX36Pz1vXArm_cBd_NHhHtdRA9Oe8a_4ipFgQdCZelCNBxx6VCNVtL9BGF4_/w640-h428/TPK_8010.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFebk7f-WvlgaWrA7edAr8d23J2P8L-YqAH7aTQIgCeWIjdLc0u0dB_9257hBc65OZntiU_tHT0AdD80S-2QGkER6O2uz3YCRmeskF4tVd5xVn6dCqnEJPR2jPm4hz4yCu4jEilDzEmMiCgdutCeM_i2oETFi9OJA29mat2OoX6HHKjG-wZARWArzR/s3000/TPK_8009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFebk7f-WvlgaWrA7edAr8d23J2P8L-YqAH7aTQIgCeWIjdLc0u0dB_9257hBc65OZntiU_tHT0AdD80S-2QGkER6O2uz3YCRmeskF4tVd5xVn6dCqnEJPR2jPm4hz4yCu4jEilDzEmMiCgdutCeM_i2oETFi9OJA29mat2OoX6HHKjG-wZARWArzR/w640-h428/TPK_8009.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjHdypDHKgJJ3nc1pTLFHmFeNrR9vBHpRGIWwKjtRy8zTwaDZ-Zde_XGmSN_jXtFQHKBxrE154WH5_dmGnSEtkn_umcYNlVzAyvGNV45oBVjW0Uk5eFnDoTrjFUSkxJ7g8-Cd9sFKT6-g6YelUGnOCwjjBj-Psr9Bm93s74tDckuUyP3a1uIrVwfS/s3000/TPK_7998.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjHdypDHKgJJ3nc1pTLFHmFeNrR9vBHpRGIWwKjtRy8zTwaDZ-Zde_XGmSN_jXtFQHKBxrE154WH5_dmGnSEtkn_umcYNlVzAyvGNV45oBVjW0Uk5eFnDoTrjFUSkxJ7g8-Cd9sFKT6-g6YelUGnOCwjjBj-Psr9Bm93s74tDckuUyP3a1uIrVwfS/w640-h428/TPK_7998.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2TiokrUMJ3o3p2cwzLBLVCRUfyI7BU31q1DKnCY940HmcrHgK0SjPA0ls9SXKw1aA6VKE4NlxiRwnNqa7L3mHiYscVHq5Q20NiY9rVVGEbqagtLqOBAsV3CSXYsjGLcvDTChzFHG_6O-dCMlNWSOBwMsew2LDMNlhZCOHVGpbinxuGHHwoEoKINhc/s3000/TPK_7996.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2TiokrUMJ3o3p2cwzLBLVCRUfyI7BU31q1DKnCY940HmcrHgK0SjPA0ls9SXKw1aA6VKE4NlxiRwnNqa7L3mHiYscVHq5Q20NiY9rVVGEbqagtLqOBAsV3CSXYsjGLcvDTChzFHG_6O-dCMlNWSOBwMsew2LDMNlhZCOHVGpbinxuGHHwoEoKINhc/w640-h428/TPK_7996.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnaitmXbrWGTZgMBU357FBwBZZhQ1-Zgwa6Cy6BEIgZTQPUGx4UTDEnvlCm7a-Y26ZxI9gVEIoT_7VdLZ-KY29neSPHMY9JZW2zdWYIhIAv49YFsyoawpFSb428HmKWJitt2ACBDOROFv_8p9czBH9mvZQSze_uPbonHUFPmV2x8FNS0ddcayN7ns8/s3000/TPK_7990.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnaitmXbrWGTZgMBU357FBwBZZhQ1-Zgwa6Cy6BEIgZTQPUGx4UTDEnvlCm7a-Y26ZxI9gVEIoT_7VdLZ-KY29neSPHMY9JZW2zdWYIhIAv49YFsyoawpFSb428HmKWJitt2ACBDOROFv_8p9czBH9mvZQSze_uPbonHUFPmV2x8FNS0ddcayN7ns8/w640-h428/TPK_7990.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFRNC76-AtJb3IFSqNCdkfuNXZGVs1GAPMxGWnqGcmEfeewKj5YZt4ulsmv4ZaTXLgJakL8QZKLW-w1Nwcb3N_WNpBhw_zce_RwRCiGVeP8wHsd3gyI2UTO55fqzjHxWcfPQA-7b2LAMg6MYyta0qJBZmOQae-Ynmy4wUAz-RXFzyByOZwNACFxk_6/s3000/TPK_7986.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFRNC76-AtJb3IFSqNCdkfuNXZGVs1GAPMxGWnqGcmEfeewKj5YZt4ulsmv4ZaTXLgJakL8QZKLW-w1Nwcb3N_WNpBhw_zce_RwRCiGVeP8wHsd3gyI2UTO55fqzjHxWcfPQA-7b2LAMg6MYyta0qJBZmOQae-Ynmy4wUAz-RXFzyByOZwNACFxk_6/w640-h428/TPK_7986.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdr8-SWB3CziFyYJpt6eb0srghK31XKwktyUYZAfACP1pzgYhdZ4-3QBRkOzvqyrmq1cVo6GG--qFy7gK_hfoA4IM3wM8moDTdOtwwMIO2Gbn0tI6vYXQwmNs2mce6NFFr0asXYFbKvcLtsk1My8ToOCoMKg-hab6H21jGhaxtM_0FmezcPKmvEGwk/s3000/TPK_7982.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdr8-SWB3CziFyYJpt6eb0srghK31XKwktyUYZAfACP1pzgYhdZ4-3QBRkOzvqyrmq1cVo6GG--qFy7gK_hfoA4IM3wM8moDTdOtwwMIO2Gbn0tI6vYXQwmNs2mce6NFFr0asXYFbKvcLtsk1My8ToOCoMKg-hab6H21jGhaxtM_0FmezcPKmvEGwk/w640-h428/TPK_7982.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We had a great time exploring the area around the Red River in North Texas and taking in all its history. If you'd like to see more of our little day trip then visit us on YouTube by clicking the link below!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="309" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jVWD2IU6CKc" width="483" youtube-src-id="jVWD2IU6CKc"></iframe></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Here is the recipe for the cocktail we made in this episode of The Adventures of TK & Gman.</span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><b>Red River Punch</b></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">1 ½ oz Vodka</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">½ oz Lemon juice</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">½ oz Simple syrup</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">5 Raspberries</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Soda water</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Lemon peel</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Muddle raspberries in a shaker with the
vodka, lemon juice and simple syrup. Double strain into a wine glass
and top with soda water. Garnish with raspberries.</span></p></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtApMCfszGHoe6eYGEasp8Bw7vjtRtPzKdBFKycockjD1mudPaX3ufG70ZCmg4zI0ebvpWAr6mNDI1_CIA69X9FNOtRsOr6knRddFoSLzX7jTSDd42jRJutWfsb-22U0NDQpAwnnk9e1OVbZgvg0U6WomWa1QP_bwPoYHaQsbnC_yEVb5zDk4A4hS1/s2756/20230216_155138.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2116" data-original-width="2756" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtApMCfszGHoe6eYGEasp8Bw7vjtRtPzKdBFKycockjD1mudPaX3ufG70ZCmg4zI0ebvpWAr6mNDI1_CIA69X9FNOtRsOr6knRddFoSLzX7jTSDd42jRJutWfsb-22U0NDQpAwnnk9e1OVbZgvg0U6WomWa1QP_bwPoYHaQsbnC_yEVb5zDk4A4hS1/w640-h492/20230216_155138.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Red River Punch</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><br /></p>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comSt Jo, TX 76265, USA33.6948279 -97.52252449999998931.814008188278546 -99.719790124999989 35.57564761172145 -95.325258874999989tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-56469563197359519812022-05-22T11:18:00.206-05:002023-07-30T11:09:17.608-06:00Victoria, British Columbia<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">On day six of our 2022 Alaskan cruise our last port-of-call was beautiful <a href="https://www.tourismvictoria.com/" target="_blank">Victoria, B.C.</a> We arrived in Victoria around 4:00 pm and had until 9:00 pm to explore. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMUV-R7q_NaxuwCnpdghdBztI6CpOPbLjQMI__dRCgLy0-tBUw0ZhDNFA7aCobZW-ycQ6Muacm7eR_LaM8qpe2FxuUn8C44yN6U7XRcozHnUDQLcxeBzanLwoaEX33DrMnvHEDlJgxMlxCdf6QGoZTetUSxWV5LzFvqfIkmwvMHHvw2Rb4JrJhZAz/s3000/DSC_0814-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMUV-R7q_NaxuwCnpdghdBztI6CpOPbLjQMI__dRCgLy0-tBUw0ZhDNFA7aCobZW-ycQ6Muacm7eR_LaM8qpe2FxuUn8C44yN6U7XRcozHnUDQLcxeBzanLwoaEX33DrMnvHEDlJgxMlxCdf6QGoZTetUSxWV5LzFvqfIkmwvMHHvw2Rb4JrJhZAz/w640-h426/DSC_0814-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Cruising through the Salish Sea/Views of Olympic Range</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4wKc9G8pgofzUSvFFTGz0OHEQIWkdZXX_8idWiDOgSj3wSqLv8XWR9Mk0kyg0F9leso2QrBPp33NNAwISi-FLe7OY02hdGN07LnKBHXSLpcSuLawtBMrE-0cudCriiQU_TWXhWAJ0GtWzb0H5NUSilq3ubmNkPqouUImHlUaAOTB3EXjPMyvUl_v/s3000/DSC_0807-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4wKc9G8pgofzUSvFFTGz0OHEQIWkdZXX_8idWiDOgSj3wSqLv8XWR9Mk0kyg0F9leso2QrBPp33NNAwISi-FLe7OY02hdGN07LnKBHXSLpcSuLawtBMrE-0cudCriiQU_TWXhWAJ0GtWzb0H5NUSilq3ubmNkPqouUImHlUaAOTB3EXjPMyvUl_v/w640-h426/DSC_0807-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Coast Guard boarding our ship</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEURp2UQmWmJ0xJp51EorwDSpPOyghUPinkqGLqooMZNOmUF7KQQUst2hBIcm4HB8cfa-3zPI75e6HPjN4KtcF6CfmdyNyJlIqWh0-WHhQf_uaSsr1jYP7wXsJLmT5aUsYOl4xZxe6TkV8bU_IHSHfzJBMNYg1Dj1KZsAmHSHoklafO5iOoA-ImSMU/s3000/DSC_0820-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEURp2UQmWmJ0xJp51EorwDSpPOyghUPinkqGLqooMZNOmUF7KQQUst2hBIcm4HB8cfa-3zPI75e6HPjN4KtcF6CfmdyNyJlIqWh0-WHhQf_uaSsr1jYP7wXsJLmT5aUsYOl4xZxe6TkV8bU_IHSHfzJBMNYg1Dj1KZsAmHSHoklafO5iOoA-ImSMU/w640-h426/DSC_0820-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Victoria's busy harbor</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ymN5YilTLL5KwgTO72yPRVbEYyOQGLA-9b_YyhctSCpr_l3JXr5wcMo14FNjSxn5CubKWpRxW11N0phtYkHgMyivcccghTXqPfpQu7XBgWj5z3Grkd9Gtvpr_K7VZliN9jkt2qjdLAa7AGxvTrkOLL-2RK7yUQe4B_FFpV1_i9yVqcmGcVS66nV7/s3000/DSC_0851-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ymN5YilTLL5KwgTO72yPRVbEYyOQGLA-9b_YyhctSCpr_l3JXr5wcMo14FNjSxn5CubKWpRxW11N0phtYkHgMyivcccghTXqPfpQu7XBgWj5z3Grkd9Gtvpr_K7VZliN9jkt2qjdLAa7AGxvTrkOLL-2RK7yUQe4B_FFpV1_i9yVqcmGcVS66nV7/w640-h426/DSC_0851-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yKPsipPuX3PFh1StcNZwGxuCLYsFr6yC_FcboTmBQhuo9L1jbQbEQyRGBVafRAmNsgwPw7uQVa5tnljS1J9PDIOLaKdXHrtwHSGrHMjjvrOwQcA8HADSJnAIaGjRAkSNkh4ohP2xId6WAg7iLo3KGNu877eISCQhb0NKoIIU7Jw4VaYNrhWb9Ron/s3000/DSC_0867-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yKPsipPuX3PFh1StcNZwGxuCLYsFr6yC_FcboTmBQhuo9L1jbQbEQyRGBVafRAmNsgwPw7uQVa5tnljS1J9PDIOLaKdXHrtwHSGrHMjjvrOwQcA8HADSJnAIaGjRAkSNkh4ohP2xId6WAg7iLo3KGNu877eISCQhb0NKoIIU7Jw4VaYNrhWb9Ron/w640-h426/DSC_0867-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Victoria's cute welcoming committee</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Although we had our passports in hand we did not need them as customs was closed. We strolled on through the port of entry and in to down town, Victoria.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMNJiM6kc-aaUKz2iaMm30nQGB6ibVvYtVFxKrax2oJdrtDmr-3O-puBFn9tSOz2ENh5Br4zp-Vlfu90J75_nSrnSXITGv6GZxBgvdZnODqthZ_LiYmC2xELQTta4igNWipfCN5Bwysvk0Kr1hizm9OTx5zyc2zKjIWoPbpOn5TWmvYKm31maz_wn/s3000/DSC_0873-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMNJiM6kc-aaUKz2iaMm30nQGB6ibVvYtVFxKrax2oJdrtDmr-3O-puBFn9tSOz2ENh5Br4zp-Vlfu90J75_nSrnSXITGv6GZxBgvdZnODqthZ_LiYmC2xELQTta4igNWipfCN5Bwysvk0Kr1hizm9OTx5zyc2zKjIWoPbpOn5TWmvYKm31maz_wn/w640-h426/DSC_0873-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq96-ATQOWgH-LALaQU8OGgJGbeRykBkvlHc8lyzjKdH1QOt_rKJgPSPt0k4qnr_om4PVEIQE6SemLIBKzZL6hOdA7seeh4MJ1ItNyzTCUm7DK6m615PRe-BQg6cWpMnLYlqgbZuN3vsLvO2KP99vSqjP-t-LMsS6JxOdEd4fcwwj7TJzwmt9UytLn/s3000/20220522_163913-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="3000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq96-ATQOWgH-LALaQU8OGgJGbeRykBkvlHc8lyzjKdH1QOt_rKJgPSPt0k4qnr_om4PVEIQE6SemLIBKzZL6hOdA7seeh4MJ1ItNyzTCUm7DK6m615PRe-BQg6cWpMnLYlqgbZuN3vsLvO2KP99vSqjP-t-LMsS6JxOdEd4fcwwj7TJzwmt9UytLn/w640-h480/20220522_163913-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-u6Ke7NnhTbIZY1tFI8w7R7PSjYtsWhGj6Jngq9by2UplMfKrwj09_fcebYtVSD6nBbWC5-hLqT3t-x9GWBFaQ9CmCWPolBvU8vlM0el9UjKOc7lGH_n80j9Ob-QQEVRdBwuiiqpU0ddXKlfifEBzFgyFilmI_gkx8NySp6zwha5nqLBxZrh9Uplp/s3000/20220522_171528-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="3000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-u6Ke7NnhTbIZY1tFI8w7R7PSjYtsWhGj6Jngq9by2UplMfKrwj09_fcebYtVSD6nBbWC5-hLqT3t-x9GWBFaQ9CmCWPolBvU8vlM0el9UjKOc7lGH_n80j9Ob-QQEVRdBwuiiqpU0ddXKlfifEBzFgyFilmI_gkx8NySp6zwha5nqLBxZrh9Uplp/w640-h288/20220522_171528-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhklh_CewuKbYWGKFvCeJlgN82N1pyOTpT9e_x4SRyRaH6OHoHGF37p3aGnWPP8FjK8QqFy51kh6xgXJicSRiMl2JJ2QIYODUaJSUSx4As3nepT1j2SegYVYfVStPqMYLtjDb_3U6vSWDEBdiUpLyfu-f2cpPpyKBp3kGtJUnJyZmuLuKdk4IJ_CUEu/s3000/20220522_165554-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="3000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhklh_CewuKbYWGKFvCeJlgN82N1pyOTpT9e_x4SRyRaH6OHoHGF37p3aGnWPP8FjK8QqFy51kh6xgXJicSRiMl2JJ2QIYODUaJSUSx4As3nepT1j2SegYVYfVStPqMYLtjDb_3U6vSWDEBdiUpLyfu-f2cpPpyKBp3kGtJUnJyZmuLuKdk4IJ_CUEu/w640-h288/20220522_165554-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXs0InjiXuqSaHzjNvwtr2MDA17LzGYweOhTKKrksYaISMSutWrphwFSN40m8ihQL8rANm7WOhiEQI1abSJbjPeJ9XzG25nNHCVuS48850fyB5j96P1ERraz3GHL6kyFidSGrbOVPJegw4Ojg8zce690atHg1zWlp5UVWjVXc20HL-TJU-JlfIt5Cs/s3000/20220522_165439-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="3000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXs0InjiXuqSaHzjNvwtr2MDA17LzGYweOhTKKrksYaISMSutWrphwFSN40m8ihQL8rANm7WOhiEQI1abSJbjPeJ9XzG25nNHCVuS48850fyB5j96P1ERraz3GHL6kyFidSGrbOVPJegw4Ojg8zce690atHg1zWlp5UVWjVXc20HL-TJU-JlfIt5Cs/w640-h288/20220522_165439-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After a little sightseeing and souvenir shopping we decided to find a pub and grab something to eat along with a few local brews. The <a href="https://garrickshead.com/" target="_blank">Garrick's Head Pub</a> did not disappoint and to make things even more fun our shipmates, Kurt & Patti, found us and joined the festivities! What do you eat and watch while you're in Canada? Poutine and the Stanley Cup Playoffs, of course! This was the first time we had eaten Poutine and the messy plate of goodness was just as sinfully delicious as it looks!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6L4QG7JbLLFzBNMzHPhRxtflQ_jmnJPe1mgMrFpQyuL_8KAYq0hBb1ZifDD1zcgky4Crg8-Es0u4ps-f60KKQCh9wgcExVgC9qp_-l2MP5GHZUkJrxiGS6dz53aXaVBPDEzJ7uzv9rZLfyKz4hVO9Mkac6i8-TzmfirEdjnk6T5hoSIK3egZ847qa/s3000/20220522_175327-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="3000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6L4QG7JbLLFzBNMzHPhRxtflQ_jmnJPe1mgMrFpQyuL_8KAYq0hBb1ZifDD1zcgky4Crg8-Es0u4ps-f60KKQCh9wgcExVgC9qp_-l2MP5GHZUkJrxiGS6dz53aXaVBPDEzJ7uzv9rZLfyKz4hVO9Mkac6i8-TzmfirEdjnk6T5hoSIK3egZ847qa/w640-h288/20220522_175327-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDkn3emHIe6W6WU4kTKqk7rG1WeKq3bYKTIjvhSuWfENwmpJFp0O3SOepLf2iq0Ubeeh-b0MoDlyaUrz49R3BlJ_4ca-XK7uVPAOtRYT_PW-BzLcF1YEy12rUzvlewhBXMlb1kLqtO3V3YbWauNKeOONIVH86oq6Z56fzTMKMqe9ScmWQNi3hsq61/s3000/20220522_175949-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="3000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDkn3emHIe6W6WU4kTKqk7rG1WeKq3bYKTIjvhSuWfENwmpJFp0O3SOepLf2iq0Ubeeh-b0MoDlyaUrz49R3BlJ_4ca-XK7uVPAOtRYT_PW-BzLcF1YEy12rUzvlewhBXMlb1kLqtO3V3YbWauNKeOONIVH86oq6Z56fzTMKMqe9ScmWQNi3hsq61/w640-h288/20220522_175949-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlRNiMeSZDx5aUA51j1zXm-PXijso5Y63IMYamL9K-seiQHg1tHI36_3JyU0JkKn-fStSxesS52kbOAEIS70HeJdTLOb5brqCskfrjJSnqFU-BLUFlmOwd159SLve6IcfJIf4WsRxms8V7C3BTFaOgkjoMUz3lIit033bepENef912XjHn5onNIDAH/s3000/20220522_180749-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="1350" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlRNiMeSZDx5aUA51j1zXm-PXijso5Y63IMYamL9K-seiQHg1tHI36_3JyU0JkKn-fStSxesS52kbOAEIS70HeJdTLOb5brqCskfrjJSnqFU-BLUFlmOwd159SLve6IcfJIf4WsRxms8V7C3BTFaOgkjoMUz3lIit033bepENef912XjHn5onNIDAH/w288-h640/20220522_180749-1.jpg" width="288" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lAspuuit_NHuMgMZBxYJXhxPT6pOvswt6kA1TSjfSaMpW0NT1-LC5JmQgXvaWqWPUhpFx8DaO6qRGhy95prWFEXBY79Wzq28YOqhB7zU_Kkip6hNrkt60QToJlj7AUjkEI7qItjKUoRvKfPCkzhzqQTk1HmJ8_iZOVnulRtZL-LB2olkZK9RPE6N/s3000/20220522_184859-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="1350" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lAspuuit_NHuMgMZBxYJXhxPT6pOvswt6kA1TSjfSaMpW0NT1-LC5JmQgXvaWqWPUhpFx8DaO6qRGhy95prWFEXBY79Wzq28YOqhB7zU_Kkip6hNrkt60QToJlj7AUjkEI7qItjKUoRvKfPCkzhzqQTk1HmJ8_iZOVnulRtZL-LB2olkZK9RPE6N/w288-h640/20220522_184859-1.jpg" width="288" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Next, courtesy of Kurt, the four of us hitched a ride on a Pedi-Cab. Our driver was so entertaining and gave us an amazing tour through town before he wheeled us back to our ship.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6mbupQJJXCw7KyzkbVCYSuqqckMl_wb3weT28hmslms8hOa6C0bPtvgZLofJt8jJTzMbrLe0rQfORP18tj0jT3HTBFaOqirU6BZ7SvIpIKrCt1NCKphbaAdzDAD40lB-33BSryQV6qGvrfUp3jIX_B8pAd6Eq7HLW0tWtRHZITbWw5SK_kZQvs2X/s3000/20220522_200514-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="3000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6mbupQJJXCw7KyzkbVCYSuqqckMl_wb3weT28hmslms8hOa6C0bPtvgZLofJt8jJTzMbrLe0rQfORP18tj0jT3HTBFaOqirU6BZ7SvIpIKrCt1NCKphbaAdzDAD40lB-33BSryQV6qGvrfUp3jIX_B8pAd6Eq7HLW0tWtRHZITbWw5SK_kZQvs2X/w640-h480/20220522_200514-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcIqBRh1PO2LB6jOVFolOU1A99YIVnHyTwako7DC88qVCero2mhBWA7ofBfhn6cYCjp-R6f7QwTAh7rL9OrNAEsrxgAw0TPTnnPHCi9r46DQR6CQzeRPzp7NacDZQ_uOoSIRbtVU2NXDPiawOrJNK3kV330v7D1ENFuRD7nUme9I6I8L3o-tbH3GFJ/s3000/20220522_200519-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="3000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcIqBRh1PO2LB6jOVFolOU1A99YIVnHyTwako7DC88qVCero2mhBWA7ofBfhn6cYCjp-R6f7QwTAh7rL9OrNAEsrxgAw0TPTnnPHCi9r46DQR6CQzeRPzp7NacDZQ_uOoSIRbtVU2NXDPiawOrJNK3kV330v7D1ENFuRD7nUme9I6I8L3o-tbH3GFJ/w640-h480/20220522_200519-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Some of the sights we saw in Victoria include...</span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">The <a href="https://gvha.ca/" target="_blank">Victoria's Inner Harbor</a> is home to the famous Victoria Harbor Ferry Company. You might recognize their iconic oval shaped, checkered cab decorated ferries. Although this was on our list of things to do in Victoria our time frame did not allow us to enoy a ride on one of the ferries.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM2BOKX-85ipQnYGMChSj9aGk3QrNFrMEd3nIMWuj092WeKmYpnWdSPba63bsRfkkVBLALX_f6hJsU1ICSVvPPvsiK2Nil2uq7crxRYJiqvBAo5SNBJIh3GfTJBuwPCiTXxHMUIbYIotsFMS9-v0RhGFXuqlFcIKJFE_2J-9cRdmfqZDtFYM9dS1VR/s3000/20220522_170146-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="3000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM2BOKX-85ipQnYGMChSj9aGk3QrNFrMEd3nIMWuj092WeKmYpnWdSPba63bsRfkkVBLALX_f6hJsU1ICSVvPPvsiK2Nil2uq7crxRYJiqvBAo5SNBJIh3GfTJBuwPCiTXxHMUIbYIotsFMS9-v0RhGFXuqlFcIKJFE_2J-9cRdmfqZDtFYM9dS1VR/w640-h288/20220522_170146-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVj3TzF7oGUtmIfb3kFx-FOsKkIdGRX6hZVk6XyGJoTHEMDn3fVn615OYA-r51WebaJIS6K83zZvqVabkdMcgKfrGxVZpen2v3NNNfj3BQqIdG42sxME_UyNyFbwKEBwflt1DC0xFhhDTBBDOpUhk2Z-NRDF6DBJMsv8AH6hZB3nVBqU-bVBZvOTvk/s3000/20220522_170542-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="3000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVj3TzF7oGUtmIfb3kFx-FOsKkIdGRX6hZVk6XyGJoTHEMDn3fVn615OYA-r51WebaJIS6K83zZvqVabkdMcgKfrGxVZpen2v3NNNfj3BQqIdG42sxME_UyNyFbwKEBwflt1DC0xFhhDTBBDOpUhk2Z-NRDF6DBJMsv8AH6hZB3nVBqU-bVBZvOTvk/w640-h288/20220522_170542-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrT9l8k4ZN_3cLTwuxqSl-VolEeXtM5L2-fGuVWIlAyyeS9aRLVRuyzDM4UnhZXMULMoWmwv1-RfTXcZCR56BrjWKHnpGc_bxtssX3j9amiu0RloCQabA23t_QBK3vfcIDVHjTWSCH72Xg2uPWSdWCI5jx3idMKRgg_awHPQLTUnDq1Kok8yZq9WPp/s3000/20220522_171239-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="3000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrT9l8k4ZN_3cLTwuxqSl-VolEeXtM5L2-fGuVWIlAyyeS9aRLVRuyzDM4UnhZXMULMoWmwv1-RfTXcZCR56BrjWKHnpGc_bxtssX3j9amiu0RloCQabA23t_QBK3vfcIDVHjTWSCH72Xg2uPWSdWCI5jx3idMKRgg_awHPQLTUnDq1Kok8yZq9WPp/w640-h288/20220522_171239-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;">The <a href="https://www.fairmont.com/" target="_blank">Fairmont-Empress Hotel</a> is an award-winning Victoria hotel that is on the National Historic Registry List. This beautiful hotel is a blend of the vintage and the modern. This amazing hotel </span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;">offers magnificent views of the harbor, city and gardens.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9EorXdn_B6QkJBx-L3bwX5R3rm2JJeQf73EvOb4PNsQ6eU0EHA79LHWLub4bdHcKaBp2jsfNJ2vXfzZFZY8mnSKOmZ0qDCXcTxLmBPIoo-BOsqJZnaOakyGkEfNkak8bcZmj7ZWIezk9QjkSelOnGhQxuK5ndLWocBI1m9VLytsu3skNsADpchQT/s8000/20220522_203222.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="8000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9EorXdn_B6QkJBx-L3bwX5R3rm2JJeQf73EvOb4PNsQ6eU0EHA79LHWLub4bdHcKaBp2jsfNJ2vXfzZFZY8mnSKOmZ0qDCXcTxLmBPIoo-BOsqJZnaOakyGkEfNkak8bcZmj7ZWIezk9QjkSelOnGhQxuK5ndLWocBI1m9VLytsu3skNsADpchQT/w640-h480/20220522_203222.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Overlooking Victoria's majestic Inner Harbor, the <a href="https://www.tourismvictoria.com/see-do/activities-attractions/attractions/british-columbia-parliament-buildings" target="_blank">Parliament Buildings</a> and surrounding areas are located in the traditional territories of the Lekwungen people. Visitors are invited to discover the architectural splendor of the Parliament Buildings and learn about British Columbia's Legislative Assembly.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUncIDdt8rryn8AWT7k-LWSkGeOPsjCA1NOahdqxPF1GdW6v-qGB12pf5Ixidg9Sj-G6E8k2bBWsFb7f_CWxtlcCJ7-6lwR3Y4ppAfFp069WXkzYWzpGnmWXGLWaFQAa9k1_RJR9PAbTlqxc9EhN8abwt1rJb-wNL5npWhO8nXpiClZzPNcVKHUSL_/s3000/20220522_170102-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="3000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUncIDdt8rryn8AWT7k-LWSkGeOPsjCA1NOahdqxPF1GdW6v-qGB12pf5Ixidg9Sj-G6E8k2bBWsFb7f_CWxtlcCJ7-6lwR3Y4ppAfFp069WXkzYWzpGnmWXGLWaFQAa9k1_RJR9PAbTlqxc9EhN8abwt1rJb-wNL5npWhO8nXpiClZzPNcVKHUSL_/w640-h288/20220522_170102-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p>Located on Vancouver Island on the west coast of British Columbia, </span><a href="http://chinatown.library.uvic.ca/" target="_blank">Victoria’s Chinatown</a><span style="background-color: white;"> is the oldest in Canada, and one of the oldest in North America.</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-NTfAQUZ7T4Fs4rrhJZmM8L4LqCPrnYFbwF-evU76Ll8zs4jpla9So1h23Ctwte-QDLKdQvEwIYj5OAPbQiBmRJXmYYegjWHRudMEiK8X1bqXmA1MazFty0P6nxObrW-s86_y06La3rl2TYkZpJGmxupwCYEjU_tKFhnJEyGoJarFQLbByMi7K-D/s3000/20220522_200746-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="3000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-NTfAQUZ7T4Fs4rrhJZmM8L4LqCPrnYFbwF-evU76Ll8zs4jpla9So1h23Ctwte-QDLKdQvEwIYj5OAPbQiBmRJXmYYegjWHRudMEiK8X1bqXmA1MazFty0P6nxObrW-s86_y06La3rl2TYkZpJGmxupwCYEjU_tKFhnJEyGoJarFQLbByMi7K-D/w640-h480/20220522_200746-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxae_jmWM2Kf9PZ_G2x5enXjXBtAQSyUZwUUaRMkJgY3ABwZf4VoqGupG5-VNou_oI_03n1oiaQnFd4vAcdutdQrFiVQBErNgOfLfJ1M36O8uGL48tLtJB_rIaMl-4oaNPEZ7XqAixU5PnZdrlShysFEsL_HUHu1olrqTnylDBqPJIG9mRNU_GZhd2/s3000/20220522_201307-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2251" data-original-width="3000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxae_jmWM2Kf9PZ_G2x5enXjXBtAQSyUZwUUaRMkJgY3ABwZf4VoqGupG5-VNou_oI_03n1oiaQnFd4vAcdutdQrFiVQBErNgOfLfJ1M36O8uGL48tLtJB_rIaMl-4oaNPEZ7XqAixU5PnZdrlShysFEsL_HUHu1olrqTnylDBqPJIG9mRNU_GZhd2/w640-h480/20220522_201307-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUlZRuqy2ZcIr8-OlS4W-kk5Fr7LN-_YXv7m9deI4UampODEtOjXxNaY-WYtZtOfBc51gvES8RW6VqWkraA846KkAwRrJzVQWmpBVsrxC5JS80dIH6C4_HDvYqeav-_0cQQujVkc9R8VnWm13TR2C_niwDjiMI3ihN6aAhbU2BQ078WCB_CeNoClNg/s3000/20220522_201359-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2253" data-original-width="3000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUlZRuqy2ZcIr8-OlS4W-kk5Fr7LN-_YXv7m9deI4UampODEtOjXxNaY-WYtZtOfBc51gvES8RW6VqWkraA846KkAwRrJzVQWmpBVsrxC5JS80dIH6C4_HDvYqeav-_0cQQujVkc9R8VnWm13TR2C_niwDjiMI3ihN6aAhbU2BQ078WCB_CeNoClNg/w640-h480/20220522_201359-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLL4xHw2UwPNf6-b-5N2oe4Rfj1_0MaS9vUBxVpUfdLKEKxoENFnLluR-vJFnONXR4TO2qjyHQ53usYKSA4EmD0ba8u_RH8Z3AeB2_u6Xle2y5I6FNVXL2FwtewWh8yACl_wy2pJs8_XuXXD0DKpu72iIe6_WC-4jK4SXgzwgf7fLL9NuMxhQaTPmC/s3000/20220522_201424-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2247" data-original-width="3000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLL4xHw2UwPNf6-b-5N2oe4Rfj1_0MaS9vUBxVpUfdLKEKxoENFnLluR-vJFnONXR4TO2qjyHQ53usYKSA4EmD0ba8u_RH8Z3AeB2_u6Xle2y5I6FNVXL2FwtewWh8yACl_wy2pJs8_XuXXD0DKpu72iIe6_WC-4jK4SXgzwgf7fLL9NuMxhQaTPmC/w640-h480/20220522_201424-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrcSGFi7qk-8cFIOIfk9lNJX5kYN5u3GC6gyiNEDCDperPotLgnLbTNjSMW7_nC3H2EJrpdxbaNtptwQwgAjhXnEhrJ3VBeWWEPdlhbPHX-BMPNu204C_P0_ZkVIMsaE3pG_CyJCW9jDRydCBjLhXLS0JJwih5OQfdaebOS0HgyWjN8Ydv9q2fGDz/s3000/20220522_201427-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="3000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrcSGFi7qk-8cFIOIfk9lNJX5kYN5u3GC6gyiNEDCDperPotLgnLbTNjSMW7_nC3H2EJrpdxbaNtptwQwgAjhXnEhrJ3VBeWWEPdlhbPHX-BMPNu204C_P0_ZkVIMsaE3pG_CyJCW9jDRydCBjLhXLS0JJwih5OQfdaebOS0HgyWjN8Ydv9q2fGDz/w640-h480/20220522_201427-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHNXF7YxPnBEvqKWDNhFifVatRsXJLNhp8DT_MEVYDsJiqN18Lx-OW3qtj95qZu5ykaaLxf1YQi3OcPvALop1PvarnEYif8d4uKVaVDGA52ccbxbLWe8GHMH8QiV6eD9-dhhODCK8bMmv4ml0s48o3CuwL95WuWPJaO_1QjibdromNVa6T_E5Rswk/s3000/20220522_201713-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="3000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHNXF7YxPnBEvqKWDNhFifVatRsXJLNhp8DT_MEVYDsJiqN18Lx-OW3qtj95qZu5ykaaLxf1YQi3OcPvALop1PvarnEYif8d4uKVaVDGA52ccbxbLWe8GHMH8QiV6eD9-dhhODCK8bMmv4ml0s48o3CuwL95WuWPJaO_1QjibdromNVa6T_E5Rswk/w640-h480/20220522_201713-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">To see more of our adventure in Victoria, B.C., click on our video below. Don't forget to "like" and "subscribe" to see more!</span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cykU_VBRIsY" width="614" youtube-src-id="cykU_VBRIsY"></iframe></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comVictoria, BC, Canada48.4284207 -123.365644420.118186863821151 -158.5218944 76.738654536178842 -88.2093944tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-12424703022990817682022-05-20T13:50:00.176-05:002023-07-30T12:07:25.934-06:00Endicott Arms, Dawes Glacier and Juneau, Alaska<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Our ship sailed through the night and when we awoke we found ourselves nearing Endicott Arms. </span><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVf9RDO6MwjDGPy5NVFjWb_WWq-rYX3bbETyxDLbfaM8a-23sP7wwcmIsOprK1rW5opiNOFy-4D6IgxTPCKGj8U7b39vsegTejerlPt8eZpg8aLYMBxWOpixoBjkOXOxPqdYM3XsqX2nxqUkP_Xu9Oahz8y3Tg0EvWGnz-lm2PRYxYJxt3N7f5kun8/s7400/20220520_050811-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3330" data-original-width="7400" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVf9RDO6MwjDGPy5NVFjWb_WWq-rYX3bbETyxDLbfaM8a-23sP7wwcmIsOprK1rW5opiNOFy-4D6IgxTPCKGj8U7b39vsegTejerlPt8eZpg8aLYMBxWOpixoBjkOXOxPqdYM3XsqX2nxqUkP_Xu9Oahz8y3Tg0EvWGnz-lm2PRYxYJxt3N7f5kun8/w640-h288/20220520_050811-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Waking up near Endicott Arms</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68f81f4-r_jvp8vDnxg-mGSeMqsdU17X_XhXtjSGW9ou-6s2n1i46n-3KYjPIf3s1OqioA7dFYoiJcwEi-pSuz7Bl7U877zb0MzKir4hBWG0uCr45iU-qQ2ejkEQ9vxqTWHHkTRGk7u277fyq_kwr2lHyiQBzJHl0FGs8knHAR9uNJfcvBHKXufA7/s7400/20220520_062831-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3330" data-original-width="7400" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68f81f4-r_jvp8vDnxg-mGSeMqsdU17X_XhXtjSGW9ou-6s2n1i46n-3KYjPIf3s1OqioA7dFYoiJcwEi-pSuz7Bl7U877zb0MzKir4hBWG0uCr45iU-qQ2ejkEQ9vxqTWHHkTRGk7u277fyq_kwr2lHyiQBzJHl0FGs8knHAR9uNJfcvBHKXufA7/w640-h288/20220520_062831-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Spotting our first baby iceberg aka growler</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Endicott Arm</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: inherit;"> is a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">fjord</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> that is about 50 miles south of <a href="https://www.traveljuneau.com/" target="_blank">Juneau, Alaska</a>. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">At the end of the fjord lies the </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Dawes Glacier.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: inherit;">The fjord lies in the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Tongass National Forest</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: inherit;"> on the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Stephens Passage</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: inherit;"> , a strait in the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Alexander Archipelago</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> , from which it runs in a southeasterly direction. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">In 1980, the United States Congress</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> declared the Endicott Arm, along with the parallel </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Tracy Arm</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> and their environs totaling more than 1000 square miles, </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">as a </span><i style="background: none; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Wilderness Area</span></i><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> under the name </span><i style="background: none; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness</span></i><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> , the strictest class of </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">protected areas</span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> in the United States.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; vertical-align: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: inherit;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2h937Q3kRjBlFX0HEf8xKJyv3g1DahuhUk6JFdipb7NLl4N_iyzMvXTrLQEQOksgBrX4lmJLmnGdde-rOcJ4fe1mfZQbI6r54KmnmM43G2zhdgoE-fNPb89qtd22k6sFCUqHwSyAoRckQ3XiO51Gz9FljGoXDZbxxUp0zWrTB-MyHteqJv5UVP2C5/s7400/20220520_092302-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5550" data-original-width="7400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2h937Q3kRjBlFX0HEf8xKJyv3g1DahuhUk6JFdipb7NLl4N_iyzMvXTrLQEQOksgBrX4lmJLmnGdde-rOcJ4fe1mfZQbI6r54KmnmM43G2zhdgoE-fNPb89qtd22k6sFCUqHwSyAoRckQ3XiO51Gz9FljGoXDZbxxUp0zWrTB-MyHteqJv5UVP2C5/w640-h480/20220520_092302-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the ship, looking into Endicott Arms</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5550" data-original-width="7400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqtwQavOTfeQQ3pStK1N6kG5n0Vh1DyZ5se5aobDgCz8AvXVA7LK-saHZxT5g9ZGrb5uRrGiw6irN6mH1Q2wEZ45kEka7e-hrgPTFKpddZJphMWlFKuz5oXog9CbHvx4zOxi7WCrcrGHYmym0Ye1MhlqfsiOF8FpASxOPsWk7P3OXrv-Led26Qt7ha/w640-h480/GOPR0247-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the small boat and pulling away from our ship<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8kI3bJukDKcDNKaQqPJLQOCtzxe9DWm7ptSa46f2xsx66bryRvEpYwXbdUy7QJnJzQPGTTgC6bfYkqNnIhk-vo5nEKuMNjCWteflUpQJ7seSHN_aDGzhT3CI6uEA9ssRAOY0yjuQkcCTgThQHqNjxJPjitNKcbwyyX9ZtFRCV3pTW04StPfZmxeRo/s7400/G0020254-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5550" data-original-width="7400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8kI3bJukDKcDNKaQqPJLQOCtzxe9DWm7ptSa46f2xsx66bryRvEpYwXbdUy7QJnJzQPGTTgC6bfYkqNnIhk-vo5nEKuMNjCWteflUpQJ7seSHN_aDGzhT3CI6uEA9ssRAOY0yjuQkcCTgThQHqNjxJPjitNKcbwyyX9ZtFRCV3pTW04StPfZmxeRo/w640-h480/G0020254-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here we go!</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><span style="background-color: transparent;">Due to the high density of ice in Endicott Arms our ship's captain decided not to attempt to go any further through the fjord. Thinking that this might happen, we booked an excursion where a smaller boat picked us up from our ship and took us through Endicott Arms and as close as possible to the Dawes Glacier.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghY0bOB1LU7ibrfb-igTl0i-M1jHmtzbhFJ_0HhRott0PbjIEFf-VdI9ySGw7Exepma3o4BImENMDDpprDULYt2hEV9VGQ8QdAeRn4T44Wsi6sPL1MfBJxk6vXJkxf6ypsz-GnPUBA73emD-wRCnYZna8DTXrZ2YizGR_8x89kR4ulUneBYBQu7OFl/s7400/20220520_090306-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3330" data-original-width="7400" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghY0bOB1LU7ibrfb-igTl0i-M1jHmtzbhFJ_0HhRott0PbjIEFf-VdI9ySGw7Exepma3o4BImENMDDpprDULYt2hEV9VGQ8QdAeRn4T44Wsi6sPL1MfBJxk6vXJkxf6ypsz-GnPUBA73emD-wRCnYZna8DTXrZ2YizGR_8x89kR4ulUneBYBQu7OFl/w640-h288/20220520_090306-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHphFxn87oYOEYmTDBX_Hi_4__Sfd2OI9KujmMO0ZymRTXb029k5VClx6OWdkw2nT2BHvjO0OquH5EG8F0-Nk6_JqQ4sBYjcKxtcix-C9tAPIW-0dk_khse14PpHwevrsYVeFM24ZNRw5RACNqZ8qlZ41wQU_ZiLk8EfzdF3uWg65-H1nPPtLFgxbq/s7400/20220520_095715-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3330" data-original-width="7400" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHphFxn87oYOEYmTDBX_Hi_4__Sfd2OI9KujmMO0ZymRTXb029k5VClx6OWdkw2nT2BHvjO0OquH5EG8F0-Nk6_JqQ4sBYjcKxtcix-C9tAPIW-0dk_khse14PpHwevrsYVeFM24ZNRw5RACNqZ8qlZ41wQU_ZiLk8EfzdF3uWg65-H1nPPtLFgxbq/w640-h288/20220520_095715-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had watermelon margaritas made from THIS small growler</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCF5TXIBgPfSGHJ3z8-F6-JIh1O2kAP_LOqno5Gc9Dt4EKyC_KjTguL2CO_7Dn0_jnwKZFW9Jv11-knacy7v-T0VU0Q8e1VGuKprmx9Qjqqnan82AkjtsPfSBvc--_Axg8W-SgQcY7pi41GBeSCx0JBAJ5JIVLqXL1eIBvD7nqHYuaA2uELWt23fVR/s7400/20220520_103407-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3330" data-original-width="7400" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCF5TXIBgPfSGHJ3z8-F6-JIh1O2kAP_LOqno5Gc9Dt4EKyC_KjTguL2CO_7Dn0_jnwKZFW9Jv11-knacy7v-T0VU0Q8e1VGuKprmx9Qjqqnan82AkjtsPfSBvc--_Axg8W-SgQcY7pi41GBeSCx0JBAJ5JIVLqXL1eIBvD7nqHYuaA2uELWt23fVR/w640-h288/20220520_103407-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPT8nSKH3j0STlM-E_SngjeUg-H25iHbIp6aYwRjH2NGzx_QH3AZEBL-mS6peLeMfijgVeWmFsQb6IBJkZMS-_wygAcJqUI9ZAc7r_yUfj0SJ_CFKBCmU9os4ByeXlxeDa2_JHOAJLO3db2xdUXqj_7QUAz676dhK-zmDeWYvQdmGysLBxNd-y4PzS/s7400/20220520_103416-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3330" data-original-width="7400" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPT8nSKH3j0STlM-E_SngjeUg-H25iHbIp6aYwRjH2NGzx_QH3AZEBL-mS6peLeMfijgVeWmFsQb6IBJkZMS-_wygAcJqUI9ZAc7r_yUfj0SJ_CFKBCmU9os4ByeXlxeDa2_JHOAJLO3db2xdUXqj_7QUAz676dhK-zmDeWYvQdmGysLBxNd-y4PzS/w640-h288/20220520_103416-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKUGuzQPrXaiwoTX5GHMkJW7gK8jwYMyGLIUgS7M8xoeH5PU-vjHzenyE29I9__qb7dEteizW7xwGEP7GYA0IWnV0AO90OEXQb45ARy7dZPqGhyzMHurdSrqqFb1oZivcm8bwLb19yjOQ8TkcrDtAIHSRGx1phlwtINWCgqH55YVLfffKt8HJgmDN0/s7400/20220520_104650-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3330" data-original-width="7400" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKUGuzQPrXaiwoTX5GHMkJW7gK8jwYMyGLIUgS7M8xoeH5PU-vjHzenyE29I9__qb7dEteizW7xwGEP7GYA0IWnV0AO90OEXQb45ARy7dZPqGhyzMHurdSrqqFb1oZivcm8bwLb19yjOQ8TkcrDtAIHSRGx1phlwtINWCgqH55YVLfffKt8HJgmDN0/w640-h288/20220520_104650-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqYjNe-LPl3C01nU9_Sd6zTkBuGHJ-U7unf9nG5MC8tcFlzganIsCbQtochFHJI3dR6lIfaXMltrd9x01F7yMmrM9bUJLbwpoNp7PCL_n-uyPm0YymM6W5I-QqIW7w2lCvRPB2TPbirj7Gz_Sx3uhp7rX7E3xEUBnqfK73AqRkhBmr9yzvBTQTmRsH/s7400/20220520_112346-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5550" data-original-width="7400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqYjNe-LPl3C01nU9_Sd6zTkBuGHJ-U7unf9nG5MC8tcFlzganIsCbQtochFHJI3dR6lIfaXMltrd9x01F7yMmrM9bUJLbwpoNp7PCL_n-uyPm0YymM6W5I-QqIW7w2lCvRPB2TPbirj7Gz_Sx3uhp7rX7E3xEUBnqfK73AqRkhBmr9yzvBTQTmRsH/w640-h480/20220520_112346-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDgGa1L76a2JJAE8-F-UmutV7BgNfNsXaD_iLwVv5QxZ93EQhGWcyggYYnD-IYH9ktTiOmUzJuEkaU-XqecI7FI5gDcsdo77lei_lULSX9qbxhJA97nyQUEdb81a3FOAJr2CWttsL7ggX3BHNLEImHxq0qLMPEqi8v2QKBY4I0Ai2xEu37EW5mNlK/s7400/DSC_0683-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDgGa1L76a2JJAE8-F-UmutV7BgNfNsXaD_iLwVv5QxZ93EQhGWcyggYYnD-IYH9ktTiOmUzJuEkaU-XqecI7FI5gDcsdo77lei_lULSX9qbxhJA97nyQUEdb81a3FOAJr2CWttsL7ggX3BHNLEImHxq0qLMPEqi8v2QKBY4I0Ai2xEu37EW5mNlK/w640-h426/DSC_0683-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">When we boarded the smaller boat there was a naturalist on board that explained to us that Dawes Glacier had calved overnight and the entire fjord was filled with small growlers. We had to weave in and out of these growlers, going very slowly. Occasionally we could hear the awful sound of the boat hitting/raking the ice chunks.</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">As we neared the glacier the boat's captain turned off the engine because the sounds from the engine can cause vibrations that travel through the fjord and cause the glacier to calf even more.</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHjYlIWL6EE1v1Y0wHOajgzoLFn3fYDYfgrpsGR3zb1qttyhCTXjfN0O29OngLHGsL4sXnoPkyOuwrvy6emeKhC_GrSeMNK-pY-nsSZrSqgxqSK1RAAdsV1ixgIqCM3rIakV4QhKpWjfBhGwRaYsSqK1vlP5-yPLn7nefegMI0a2XGdDkKBz7Trmw/s7400/DSC_0666-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHjYlIWL6EE1v1Y0wHOajgzoLFn3fYDYfgrpsGR3zb1qttyhCTXjfN0O29OngLHGsL4sXnoPkyOuwrvy6emeKhC_GrSeMNK-pY-nsSZrSqgxqSK1RAAdsV1ixgIqCM3rIakV4QhKpWjfBhGwRaYsSqK1vlP5-yPLn7nefegMI0a2XGdDkKBz7Trmw/w640-h426/DSC_0666-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">There's Dawes Glacier!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh843JO6ke50Bj7O_JlOaaPlsid3_KhZttUFYJ1Y4SEGc0cWAvUx76hxDt4uztcZUPrn20q_hmRsulx-IZ0nRFEewIKcsPwrWlEZTIiU37tlmh4BL68i5jdItb9irG8HIA6J-N83V0JzAFPkc_ZTPiV5zYkQNANraiQ5OsQ3btGyO1Y7spy3aqGvWnW/s7400/DSC_0663-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh843JO6ke50Bj7O_JlOaaPlsid3_KhZttUFYJ1Y4SEGc0cWAvUx76hxDt4uztcZUPrn20q_hmRsulx-IZ0nRFEewIKcsPwrWlEZTIiU37tlmh4BL68i5jdItb9irG8HIA6J-N83V0JzAFPkc_ZTPiV5zYkQNANraiQ5OsQ3btGyO1Y7spy3aqGvWnW/w640-h426/DSC_0663-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We didn't see any wildlife inside Endicott Arms but once we were heading to Juneau our boat's captain pointed out a single humpback whale feeding near the Stephens Passage. We only got to see her one time before she dove down to feed and stayed submerged for 15 minutes at a time.</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVY41Pz4cKn6W24mxu2_39ae6ebID7_vHhUFeQVCPXXQnODsdDmQ3_50JfpSkl4WhsGUstaoVaJPHaVIDqp-xA9c982mkFKTIEdLUACvmDpBuK8ovC2wFbSw-dwsRMAmxmvhvBleVirFhiX1hy5xcB6DZYlbhBGb7mkcOf3aYWRnAM_2v0BcrDrKG/s7400/DSC_0707-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVY41Pz4cKn6W24mxu2_39ae6ebID7_vHhUFeQVCPXXQnODsdDmQ3_50JfpSkl4WhsGUstaoVaJPHaVIDqp-xA9c982mkFKTIEdLUACvmDpBuK8ovC2wFbSw-dwsRMAmxmvhvBleVirFhiX1hy5xcB6DZYlbhBGb7mkcOf3aYWRnAM_2v0BcrDrKG/w640-h426/DSC_0707-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After nearly five hours on the smaller boat we reached the Quantum of the Seas docked in Juneau. After eating lunch on the ship we headed into Juneau for a little sight seeing. We have to say that out of all of the ports we visited on this trip Juneau was our least favorite. The town was extremely crowded as there were several cruise ships docked at the same time. </span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2B6aFqRSckNhNqYtsearwvcs1hrZs_GFkvNZfwwl4MqwX4fUyGum7f8W2S1aKRgW_sm_x2mzdAYnO4GZCmKtxzthvWhgGR9w1jb44uD6cmJqmRoAC-OnmQ6HT4KMPmIQjldgSo5hdmXbG0SyRKP8CYD0jGqb7962RBjdgiAPxkzCgzpbP9jHPGM4Y/s7400/20220520_150454-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3330" data-original-width="7400" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2B6aFqRSckNhNqYtsearwvcs1hrZs_GFkvNZfwwl4MqwX4fUyGum7f8W2S1aKRgW_sm_x2mzdAYnO4GZCmKtxzthvWhgGR9w1jb44uD6cmJqmRoAC-OnmQ6HT4KMPmIQjldgSo5hdmXbG0SyRKP8CYD0jGqb7962RBjdgiAPxkzCgzpbP9jHPGM4Y/w640-h288/20220520_150454-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We attempted to get on the Blue Express Bus to ride to Mendenhal Glacier, however, the tour guide with the Blue Express talked us out of it saying that it was crowded and would take too long. With only four hours left at port we ended up walking around Juneau, shopping for a few souvenirs and having a beer at the famous Red Dog Saloon.</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTn_NTPUqYnTSInCSVAjjRjpS69A3Q2CWF0Op9UCWEl8O-DkgwhzGfZa7_EJymKQ_w3XOdaIjd3Jjwvxzb41baYwm_vB7ii3qs4VXMb5rPl3asI7Opz1k7yR1DKUhzo0B7R7sbMhSJPNTKC_3rW1lcNdmtZUyscMMumzVvVqwVAAimAtSQxyoaGK-2/s7400/20220520_150520-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3330" data-original-width="7400" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTn_NTPUqYnTSInCSVAjjRjpS69A3Q2CWF0Op9UCWEl8O-DkgwhzGfZa7_EJymKQ_w3XOdaIjd3Jjwvxzb41baYwm_vB7ii3qs4VXMb5rPl3asI7Opz1k7yR1DKUhzo0B7R7sbMhSJPNTKC_3rW1lcNdmtZUyscMMumzVvVqwVAAimAtSQxyoaGK-2/w640-h288/20220520_150520-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXeVxc_SgvZ06pEOOEbgCfOnof-LFGZsw21Ta8LdiF95nS9iAdRF0KPS9Kvk-uxaWqLpv7PFMzpSnDsWnZ0jAdjq5WGmehl3RKhmQlIYJOqu2mGiqr44vacmdAGINNzwIPEsZ5apQAwwjzGZXxgaWqMV1GSaXFqn5gqL2EG9fX9TM-4AVcDjpGjeqK/s7400/20220520_160647-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3330" data-original-width="7400" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXeVxc_SgvZ06pEOOEbgCfOnof-LFGZsw21Ta8LdiF95nS9iAdRF0KPS9Kvk-uxaWqLpv7PFMzpSnDsWnZ0jAdjq5WGmehl3RKhmQlIYJOqu2mGiqr44vacmdAGINNzwIPEsZ5apQAwwjzGZXxgaWqMV1GSaXFqn5gqL2EG9fX9TM-4AVcDjpGjeqK/w640-h288/20220520_160647-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL9p6w_xn0iNbjl8BcmEsZWmgtJkDLeGeuqvI_J-dVUaXJs7Bvr4X6zDvWyE_r4zYGiJluwy25LscdZE_FdwDpOvYPTL3TEcaPCajy8k2I0O8nGQxV1imxiS2lUniXZUbVd3lbatfILhCE1I3mmFA634ciW6h1-3Kf2HYdq4pnWSbAP6auioBr5_ut/s7400/20220520_160651-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3330" data-original-width="7400" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL9p6w_xn0iNbjl8BcmEsZWmgtJkDLeGeuqvI_J-dVUaXJs7Bvr4X6zDvWyE_r4zYGiJluwy25LscdZE_FdwDpOvYPTL3TEcaPCajy8k2I0O8nGQxV1imxiS2lUniXZUbVd3lbatfILhCE1I3mmFA634ciW6h1-3Kf2HYdq4pnWSbAP6auioBr5_ut/w640-h288/20220520_160651-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOVDWBx93aT3_ttsi-opGFFwt8S493DDu7Qo4F99iXtedVPk_XRw0p90JRHk8CxN7f1OITeP_qvG1ZMmvM1482gEPHKeEgJJqew3ucj84tc0vGVovfjNKXL-qpcoV5F-8l-iiMTiS-3SccKZFTs8XzJ5bLiUc0JQxTQgvCWTevd_lSLPM9QzSLjud/s7400/DSC_0737-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOVDWBx93aT3_ttsi-opGFFwt8S493DDu7Qo4F99iXtedVPk_XRw0p90JRHk8CxN7f1OITeP_qvG1ZMmvM1482gEPHKeEgJJqew3ucj84tc0vGVovfjNKXL-qpcoV5F-8l-iiMTiS-3SccKZFTs8XzJ5bLiUc0JQxTQgvCWTevd_lSLPM9QzSLjud/w640-h426/DSC_0737-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/statue-of-patsy-ann" target="_blank"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Patsy Ann, Juneau's famous dog</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtgoNGPyztlrpBmfQUSyprL0g0u8sqKBKNFYdMUOaQcM0obYj4r8exBfgqEXFXnYybRauSdGNw3SNv6o4MYVY3_C47eeaUiIExxTXSamiT3-ble-EGqfUSZo-Xl1cW7bByedjIPanmlJSHnmznGI8TxGvxKmHJIIhEUNeNImltdPbfbwGwQCmrZIs/s7400/DSC_0738-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtgoNGPyztlrpBmfQUSyprL0g0u8sqKBKNFYdMUOaQcM0obYj4r8exBfgqEXFXnYybRauSdGNw3SNv6o4MYVY3_C47eeaUiIExxTXSamiT3-ble-EGqfUSZo-Xl1cW7bByedjIPanmlJSHnmznGI8TxGvxKmHJIIhEUNeNImltdPbfbwGwQCmrZIs/w640-h426/DSC_0738-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjekpp9U_b_hz1Xan6rl6j3fHqXsgQYBpFm2h1fgqsIaIhHY-Da6ZlpIuMNBcdULpZWd8TapqOmqx_e_Fvz_L9SPRvgWgShDKh9Mw2meTW5tYfpKMraSzblc-ik8VXcAiymSfzSsOjbOA8nNVHUMeM2AaxXNVJNlLfRqmXHGP2fxXZo9PigiyyEKeNb/s540/IMG_3304.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="540" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjekpp9U_b_hz1Xan6rl6j3fHqXsgQYBpFm2h1fgqsIaIhHY-Da6ZlpIuMNBcdULpZWd8TapqOmqx_e_Fvz_L9SPRvgWgShDKh9Mw2meTW5tYfpKMraSzblc-ik8VXcAiymSfzSsOjbOA8nNVHUMeM2AaxXNVJNlLfRqmXHGP2fxXZo9PigiyyEKeNb/w640-h480/IMG_3304.webp" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjSybLtMIGlJXUr01AwDfPrsrf3k60IW9opnXKDoPQK9u_r1DCWvkhSQk0YhtCBxTh4vKsa2Wqz-POWr8bmJ2Ooqhs-TVPl3NT9Ou4JVzSePRqpEaj00d03OiCe89KLI2jcPBKslzwWsqY96ZKTUB-Vj3P88OVRbKBnmrMsgzVVNeyj1nWiSFuWB5Q/s3970/Red_Dog_Saloon,_Juneau,_Alaska,_Estados_Unidos,_2017-08-17,_DD_22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2758" data-original-width="3970" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjSybLtMIGlJXUr01AwDfPrsrf3k60IW9opnXKDoPQK9u_r1DCWvkhSQk0YhtCBxTh4vKsa2Wqz-POWr8bmJ2Ooqhs-TVPl3NT9Ou4JVzSePRqpEaj00d03OiCe89KLI2jcPBKslzwWsqY96ZKTUB-Vj3P88OVRbKBnmrMsgzVVNeyj1nWiSFuWB5Q/w640-h444/Red_Dog_Saloon,_Juneau,_Alaska,_Estados_Unidos,_2017-08-17,_DD_22.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Tired from our walk and excursion we decided to head back to the ship and enjoy the hot tub while we had the ship to ourselves! From the hot tub we could see the beautiful mountains surrounding Juneau and watched several bald eagles flying in and around the port.</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhok9mbbmB43z8ZcvNGpvKa3KjkVmXl7RnzRqy3-EOQBbgk5ghFj0Xqo6XUzqBeqTYYGKnJJQ91mR4_yHN_jYBdz2CQ9asm-BFL9jA7sZ6Fiu4AzrcxhIkZGUzEfqYEeGaQzkHsduKZulFGj6SOH5L2Wc__cESxFoY4XZ1kvFYFyM-yqep9KwLTQWdx/s7400/DSC_0740-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhok9mbbmB43z8ZcvNGpvKa3KjkVmXl7RnzRqy3-EOQBbgk5ghFj0Xqo6XUzqBeqTYYGKnJJQ91mR4_yHN_jYBdz2CQ9asm-BFL9jA7sZ6Fiu4AzrcxhIkZGUzEfqYEeGaQzkHsduKZulFGj6SOH5L2Wc__cESxFoY4XZ1kvFYFyM-yqep9KwLTQWdx/w640-h426/DSC_0740-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2HxN5O8yjsPUvuhnCb2gD1jEWelMXiIx78-GYQx-JdxIEhADtEPpzT3qt9rBb4bFsVDabmSACU1Sa5pLCCb16n7UbtQ_BFOtiaQ0iaTp8xmgbAPC438XTKC2dWk198eJrLF-DlHhDS3_ERPAto1WTyXZ63wX7wEqwgVTk-A_MiiZ-SeEaczQVe_fw/s7400/DSC_0743-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2HxN5O8yjsPUvuhnCb2gD1jEWelMXiIx78-GYQx-JdxIEhADtEPpzT3qt9rBb4bFsVDabmSACU1Sa5pLCCb16n7UbtQ_BFOtiaQ0iaTp8xmgbAPC438XTKC2dWk198eJrLF-DlHhDS3_ERPAto1WTyXZ63wX7wEqwgVTk-A_MiiZ-SeEaczQVe_fw/w640-h426/DSC_0743-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">This would be our last night in Alaska. The next day was a sail day before we reached our last port of call, Victoria, B.C.</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGejrmsuRmcle3iNLzAWrhV8uQjpzgUyib6OCs4n0JP8mVt4gLvuZklGW39HZt1mrCAoOF8MbpWHQil9ANWmlcjReHAiKfNxhL6sWs2Op0T23keu0JdhOo445DOQAkH1hmM8Pdhs6ixoxcvFXc9aOJ2GoPi3cEQrja1lPJAZm4WiNRSAnmc9_USYB/s7400/DSC_0757-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGejrmsuRmcle3iNLzAWrhV8uQjpzgUyib6OCs4n0JP8mVt4gLvuZklGW39HZt1mrCAoOF8MbpWHQil9ANWmlcjReHAiKfNxhL6sWs2Op0T23keu0JdhOo445DOQAkH1hmM8Pdhs6ixoxcvFXc9aOJ2GoPi3cEQrja1lPJAZm4WiNRSAnmc9_USYB/w640-h426/DSC_0757-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJPX5utIElr0jrHW7f02Z-lIp_Px5vwuIEEj_nAwDP6Y8tObOV8RdUyxHcpuRLX3oxsCBmXchJXPYYIzc4eAUBJIUuK_1WXElCZXKkbW5liwfRvtyq2BV0hX5o1k1Skl2ipx1_CoYtNrOWP6y3Wp33zXVgOnTCek5F5OT0XEjCKw8Bv1P1Tl1STPwL/s7400/DSC_0759-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJPX5utIElr0jrHW7f02Z-lIp_Px5vwuIEEj_nAwDP6Y8tObOV8RdUyxHcpuRLX3oxsCBmXchJXPYYIzc4eAUBJIUuK_1WXElCZXKkbW5liwfRvtyq2BV0hX5o1k1Skl2ipx1_CoYtNrOWP6y3Wp33zXVgOnTCek5F5OT0XEjCKw8Bv1P1Tl1STPwL/w640-h426/DSC_0759-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqk4ivOmd9JyVDCNFu7ihGnoEDlkZeJqrmrCNiCtxVTihxqd4rtQvPbyfeTCl7XJ73prpLkgcnm_E3D3CymARZ--roauTvhIbvncxuS_qOctX7DgGRoMoAL0rsehHNEoK7E-6OOoZ6mlzbualK7WEYOlsvUsMLuz11YJ2wGU4lDfq4I_-wqNMI2lmZ/s7400/DSC_0763-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqk4ivOmd9JyVDCNFu7ihGnoEDlkZeJqrmrCNiCtxVTihxqd4rtQvPbyfeTCl7XJ73prpLkgcnm_E3D3CymARZ--roauTvhIbvncxuS_qOctX7DgGRoMoAL0rsehHNEoK7E-6OOoZ6mlzbualK7WEYOlsvUsMLuz11YJ2wGU4lDfq4I_-wqNMI2lmZ/w640-h426/DSC_0763-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Goodnight from Juneau, Alaska!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">If you'd like to see more of our adventure in Endicott Arms and Juneau please visit our YouTube channel by clicking on the video below!</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="351" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TgQiwS4dtII" width="553" youtube-src-id="TgQiwS4dtII"></iframe></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><br /></div></div></div>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comJuneau, AK, USA58.300493299999992 -134.420130639.14702074105719 -169.5763806 77.4539658589428 -99.2638806tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-70374053013713681522022-05-19T18:07:00.087-05:002023-07-30T12:07:46.292-06:00Skagway, Alaska<p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After leaving the port in Icy Strait Point our ship smoothly cruised through the night and when we awoke we were nearing the port of Skagway, Alaska. After breakfast in the Wind Jammer we headed down the gang plank and onto the docks at Skagway.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9SbG7UsbisercWRM8Rzyzj2Z4R9P5hUEi6tTSLN1Q4UWIYucc591m4V76naT85tGvdCf66nckNRDxka4p1xJwThK58us6uQahC2k6cZlckP0UJuO43njR7LpRi3i9n6hB4G4BWQ5AdFHgrvkVGYZ_MJaM5eQXq36uOEt7xc2B4SMOc--p6wmqJtfF/s7400/20220519_060729-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5550" data-original-width="7400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9SbG7UsbisercWRM8Rzyzj2Z4R9P5hUEi6tTSLN1Q4UWIYucc591m4V76naT85tGvdCf66nckNRDxka4p1xJwThK58us6uQahC2k6cZlckP0UJuO43njR7LpRi3i9n6hB4G4BWQ5AdFHgrvkVGYZ_MJaM5eQXq36uOEt7xc2B4SMOc--p6wmqJtfF/w640-h480/20220519_060729-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Early morning arrival into Skagway</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQyjPGS1H42NR3MCZdrqhbWbZBG06JLef30FdG90I8cn8DH2EAxdx919ExCPVaahRWufLHsEa26DEzfTC2CaZ_v3mLI4bJxyTA-SgOQzuVakgUMD_CX2fXISPg_Bs-lTgpNOVlD1kvxFOVa7-9aKLc1wJ2bdvVLcpgfLcAbGmhHInacO2DZP96KHSl/s7400/20220519_075024-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7400" data-original-width="5550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQyjPGS1H42NR3MCZdrqhbWbZBG06JLef30FdG90I8cn8DH2EAxdx919ExCPVaahRWufLHsEa26DEzfTC2CaZ_v3mLI4bJxyTA-SgOQzuVakgUMD_CX2fXISPg_Bs-lTgpNOVlD1kvxFOVa7-9aKLc1wJ2bdvVLcpgfLcAbGmhHInacO2DZP96KHSl/w480-h640/20220519_075024-1.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdQon9xKHqmJVwH1_HkkhjmYLtqIcXmHfGKKdmvZ7boNmL2srUDJww6W1njOKBKH9MsTGt_WKG5zUURsbOuWa37X7Clp7LOWNzfk27OMnZzbGr9S-7oZl5U-HAMoucOdyw52SYstHejpyqMrzYlYN0RGk81ht2q8Eb-VO7FJedFxUjxKH69MQwYOx/s7400/20220519_075037-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7400" data-original-width="5550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdQon9xKHqmJVwH1_HkkhjmYLtqIcXmHfGKKdmvZ7boNmL2srUDJww6W1njOKBKH9MsTGt_WKG5zUURsbOuWa37X7Clp7LOWNzfk27OMnZzbGr9S-7oZl5U-HAMoucOdyw52SYstHejpyqMrzYlYN0RGk81ht2q8Eb-VO7FJedFxUjxKH69MQwYOx/w480-h640/20220519_075037-1.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuuUm-psgBlaUGe1AOQrxD-dVC3BZ0VNtR4s6ModwfjFeLQln3u8Df8daBh4ZqLPkrnpL_SoRUpnuFguqTT4wgVwe8cI8Yz1lXnslAJQ1EKeDkyKzeF-Vvg3U7ySnJ6n2oGxRv38taASUVAWkA-xAiTXf4RRYcTxl2mYtFNXgHf7dPQ0UDw_2AlJ_/s7400/20220519_091623-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5550" data-original-width="7400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuuUm-psgBlaUGe1AOQrxD-dVC3BZ0VNtR4s6ModwfjFeLQln3u8Df8daBh4ZqLPkrnpL_SoRUpnuFguqTT4wgVwe8cI8Yz1lXnslAJQ1EKeDkyKzeF-Vvg3U7ySnJ6n2oGxRv38taASUVAWkA-xAiTXf4RRYcTxl2mYtFNXgHf7dPQ0UDw_2AlJ_/w640-h480/20220519_091623-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzoOdzuox87K7bPpX50yU6DanI8cvdleifYY_zomRIPNg_pSptuL32bdlFegQlQWJVHnbwFlzNjvt5rXqpbFK8OYP9LR7bzyXPFm12f87g1Vcd-cCsOAg21qpF8scC1idxLLoMktMNLM8CI1pua7DuHXdafh0qz-BNGOCBVr4BF9deNx9VybXIULmK/s7400/DSC_0226-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzoOdzuox87K7bPpX50yU6DanI8cvdleifYY_zomRIPNg_pSptuL32bdlFegQlQWJVHnbwFlzNjvt5rXqpbFK8OYP9LR7bzyXPFm12f87g1Vcd-cCsOAg21qpF8scC1idxLLoMktMNLM8CI1pua7DuHXdafh0qz-BNGOCBVr4BF9deNx9VybXIULmK/w640-h426/DSC_0226-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Disney and Norwegian were already docked when we arrived in port</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4QDy0q7zy16TMMAiVXog6zPzBicr9L07IToq-YEvQYVV3mhVhqsRreKHl0Pz5fVcSFR4n0oYz1Tnf0ODQhdHUrYLIF5XNo-LB5wHljvErSierUUZ2BFNH41qEFnWPi1i5yZugUvLl6cHRVX5lcNcfxRrxsCixv718cK1uTOHdg4Rfnm2o7pPENVV/s7400/DSC_0259-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4QDy0q7zy16TMMAiVXog6zPzBicr9L07IToq-YEvQYVV3mhVhqsRreKHl0Pz5fVcSFR4n0oYz1Tnf0ODQhdHUrYLIF5XNo-LB5wHljvErSierUUZ2BFNH41qEFnWPi1i5yZugUvLl6cHRVX5lcNcfxRrxsCixv718cK1uTOHdg4Rfnm2o7pPENVV/w640-h426/DSC_0259-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We learned from watching previous cruising videos that each ship that docks in Skagway has painted a rock up on the cliffs overlooking the cruise ship ports.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn7hoappxkvroB2yiiqeO4tCcXKyi12rWIxSNTCVtTjjlC6c7_8rurRTNDGNyz7sVQCyP_8mJw6w3ROqRKbySiDUy5BPUYyJFGkyAL-AaXLzF8LWGClPa7aLstsa8PXx47kRJkNya2impiRjCeJUL-9K-1EnjwehCgUlJjVHJdpR-8xJDxQ8uW7ntE/s7400/DSC_0235-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn7hoappxkvroB2yiiqeO4tCcXKyi12rWIxSNTCVtTjjlC6c7_8rurRTNDGNyz7sVQCyP_8mJw6w3ROqRKbySiDUy5BPUYyJFGkyAL-AaXLzF8LWGClPa7aLstsa8PXx47kRJkNya2impiRjCeJUL-9K-1EnjwehCgUlJjVHJdpR-8xJDxQ8uW7ntE/w640-h426/DSC_0235-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpKZI5Idr8QFltRlXOt9evazG6klO7H1rxoF03jbTM070qp1nTKoS97hnEsGfEPS0L3zcbe13Ihu4TYD8DV8iwXjuCYgu2lacz4fIN1OBquUmIFUE8qGIqT0fL5Xoi96_NHocmRM79EsKWfzjWD3PMIw6bv1WMKC1GahAsCAyecuC_rkJCR2w4FY-2/s7400/DSC_0236-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpKZI5Idr8QFltRlXOt9evazG6klO7H1rxoF03jbTM070qp1nTKoS97hnEsGfEPS0L3zcbe13Ihu4TYD8DV8iwXjuCYgu2lacz4fIN1OBquUmIFUE8qGIqT0fL5Xoi96_NHocmRM79EsKWfzjWD3PMIw6bv1WMKC1GahAsCAyecuC_rkJCR2w4FY-2/w640-h426/DSC_0236-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We were looking forward to our excursion of hiking the Chilkoot Trail and enjoying a float trip back into town, however, like in Icy Strait Point, our excursion was canceled. Fortunately, the excursion directors were able to get us on the White Pass & Yukon Scenic Railway, at half price and later in the afternoon!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocY07Tfd60K2xB4OKtq42KNgCBbWwGpHYG_4Ukm3oyDItOszSl2ZPx2o9548voSKSxUtz4L2HL-j4Zrl1KVWSxsH2lyR6W7_Dmm0V28xo2_PpEftt7IKtKPq3wkTCLJFN69SzVTSSFZ_2kSpmHTk5tVrzbQMqfXQZRANuZQ8N-jFjxDupcSw36hgA/s7400/DSC_0243-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocY07Tfd60K2xB4OKtq42KNgCBbWwGpHYG_4Ukm3oyDItOszSl2ZPx2o9548voSKSxUtz4L2HL-j4Zrl1KVWSxsH2lyR6W7_Dmm0V28xo2_PpEftt7IKtKPq3wkTCLJFN69SzVTSSFZ_2kSpmHTk5tVrzbQMqfXQZRANuZQ8N-jFjxDupcSw36hgA/w640-h426/DSC_0243-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpVauxFNrS9MEYLd87qHyvFIrIKt15zeieM1pvPN2LJ9dnZpxStlXahxrXbKNmijxQguxp4Bi47UTlt1fpI6Vg5BWAWA9GsfgfdPbdscnw2I6ViPSJTRqpxsE11vLJq8y6c8UUNop8bOk3c4i7oKv_nQK1kz1igZoSaDAmUhDMTV4XIO1UfSUAlXAc/s7400/DSC_0244-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpVauxFNrS9MEYLd87qHyvFIrIKt15zeieM1pvPN2LJ9dnZpxStlXahxrXbKNmijxQguxp4Bi47UTlt1fpI6Vg5BWAWA9GsfgfdPbdscnw2I6ViPSJTRqpxsE11vLJq8y6c8UUNop8bOk3c4i7oKv_nQK1kz1igZoSaDAmUhDMTV4XIO1UfSUAlXAc/w640-h426/DSC_0244-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span>This gave us plenty of time to explore the town of Skagway. Our first stop was the <span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 1.5px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.travelalaska.com/Destinations/Parks-Public-Lands/Klondike-Gold-Rush-National-Historical-Park" target="_blank">Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park</a> and got a walking tour map. We enjoyed investigating the historical buildings located along Broadway Street. Our favorites included the Red Onion Saloon and the Artic Brotherhood Hall. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.03em;"><span>The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: 0.03em;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: 0.03em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGaiUZcNP3YT0lXZjIskziFWSISgh9QP7LEqQSALZaBK5RlZ_DynaihZizwPeCAe3CwQ05FvntZCH1-SdS6XGc3vhmg3EBkIb89Ckd1JnAJZ-3yCo-vTC-hOwFmBhAUaqTVKI_leATlSbjj-p_SoV12aNHpYr9Z1I314X5XEsLoEJ4eZlwI6LzDIJ/s7400/20220519_093534-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5550" data-original-width="7400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGaiUZcNP3YT0lXZjIskziFWSISgh9QP7LEqQSALZaBK5RlZ_DynaihZizwPeCAe3CwQ05FvntZCH1-SdS6XGc3vhmg3EBkIb89Ckd1JnAJZ-3yCo-vTC-hOwFmBhAUaqTVKI_leATlSbjj-p_SoV12aNHpYr9Z1I314X5XEsLoEJ4eZlwI6LzDIJ/w640-h480/20220519_093534-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: 0.03em;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYoJdub-a8WstJMjAEv38XHVCj8DsLQY6ADmC81D0otkE_f08DxmP39YQGPjg8ewZTk_rU4ulx7peEaZzBaLpPzgvEa0wElBp2zAGGwG6DnU9Hkkh-zYsrn2nP1y3XXPhLGyiKB8YlLiF6V5-8mwahCsGjdMMTuGgQHLrjySNRHpIw_E7MSt7aukpr/s7400/20220519_093803-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5550" data-original-width="7400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYoJdub-a8WstJMjAEv38XHVCj8DsLQY6ADmC81D0otkE_f08DxmP39YQGPjg8ewZTk_rU4ulx7peEaZzBaLpPzgvEa0wElBp2zAGGwG6DnU9Hkkh-zYsrn2nP1y3XXPhLGyiKB8YlLiF6V5-8mwahCsGjdMMTuGgQHLrjySNRHpIw_E7MSt7aukpr/w640-h480/20220519_093803-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span>Artic Brotherhood Hall</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fwwMp3iBhOKyJITZQaDM1vJ_uQmt9G2uKAsAHgHmggkhSCDhYePDkJaIt_QPxe-xy8ldr2cVHAhOasjqRRW8cEJg3bvTUQ4jze9eGnPEaPNfnA7HRyj0FsZYEQRmTInhGtN2vYj_BSedJ8NCHnpNunXvf2bJ9RHuCo6YQR67jsGtdW3C8GJ3Y7vz/s7400/20220519_100935-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5550" data-original-width="7400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fwwMp3iBhOKyJITZQaDM1vJ_uQmt9G2uKAsAHgHmggkhSCDhYePDkJaIt_QPxe-xy8ldr2cVHAhOasjqRRW8cEJg3bvTUQ4jze9eGnPEaPNfnA7HRyj0FsZYEQRmTInhGtN2vYj_BSedJ8NCHnpNunXvf2bJ9RHuCo6YQR67jsGtdW3C8GJ3Y7vz/w640-h480/20220519_100935-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt35K7GNrGC7YOYDC4wD-p0ZEblv1D1Nz3zo7lQevoz41dL1_-VZOyTedWYJk3o3dYXP3ltd5Jxw3G5FlQUQvjZAELI7S0l7Oc_XlZoNLOwizYBtL2YAiAm8RZDdINNJbgmUvLqO6lTxMqsoaLFezkjhJ7JPFsw6_1jvOthI0ZbgNvmh08HZTTJSYT/s7400/20220519_104934-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5550" data-original-width="7400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt35K7GNrGC7YOYDC4wD-p0ZEblv1D1Nz3zo7lQevoz41dL1_-VZOyTedWYJk3o3dYXP3ltd5Jxw3G5FlQUQvjZAELI7S0l7Oc_XlZoNLOwizYBtL2YAiAm8RZDdINNJbgmUvLqO6lTxMqsoaLFezkjhJ7JPFsw6_1jvOthI0ZbgNvmh08HZTTJSYT/w640-h480/20220519_104934-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3oK4kA8OgHcLWbSWLgcU1iLiZCS5WT1R0xSlGwBXEncWyzToIO93tbDlLHIXNsQiYZ8WEkrr5c3N8r-1xOJ_6IoPrqLfCQ1S4d8_HMz8rzSRQxuuDgC_Tj6Z7R9JTLoLlPNvARHRYTu-zDNgF6X9qmIDW7xzFSbJeumkUcEdFVC7XiIDbiUNyUh1f/s7400/20220519_115604-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7400" data-original-width="5550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3oK4kA8OgHcLWbSWLgcU1iLiZCS5WT1R0xSlGwBXEncWyzToIO93tbDlLHIXNsQiYZ8WEkrr5c3N8r-1xOJ_6IoPrqLfCQ1S4d8_HMz8rzSRQxuuDgC_Tj6Z7R9JTLoLlPNvARHRYTu-zDNgF6X9qmIDW7xzFSbJeumkUcEdFVC7XiIDbiUNyUh1f/w480-h640/20220519_115604-1.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span>The famous Red Onion Saloon</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.03em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: 0.03em;">For a mid-morning snack we shared a delicious fry bread and Dr. Pepper (had to get our fix for the day)from the <a href="https://www.westmarkhotels.com/skagway-food/" target="_blank">Klondike Dough Boy</a>. We continued exploring Skagway stopping to buy souvenirs before having lunch at the <a href="https://www.westmarkhotels.com/skagway-food/" target="_blank">Bonanza Bar & Grill</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.03em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: 0.03em;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-72PrdzvVTDteWrlFXfmuixnj96UjcmcqMViuI6sYACJ_wBvW_gmKj5KMWslmQDlLOoD2IgNUEWyjZQq0WvDDhvHF4L7w5pVXDTpwHeZig01aQdl4ZrW9RIPna1FprNe-azQ3XCDyn-37-oHinhlObZySPy56C0JU8lgfne8fBU0pFmqvxEEWnjX-/s550/klondike-doughboy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="550" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-72PrdzvVTDteWrlFXfmuixnj96UjcmcqMViuI6sYACJ_wBvW_gmKj5KMWslmQDlLOoD2IgNUEWyjZQq0WvDDhvHF4L7w5pVXDTpwHeZig01aQdl4ZrW9RIPna1FprNe-azQ3XCDyn-37-oHinhlObZySPy56C0JU8lgfne8fBU0pFmqvxEEWnjX-/w640-h428/klondike-doughboy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Adding cinnamon and sugar to that delicious fry bread!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: 0.03em;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEALlOmM1w9TNzhglkT-yyf629R2frgGrHFoC1-5EY3xrDNtICxd3Nty1nQblEbQ9qyX3kZgRoIFtSgq70unaiqAMHvPe15QQXZ40s8Nn3m4iyxpCX6onaRL9lzHqYACAkCGgVTQxV_7OfBbOBhR9j_rZp2n_MYF-JjB5vBZXsJNdVEJh3JCB-KY_/s520/skagway-bar-exterior-520_f7325ff4-5056-a36a-0b93ae7384e2ba4f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="520" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEALlOmM1w9TNzhglkT-yyf629R2frgGrHFoC1-5EY3xrDNtICxd3Nty1nQblEbQ9qyX3kZgRoIFtSgq70unaiqAMHvPe15QQXZ40s8Nn3m4iyxpCX6onaRL9lzHqYACAkCGgVTQxV_7OfBbOBhR9j_rZp2n_MYF-JjB5vBZXsJNdVEJh3JCB-KY_/w640-h444/skagway-bar-exterior-520_f7325ff4-5056-a36a-0b93ae7384e2ba4f.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;">Following lunch we headed back to the White Pass & Yukon Railway to board the train and head up the pass. Even though the train ride was not one of our planned excursions we felt very lucky that we managed to get tickets and </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.48px;">thoroughly</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;"> enjoyed the ride.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIy8_P4HL3vec3cIOY5avhhN70iGtE3motfP1FPHBv2L9pf07bcBCRZHiuY1_2dJC1oA6izzl8LO1M-1m_TT3x12c6ybZ-6kdxZ0MXdJAcg8OkWsa-xhpeSHPVoZJzisFz7LDPXt_GdSBn_EGmPwyB2ky4VsPkprZcgn1sg2CrWcRIxsZzaKpdlBhz/s7400/DSC_0280-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIy8_P4HL3vec3cIOY5avhhN70iGtE3motfP1FPHBv2L9pf07bcBCRZHiuY1_2dJC1oA6izzl8LO1M-1m_TT3x12c6ybZ-6kdxZ0MXdJAcg8OkWsa-xhpeSHPVoZJzisFz7LDPXt_GdSBn_EGmPwyB2ky4VsPkprZcgn1sg2CrWcRIxsZzaKpdlBhz/w640-h426/DSC_0280-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkAHKPESKtJ0ncGbpb7Hx6c4I2ARyBtykCxACXfkDPmAmuj91wen04ZYK5ggZahkAMvDMri9R19EJvu6KKXgigOrnu5UNIgSEC0F9sKhLs6ERvjx57MJmjFES9T2AETUOxSBDhIQA_J6SkRnzznPHyJYFtxP3SKr-dDzPwQnILdLsDXlBM2sUckyP/s7400/DSC_0284-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkAHKPESKtJ0ncGbpb7Hx6c4I2ARyBtykCxACXfkDPmAmuj91wen04ZYK5ggZahkAMvDMri9R19EJvu6KKXgigOrnu5UNIgSEC0F9sKhLs6ERvjx57MJmjFES9T2AETUOxSBDhIQA_J6SkRnzznPHyJYFtxP3SKr-dDzPwQnILdLsDXlBM2sUckyP/w640-h426/DSC_0284-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grave site of two railroad workers and horse that were crushed by falling rocks.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;"><br /></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: 0.03em;">It is amazing to find out that between 1898 and 1900 some 35,00 workers connected Skagway and Whitehorse by rail with 35 workers dying in the process. This railway has been designated as an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, putting it i the same good company of such landmarks as the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, and the Panama Canal.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bTgOXP7NJuBFvLsdLfpY4eE00djpgFZsaCHtYaMEMAdFAMDtAZx9i3uZjTpMbGv9a_PrkwBkM01en86J4kguzUQ8LrkOx6DzXVnAYnkUQZ6O2f22Vw2wyVCYuVDTEYGaDLtiH1aZnjUY-KAIMe8wzgtTVq2uTKfCIAX85yuQgIV0dZOq4FaWY0dR/s7400/20220519_144417-10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5550" data-original-width="7400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bTgOXP7NJuBFvLsdLfpY4eE00djpgFZsaCHtYaMEMAdFAMDtAZx9i3uZjTpMbGv9a_PrkwBkM01en86J4kguzUQ8LrkOx6DzXVnAYnkUQZ6O2f22Vw2wyVCYuVDTEYGaDLtiH1aZnjUY-KAIMe8wzgtTVq2uTKfCIAX85yuQgIV0dZOq4FaWY0dR/w640-h480/20220519_144417-10.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKASNaxVVm3AlYfovQU67YvlwmCm_1GH0qucy8u8x2YfgKHiMpqtVl7b1LRjJqZOYq9gfy051evuG5OXDyPKu_8oz3PvNHpy9admES-flcAgdA9m6bF2kwjdjXMVsh6myqDmca1xuC4ZaL7sgcqZZVaDclYAgy74aPS32qJrH1aBnfp29H392VtA-/s7400/DSC_0322-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKASNaxVVm3AlYfovQU67YvlwmCm_1GH0qucy8u8x2YfgKHiMpqtVl7b1LRjJqZOYq9gfy051evuG5OXDyPKu_8oz3PvNHpy9admES-flcAgdA9m6bF2kwjdjXMVsh6myqDmca1xuC4ZaL7sgcqZZVaDclYAgy74aPS32qJrH1aBnfp29H392VtA-/w640-h426/DSC_0322-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgClBg7kn30kiUojheNeTaVmQn3u5yUQIVPf5JZpfj-oMezjvUPG6d_16MkfQWrEIG_kf-Q5iZ-YJZdgg79oBMEH3pFhuTnhLhEi76TuKIzo4vmBJ-5HMVNMiwR5nlN84zJx5HfcGDjyhIm4RZm5_vMb9ShHqsOVSQr5Jx5NC0sFSiNUeBzex_aAKJE/s7400/DSC_0349-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgClBg7kn30kiUojheNeTaVmQn3u5yUQIVPf5JZpfj-oMezjvUPG6d_16MkfQWrEIG_kf-Q5iZ-YJZdgg79oBMEH3pFhuTnhLhEi76TuKIzo4vmBJ-5HMVNMiwR5nlN84zJx5HfcGDjyhIm4RZm5_vMb9ShHqsOVSQr5Jx5NC0sFSiNUeBzex_aAKJE/w640-h426/DSC_0349-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old trestle bridge no longer in use - thank goodness!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLb4Hjdc6cPYiKHz-xsllVZwlyUpk97Oaoxb_NHKqrh0rR6QRUOSZuUDGQt_9CGucZC9Kn8v83QplCpQQ9jwa3YxFJd7ACDSmGdUtrePzgeuwgOJPSJ3RPGKc3ZehP4zAIqWxyGdeOn1KTeI_sfzxtt7YMPOiZjCQ8nySYSbAMt2TsPjxKCNnoo7W8/s7400/DSC_0307-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLb4Hjdc6cPYiKHz-xsllVZwlyUpk97Oaoxb_NHKqrh0rR6QRUOSZuUDGQt_9CGucZC9Kn8v83QplCpQQ9jwa3YxFJd7ACDSmGdUtrePzgeuwgOJPSJ3RPGKc3ZehP4zAIqWxyGdeOn1KTeI_sfzxtt7YMPOiZjCQ8nySYSbAMt2TsPjxKCNnoo7W8/w640-h426/DSC_0307-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;"><br /></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: 0.03em;">Until you see the pass in person, one cannot comprehend the fortitude it took those seeking their fortune in gold to journey through this snow covered, steep pass.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: 0.03em;">With a great adventure through Skagway it was time for us to board our ship and sail on to Endicott Arms and the Dawes Glacier.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKJU55IvrTiQz2aMUqrHNk4pvAvgsCPZEKqBB3D7CdBICcTE7fK8eZjSzQtr9kRXiWPXqdv5brEhH-0XblAsa5pJ_UYcvoBALxo6lFprTkrADPYAeeSBExsQcytWe6V1UOnNSUpoay3P60aJ28Nt7OiNQeG8rBDF-ULuou7a7QoA9owh_JcNuOlwj/s7400/DSC_0419-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKJU55IvrTiQz2aMUqrHNk4pvAvgsCPZEKqBB3D7CdBICcTE7fK8eZjSzQtr9kRXiWPXqdv5brEhH-0XblAsa5pJ_UYcvoBALxo6lFprTkrADPYAeeSBExsQcytWe6V1UOnNSUpoay3P60aJ28Nt7OiNQeG8rBDF-ULuou7a7QoA9owh_JcNuOlwj/w640-h426/DSC_0419-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Captain in the helm ready to sail away from Skagway</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjveUrKWtC3QKJPQROZreVnt9hC5iE1qM43BjGrz0MIPmk87DU-ZAk2-aSlvrJIxqKuQkEJJSKIzipDPSKld40oaHIQVLsTdOdlRUKmhCjPrdk2NyQTX3gyL_YLVxBI5fKsi1985KRi580XdfxW_ufHp6JIg5Ftg52IsIpvkk5Yca1tsuf4DWAlWgxC/s7400/DSC_0435-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjveUrKWtC3QKJPQROZreVnt9hC5iE1qM43BjGrz0MIPmk87DU-ZAk2-aSlvrJIxqKuQkEJJSKIzipDPSKld40oaHIQVLsTdOdlRUKmhCjPrdk2NyQTX3gyL_YLVxBI5fKsi1985KRi580XdfxW_ufHp6JIg5Ftg52IsIpvkk5Yca1tsuf4DWAlWgxC/w640-h426/DSC_0435-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Sea lion feeding in the Skagway Port</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_FWHqdBjfIgBrfD42dkuegcExHHqS0hEi0bq3fReqT0sckQClpLnYjJe7SHfchvCltbKdqmXuj3_nhTQC4UyPx2H9-xIhL4RweyBq7pjNrfEGUW7yz3olOxUudTzJqEwM5eLR_RKN-K-DqN0lse_Njnpbr08uD6uKiRh_qBA7y22v41NHZ-9Qrunl/s7400/DSC_0559-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_FWHqdBjfIgBrfD42dkuegcExHHqS0hEi0bq3fReqT0sckQClpLnYjJe7SHfchvCltbKdqmXuj3_nhTQC4UyPx2H9-xIhL4RweyBq7pjNrfEGUW7yz3olOxUudTzJqEwM5eLR_RKN-K-DqN0lse_Njnpbr08uD6uKiRh_qBA7y22v41NHZ-9Qrunl/w640-h426/DSC_0559-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Passing Eldred Rock Lighthouse</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHNHKOG6FAlFEm7vqu9HpAdOopY4hUVOqUNOyW5Dq7RTUeMtpbk_rVqIgx8ZA-bE73V0PwQ2hywsIRZsFPJJgyLhcmIyfstdBgyGd34xnpmQRBQNirUzf5kqQTS2kQg2x9N2RY9X6xj_grGg8tDg4_ulpd0RUilwPqLJXr3svqsfiKqxBHcwgLk144/s7400/DSC_0563-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHNHKOG6FAlFEm7vqu9HpAdOopY4hUVOqUNOyW5Dq7RTUeMtpbk_rVqIgx8ZA-bE73V0PwQ2hywsIRZsFPJJgyLhcmIyfstdBgyGd34xnpmQRBQNirUzf5kqQTS2kQg2x9N2RY9X6xj_grGg8tDg4_ulpd0RUilwPqLJXr3svqsfiKqxBHcwgLk144/w640-h426/DSC_0563-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Fellow cruisers enjoying the North Star out to the side of the ship</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHyhVaeLOAemCYfOpDiUxiFKrQDW1T6apj9uI9dJzfN7rPKmgNfBvuTWF-yPjoOA_dwiex9wDJvfWrfLVd4amTydEq0esVDg2Y9LFb6rS-GSihKgz-6nGF3HqVHMsEKb3UyAdOPjUPem_7ilh3P5Ojz-GYGZ7OyvNVbdBIKpxUH7fnWPjeTQGLdjVU/s7400/DSC_0591-1-6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4933" data-original-width="7400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHyhVaeLOAemCYfOpDiUxiFKrQDW1T6apj9uI9dJzfN7rPKmgNfBvuTWF-yPjoOA_dwiex9wDJvfWrfLVd4amTydEq0esVDg2Y9LFb6rS-GSihKgz-6nGF3HqVHMsEKb3UyAdOPjUPem_7ilh3P5Ojz-GYGZ7OyvNVbdBIKpxUH7fnWPjeTQGLdjVU/w640-h426/DSC_0591-1-6.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Good night from Skagway</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.03em;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: 0.03em;">If you'd like to see more of our Skagway adventure please like and subscribe to our YouTube Channel by clicking on the link below:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: 0.03em;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="336" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PpQ_VAPftw0" width="590" youtube-src-id="PpQ_VAPftw0"></iframe></span></div><br /><p></p>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comSkagway, AK 99840, USA59.457178000000013 -135.314534631.146944163821168 -170.4707846 87.767411836178866 -100.1582846tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-57577665298364085342022-05-18T11:17:00.166-05:002023-07-30T12:08:10.652-06:00Icy Strait Point, Alaska<p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After a very rough day at sea and feeling sea sick for 24 hours we awoke to calm seas in the inside passage of Alaska heading to <a href="https://icystraitpoint.com/" target="_blank">Icy Strait Point</a>. The Quantum of the Seas docked at Icy Strait Point around 1:00 pm so we had the next eight hours to explore.</span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytApOc6xxsMRpFLcK9Ksl5AjS5ucJDvmStqKmpsapE75fov7eihRlF4H9x3vgoKFoJgIuxWb3ewmjOWNmvlxpFU9WiPIAxbujqKFU18UzmvATPas-_CyV5m_dAi15-jDkwQ-m1bKZs17Nnyx4JZP9aKVmprXJCLIYrxbCEUHe4ZvxQX3KLBWSMMtL/s3000/DSC_0070-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytApOc6xxsMRpFLcK9Ksl5AjS5ucJDvmStqKmpsapE75fov7eihRlF4H9x3vgoKFoJgIuxWb3ewmjOWNmvlxpFU9WiPIAxbujqKFU18UzmvATPas-_CyV5m_dAi15-jDkwQ-m1bKZs17Nnyx4JZP9aKVmprXJCLIYrxbCEUHe4ZvxQX3KLBWSMMtL/w640-h426/DSC_0070-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Calm seas in the inside passage of Alaska, <br />heading to Icy Strait Point</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Icy Strait Point is Alaska Native owned-and-operated, with all profits directly supporting the community of Hoonah, Alaska’s largest Native Tlingit village. No matter if they were working in the restaurants, gift shops, or excursions, the workers at Icy Strait Point were so friendly!</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjatYNf5LuOkVtV7n1OKv2DQPOsAHM-eUXiUscC5nF75x03E3LCKe0cBuFdVUbOYGNzm4hsiK3GKdSAdMuxFk1A4Ptesevt0749IhHxVDI2r2gtqHDwZcd-LIiXHd_2f_iREQ23OxeYYicNyiCFeO9IFYIRq8AnoaalHL1qedPy3ZWUs2ydHgfSvt6j/s3000/20220518_140254-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="3000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjatYNf5LuOkVtV7n1OKv2DQPOsAHM-eUXiUscC5nF75x03E3LCKe0cBuFdVUbOYGNzm4hsiK3GKdSAdMuxFk1A4Ptesevt0749IhHxVDI2r2gtqHDwZcd-LIiXHd_2f_iREQ23OxeYYicNyiCFeO9IFYIRq8AnoaalHL1qedPy3ZWUs2ydHgfSvt6j/w640-h480/20220518_140254-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Nature hike with ship in view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9LzeeBnv0j5xQ-4heU4C69rw3Vpzhmzr3NnsmpU8jpCgL7WkL4EH0JYHbZTQfcK9BpqS_wWINlv4bfEnLua2MxIl4Xee4XA6QTcLi9YHhR2hyeSVgUPjt_MIiboG53yOzj8Db6Bwr09G2SO-RVv8AtOnCRTEH5UHAFjQIXTVViqNxfO5r7ro-uRT/s3000/20220518_140919-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1687" data-original-width="3000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9LzeeBnv0j5xQ-4heU4C69rw3Vpzhmzr3NnsmpU8jpCgL7WkL4EH0JYHbZTQfcK9BpqS_wWINlv4bfEnLua2MxIl4Xee4XA6QTcLi9YHhR2hyeSVgUPjt_MIiboG53yOzj8Db6Bwr09G2SO-RVv8AtOnCRTEH5UHAFjQIXTVViqNxfO5r7ro-uRT/w640-h360/20220518_140919-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Icy Strait Point is part of Chichagoff Island which is home to more brown bears than humans. In fact, as soon as we disembarked the ship we headed to a hiking trail that went from the gang plank up to the Transporter Landing (transportation between high and low areas of Icy Strait Point)and spotted fresh bear scat even though there were many tourists in the area!</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgODAboteXCRXamtu00jSnI1xyajtZVpf3US_-uiJ77mRjS6DB9NWsqjFRfUxVSRcpaKmVXQwLRW2oRiLe4I-D5yNGkiYmE5bOxY9pRe52XgltjNP6ScwGod58uPRYOoezNAhwyEYTLsIhJ87RPxeVQYSW0q6GEyRl1JVdW6giwe0SvUkjTT-ljF4/s3000/DSC_0132-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgODAboteXCRXamtu00jSnI1xyajtZVpf3US_-uiJ77mRjS6DB9NWsqjFRfUxVSRcpaKmVXQwLRW2oRiLe4I-D5yNGkiYmE5bOxY9pRe52XgltjNP6ScwGod58uPRYOoezNAhwyEYTLsIhJ87RPxeVQYSW0q6GEyRl1JVdW6giwe0SvUkjTT-ljF4/w640-h426/DSC_0132-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Cannery building from walk to Hoonah</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4aTbO_VUzaX7xfI0ASSYBA6s0abpkOZC0-OGp6eZaqhQulsaMTBe5bo6HKOPXy4nYRhsk1ESoGhsSNV7x1CnVROZKQZwaGZXXqHCU0Zc4aId3t1YRSOQPyZRhDD3qypuPpN39SJsf9ROODToXfKlnwMKefrz5evOkll5gEkzRFxEkPmJE-Y3Zrhv/s3000/DSC_0131-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4aTbO_VUzaX7xfI0ASSYBA6s0abpkOZC0-OGp6eZaqhQulsaMTBe5bo6HKOPXy4nYRhsk1ESoGhsSNV7x1CnVROZKQZwaGZXXqHCU0Zc4aId3t1YRSOQPyZRhDD3qypuPpN39SJsf9ROODToXfKlnwMKefrz5evOkll5gEkzRFxEkPmJE-Y3Zrhv/w640-h426/DSC_0131-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span>View of ship from walk to Hoonah</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCpvc08P2LUosp0fncFHmS96NGh3lilNzJCidqRuorqpp1Evamqm560tPUK1v2mYmoHIh6Wj2wU3EMdtxjfaHZbjiHqpQNRP_wyecgI2zQ3NsmNdjSxLyVw4DzGVQGxTII35rA-SlbntxuWkyOOe4sud40XRjsdpbG5tp4860iL7Zs6vjgLEdg_ww/s3000/DSC_0122-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCpvc08P2LUosp0fncFHmS96NGh3lilNzJCidqRuorqpp1Evamqm560tPUK1v2mYmoHIh6Wj2wU3EMdtxjfaHZbjiHqpQNRP_wyecgI2zQ3NsmNdjSxLyVw4DzGVQGxTII35rA-SlbntxuWkyOOe4sud40XRjsdpbG5tp4860iL7Zs6vjgLEdg_ww/w640-h426/DSC_0122-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span>Sea lions feeding in Port Frederick near the Duck Point Smokehouse</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcnp9DGLeSVAxh5fKDJdm6NaDYgwLeWjD0c-6LhAM_-b3TIpt7gJRgLsDWJfuS86aMV1HWLA7htWT_JukpQPACVD125XqxQ2nFMEdSzW21AjgSDeLpmLZhvLwOeBXCQyW53Cai4OFymAYgNDaDkCZoafGlnOSU75ZdBJA3kYCZNQQd46HSAKm4Ked/s3000/DSC_0120-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcnp9DGLeSVAxh5fKDJdm6NaDYgwLeWjD0c-6LhAM_-b3TIpt7gJRgLsDWJfuS86aMV1HWLA7htWT_JukpQPACVD125XqxQ2nFMEdSzW21AjgSDeLpmLZhvLwOeBXCQyW53Cai4OFymAYgNDaDkCZoafGlnOSU75ZdBJA3kYCZNQQd46HSAKm4Ked/w640-h426/DSC_0120-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Icy Strait Point is a place where eagles soar overhead and whales are regularly seen just offshore - we saw two and also several sea lions feeding in the area. Surrounded by towering rainforest and set against the backdrop of mist-shrouded mountains, guests can truly immerse themselves in our wilderness environment.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">With over 30 exciting tours, a restored 1912 salmon cannery and museum, nature trails, and even a beach! Icy Strait Point is the port for adventure. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0mOCXDBAaQGSzcVIKjfMQj_lBW4zWwQbgCamWRbRJ8QYZweoHeIabmALB6eFYuRvI_p8meZwuQNUUmd_jTpn1dEDcxj0jIgOu9_SN0GTKD46f8tYEBDw6EBuuzdp-l9ppvERyrom4aQ0GBojaSgPxEw3512csrLPI8gIzQuV4tMgcsta8GNq-OGE/s3000/DSC_0135-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0mOCXDBAaQGSzcVIKjfMQj_lBW4zWwQbgCamWRbRJ8QYZweoHeIabmALB6eFYuRvI_p8meZwuQNUUmd_jTpn1dEDcxj0jIgOu9_SN0GTKD46f8tYEBDw6EBuuzdp-l9ppvERyrom4aQ0GBojaSgPxEw3512csrLPI8gIzQuV4tMgcsta8GNq-OGE/w640-h426/DSC_0135-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Cannery museum buildings</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqyVIOdTJ7Vp_glliRZXZXkURZVkdV4xuPkSjja5a4eWtol8AlS9Ujatwz6w7_NQLyJp_PWRSo_HukRycdmOsqiwN2vXwT4_BI31DD1tH-Py_JGyg3DELHQFUCoIKtwuZ7p5LeW2LYdPXsF08uvIGWPLJ41D65VNDDqkENOxf_GzftPSXvdi3sSpc/s3000/20220518_143157-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1688" data-original-width="3000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqyVIOdTJ7Vp_glliRZXZXkURZVkdV4xuPkSjja5a4eWtol8AlS9Ujatwz6w7_NQLyJp_PWRSo_HukRycdmOsqiwN2vXwT4_BI31DD1tH-Py_JGyg3DELHQFUCoIKtwuZ7p5LeW2LYdPXsF08uvIGWPLJ41D65VNDDqkENOxf_GzftPSXvdi3sSpc/w640-h360/20220518_143157-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span>Riding the Transporter to the a higher level</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrrGLZOkH8yIN1Xl6K9QRw2cO40fHoohENZObZWyXuU64goSGNMxo6c1mtxpIkx0KVWI5eJOI4toKCC6dy90Gf5ZoaqtMpT-jHhm5ZhDExtHZ1zdSmOk1L6TaYe8nnJ4X_hWqrp22xMN7madU0tA2S69VgH87gS9w7k5vvDjP26PTLXTAOfiXpyeKJ/s3000/20220518_145851-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1688" data-original-width="3000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrrGLZOkH8yIN1Xl6K9QRw2cO40fHoohENZObZWyXuU64goSGNMxo6c1mtxpIkx0KVWI5eJOI4toKCC6dy90Gf5ZoaqtMpT-jHhm5ZhDExtHZ1zdSmOk1L6TaYe8nnJ4X_hWqrp22xMN7madU0tA2S69VgH87gS9w7k5vvDjP26PTLXTAOfiXpyeKJ/w640-h360/20220518_145851-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We had booked an excursion to hike Chichagoff Island but it was canceled so we decided to explore the area ourselves. When we first left the gang plank of the ship we headed to a walking trail at Wilderness Landing that hugged the beach but then moved up into a rainforest before popping out at the landing for the Transporter and the beginning of the gondola. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We rode the Transporter (free that day) down to the lower part of Icy Strait Point and found Dr. Pepper on tap at the Duck Point Smokehouse Station. That made our day as we did not purchase any drink packages on our ship and had trouble getting our daily dose of Dr. Pepper!</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After feeling refreshed we headed to the restored cannery, which is now a museum, to learn of the history of Icy Strait Point and shop for souvenirs. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQ4g3B4DBhe5nZt4X1YkxYseReT2HVkZEUrOJQ9BU2nFIjbkew6-XYm4jmDwu_JvYdwSauDlb3CL44y4fY2N8w9_0rG1ZEESQb2288ZNqSsYYjoOXN0Sy_4IiKZwkDa2bvO8uPad5-6ZgzJxBoutZvXkSeqpSVcfULKn3BlirEC2CcKUqRb-rN9zT/s3000/DSC_0148-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQ4g3B4DBhe5nZt4X1YkxYseReT2HVkZEUrOJQ9BU2nFIjbkew6-XYm4jmDwu_JvYdwSauDlb3CL44y4fY2N8w9_0rG1ZEESQb2288ZNqSsYYjoOXN0Sy_4IiKZwkDa2bvO8uPad5-6ZgzJxBoutZvXkSeqpSVcfULKn3BlirEC2CcKUqRb-rN9zT/w640-h426/DSC_0148-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLP8RVQ1yaFNmrR6XG1Il9s2RbljUQToBu-MaZDjD5hiB6-muVu7OCLcXClsb1z57JTsyDsQ-fYk3ptvl7_dgGt5261edFR2jzXVUe1yW0TvXmQLGKNvJ2o3DMSmTb8edimFTUUyUn1zGfvcwIzGzJqZct9NBaq8nG3Frk8BvWabvgQgxRPuD8r7ig/s3000/DSC_0157-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLP8RVQ1yaFNmrR6XG1Il9s2RbljUQToBu-MaZDjD5hiB6-muVu7OCLcXClsb1z57JTsyDsQ-fYk3ptvl7_dgGt5261edFR2jzXVUe1yW0TvXmQLGKNvJ2o3DMSmTb8edimFTUUyUn1zGfvcwIzGzJqZct9NBaq8nG3Frk8BvWabvgQgxRPuD8r7ig/w640-h426/DSC_0157-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlHFk7Cyt0tXM4BWUodJevPWjeJSobSjGUkHCyXS6JezUTLQlorvKTWcQzFLwKYTKJdstMhSVV-1Yyq4L3S1Ea92tPf95bPpN16q0O3jUhXQPRiTCp4lYNDL_118CdLAGCOsy-nQOii0tITKfKk_d2MMssM3srCtyqVp-3n6KX9_ZVXYPkg-g6WtC/s3000/DSC_0151-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlHFk7Cyt0tXM4BWUodJevPWjeJSobSjGUkHCyXS6JezUTLQlorvKTWcQzFLwKYTKJdstMhSVV-1Yyq4L3S1Ea92tPf95bPpN16q0O3jUhXQPRiTCp4lYNDL_118CdLAGCOsy-nQOii0tITKfKk_d2MMssM3srCtyqVp-3n6KX9_ZVXYPkg-g6WtC/w640-h426/DSC_0151-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDSnNbdxRInnM7IU3YeRb-q8Io481J-jtk3B84r5kuJYF5XaQAEhMmt3UjuaU3mo7lQAU8hqcUbxhy_ZEVWkVt5pg0TH-0FYpr_5C0G8RSDEGRm8eCdYye1iMNKfsJpek1gDvy6IarbqsCcBYkqsWyJL7I7WC-6u0iFnD_r0W-4Ec_knvp6XgpRdW/s3000/DSC_0159-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDSnNbdxRInnM7IU3YeRb-q8Io481J-jtk3B84r5kuJYF5XaQAEhMmt3UjuaU3mo7lQAU8hqcUbxhy_ZEVWkVt5pg0TH-0FYpr_5C0G8RSDEGRm8eCdYye1iMNKfsJpek1gDvy6IarbqsCcBYkqsWyJL7I7WC-6u0iFnD_r0W-4Ec_knvp6XgpRdW/w640-h426/DSC_0159-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZqjb0gxzPgH2_JT-dU4yRi1NDgux-_-n27nhfwqetIRWfv6zss7qce_yy40NzDwT57MkxQ65FL5nK4kB9YP73xiR2xzMKfOS5nTkzzwIzC8796OoseRTqWNb-Lf0RZm0HN1Fdw82CJ2AUSD3nLPp6i5oq5q1VHbhuEnOLs--DNpu14UlSXhcv3uG/s3000/DSC_0153-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZqjb0gxzPgH2_JT-dU4yRi1NDgux-_-n27nhfwqetIRWfv6zss7qce_yy40NzDwT57MkxQ65FL5nK4kB9YP73xiR2xzMKfOS5nTkzzwIzC8796OoseRTqWNb-Lf0RZm0HN1Fdw82CJ2AUSD3nLPp6i5oq5q1VHbhuEnOLs--DNpu14UlSXhcv3uG/w640-h426/DSC_0153-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Next we decided we would walk to into the town of Hoonah, however, after talking to some people coming back from town we learned that the walk was about 2 miles and there was not much to see or explore. We decided to ride the Transporter back up to the mountain to the Gondola ride which took us up the mountain to where the zip lining started. We did not ride the zip lines, however we did enjoy the beautiful views from the mountain and played in what snow was left (over 5 feet deep in some areas).</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6iaIYtP4JYTTbx7PV2qG-EW4W9DQk5ufbTIjcqqv6xoLJ83h5DXxg3yC21LS2xt23aRQj4aq04Rhae0VW9d2Mq4ctUfwc9Pho63lNFe_uma0bRCrwUX53GXw_b5dJhmtUBMeeOBDAPWjCAaNN5_qBXyU2P90T7hGHN-hMFV-nqnqN78f6X5xoodR/s3000/20220518_170839-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6iaIYtP4JYTTbx7PV2qG-EW4W9DQk5ufbTIjcqqv6xoLJ83h5DXxg3yC21LS2xt23aRQj4aq04Rhae0VW9d2Mq4ctUfwc9Pho63lNFe_uma0bRCrwUX53GXw_b5dJhmtUBMeeOBDAPWjCAaNN5_qBXyU2P90T7hGHN-hMFV-nqnqN78f6X5xoodR/w480-h640/20220518_170839-1.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oK1czbybyUnMOV3st9Lv8x1i6oY4Rh0FaTcQKPHcnzM9t-1f8NLlidZZoCoVHXE3izYb7-U_O9VxJcy9VSUurWFOvjxMRjmJcYjecicVDkcnzMvooBvOafUilPyO-QNeqTwr6pnX8kBxfgGbzCZOEtYH4KddmrMNieo9yiQp-V6spLb8_iKcjzY_/s3000/DSC_0196-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oK1czbybyUnMOV3st9Lv8x1i6oY4Rh0FaTcQKPHcnzM9t-1f8NLlidZZoCoVHXE3izYb7-U_O9VxJcy9VSUurWFOvjxMRjmJcYjecicVDkcnzMvooBvOafUilPyO-QNeqTwr6pnX8kBxfgGbzCZOEtYH4KddmrMNieo9yiQp-V6spLb8_iKcjzY_/w640-h426/DSC_0196-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg982B813V28deL_D0m9JWCGl5vgANqMMhWL7Co9DCIAGcxMKXOsKK4Y9rHcaY-9wPIQw7LE7qoBMP4LXsQkz-cwBr_i8AD-L_TWZVb2IoWCXZ5Y16o3RDPn9-l3-KNAkl1fcLTYO-EmsgdC3bGRkodJAI0whjIU454SOFt0qKTC0iqS8En8O4aVkN4/s3000/DSC_0198-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg982B813V28deL_D0m9JWCGl5vgANqMMhWL7Co9DCIAGcxMKXOsKK4Y9rHcaY-9wPIQw7LE7qoBMP4LXsQkz-cwBr_i8AD-L_TWZVb2IoWCXZ5Y16o3RDPn9-l3-KNAkl1fcLTYO-EmsgdC3bGRkodJAI0whjIU454SOFt0qKTC0iqS8En8O4aVkN4/w640-h426/DSC_0198-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_pz6-tvX3oBpBFb-NT-F37Gz2EJn3ht7Jvd6PCT3MzXbITEg0tEScOCspVALa4Ip3GZFrF9VnZTNwTS0omUWDRoTdEj5ED8bRgaKi_JECFelYkJZMT6eh9LOWfL9KjODzmjNRoGZYj-7y-16viOGcZN5Uud0tYoaybWIqI5BbL6JPA4hDTOXKvXH9/s3000/DSC_0195-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_pz6-tvX3oBpBFb-NT-F37Gz2EJn3ht7Jvd6PCT3MzXbITEg0tEScOCspVALa4Ip3GZFrF9VnZTNwTS0omUWDRoTdEj5ED8bRgaKi_JECFelYkJZMT6eh9LOWfL9KjODzmjNRoGZYj-7y-16viOGcZN5Uud0tYoaybWIqI5BbL6JPA4hDTOXKvXH9/w640-h426/DSC_0195-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGs2z1pFYR0pgezW65aED-xmEYkV_Ro97lREb21Q2OItYAxrdunxK1zjIjJUl9c-eiKcNiDEFY80geO5BzMJtgVwnvaAX8v_nSJLCkrLZTrRvSV_wEqJWKudlWqPZyXgmM76c_R0c0T2JzcSEIfFvZBwMy2gf1nNpViHT3SUXLhNvLlw4efCXKRuvv/s3000/DSC_0192-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGs2z1pFYR0pgezW65aED-xmEYkV_Ro97lREb21Q2OItYAxrdunxK1zjIjJUl9c-eiKcNiDEFY80geO5BzMJtgVwnvaAX8v_nSJLCkrLZTrRvSV_wEqJWKudlWqPZyXgmM76c_R0c0T2JzcSEIfFvZBwMy2gf1nNpViHT3SUXLhNvLlw4efCXKRuvv/w640-h426/DSC_0192-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57cx7MCpS6jZDLXIFQXq3ekVRl7jxHGxYInMIG8FBkjLASX9jrIfLr7MLgRSUlRAIqJWTKgjeZD4b6lsxfYzUxzx1Mgcsg76qjrTfv4cRcISYsn-Z91J_3YP0GDb5DaSpDY8jgyJbARPGHQLZ66RUWD57cAInnNsWGEDn4ma-vi4MBb58wbH3Qh2t/s3000/DSC_0191-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57cx7MCpS6jZDLXIFQXq3ekVRl7jxHGxYInMIG8FBkjLASX9jrIfLr7MLgRSUlRAIqJWTKgjeZD4b6lsxfYzUxzx1Mgcsg76qjrTfv4cRcISYsn-Z91J_3YP0GDb5DaSpDY8jgyJbARPGHQLZ66RUWD57cAInnNsWGEDn4ma-vi4MBb58wbH3Qh2t/w640-h426/DSC_0191-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After riding the Gondola back down we had to take the Transporter one more time to go back down to the beach level of Icy Strait Point. We decided to get a cold beer at the Duck Point Smokehouse Station which we enjoyed next to a wood burning fireplace before heading back to the ship. </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJAvSbAWmxxlM0UuyRn2cZkre9c-Nijwf8XFHahMj1jE-9RKHfu-Uaaf7o8EWsCrpxv6gPwGrDw72TkXYaPipGfQeVQ-Z0zbzYcS4qktOYHlD7ypeHFSjbsbuP8_-Vy_GZuVfpOIaF9x5Gl_OpR1NrbetAxiNFNpEYbwum8Z1eH8e-LmvPhP1nqObx/s3000/DSC_0160-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJAvSbAWmxxlM0UuyRn2cZkre9c-Nijwf8XFHahMj1jE-9RKHfu-Uaaf7o8EWsCrpxv6gPwGrDw72TkXYaPipGfQeVQ-Z0zbzYcS4qktOYHlD7ypeHFSjbsbuP8_-Vy_GZuVfpOIaF9x5Gl_OpR1NrbetAxiNFNpEYbwum8Z1eH8e-LmvPhP1nqObx/w640-h426/DSC_0160-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkaSrXUIPOB7HL3EOkU2A8WAPfgjWXDU8qqtQ3cdl3hPqZ8I_YJY9MQJrZiC0kg5Y3Gl2WOSc0aUhds2T1oOAFAabj4mpJ5YmLKcYqThHqBPHIQrav-gE-K4j0CXjSFHRIsGEpEG3j4wCYIUJD_OEAFBNFiXwVVVXH6VRF00DQ9wvT2dLkuPqUbduE/s3000/20220518_175111-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="3000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkaSrXUIPOB7HL3EOkU2A8WAPfgjWXDU8qqtQ3cdl3hPqZ8I_YJY9MQJrZiC0kg5Y3Gl2WOSc0aUhds2T1oOAFAabj4mpJ5YmLKcYqThHqBPHIQrav-gE-K4j0CXjSFHRIsGEpEG3j4wCYIUJD_OEAFBNFiXwVVVXH6VRF00DQ9wvT2dLkuPqUbduE/w640-h480/20220518_175111-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After being sea sick the day before we arrived at Icy Strait Point it was energizing to walk on land and breathe the fresh mountain air. We truly felt we had arrived in Alaska! Our next stop would be Skagway!</span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2HzOVBKi939yt5dNq5WCmUNGS9yWsjWoD95HSzVPHqN1YViHC1oXCoF7FrUB6cPKljYJWpjja1Ss8dM9RwzO2vjspJKb50qMQbC5K15OkMwN_irs-Rn9HcLTPx2EqXovIbNLYO34LCN15gbdK_GwQnt690DYG11YCGtxVSG3BpK1HfOSBdAGW8XN/s3000/DSC_0201-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2HzOVBKi939yt5dNq5WCmUNGS9yWsjWoD95HSzVPHqN1YViHC1oXCoF7FrUB6cPKljYJWpjja1Ss8dM9RwzO2vjspJKb50qMQbC5K15OkMwN_irs-Rn9HcLTPx2EqXovIbNLYO34LCN15gbdK_GwQnt690DYG11YCGtxVSG3BpK1HfOSBdAGW8XN/w640-h426/DSC_0201-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTIaVY7yA7_1maGdwvzB15-P_ShYSXyiHBm2PhDt72klGe9vpnNoxzExdcsrTHBlvxKdfJTrapSjJ0pG8ktlhec0h93TvSc6rVaE_OarmCFXgEcMvzSgonSWflAhMa9By_XWVBwH9IJeVWGAIYbnwvI7MRaVpedLEtIyK4z91rtJgvlgBm4dGzZLv/s3000/DSC_0207-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTIaVY7yA7_1maGdwvzB15-P_ShYSXyiHBm2PhDt72klGe9vpnNoxzExdcsrTHBlvxKdfJTrapSjJ0pG8ktlhec0h93TvSc6rVaE_OarmCFXgEcMvzSgonSWflAhMa9By_XWVBwH9IJeVWGAIYbnwvI7MRaVpedLEtIyK4z91rtJgvlgBm4dGzZLv/w640-h426/DSC_0207-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We were lucky enough to see a few humpback whales from <br />our ship's balcony</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKpUTCMw04fQCBicKGpuLut64D5eeG_lQ8RWzoaEn3vDcKLQlJ0JtYhTJMDzl07huWfEPlptiQSD4a3bpMP2mBkg67ioa_P4-kvPygLEEF6MProRKQb01sONUv35nZCZcVCwRtw1I7pthl2baRfP4k16ESNrbT1zWQuwjOHKYut9Uy73D1St68SOU/s3000/DSC_0216-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKpUTCMw04fQCBicKGpuLut64D5eeG_lQ8RWzoaEn3vDcKLQlJ0JtYhTJMDzl07huWfEPlptiQSD4a3bpMP2mBkg67ioa_P4-kvPygLEEF6MProRKQb01sONUv35nZCZcVCwRtw1I7pthl2baRfP4k16ESNrbT1zWQuwjOHKYut9Uy73D1St68SOU/w640-h426/DSC_0216-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLtaOm4Fi4eYx0PZZ0zBvxKJSNVsKOTYcYG6jeng5XJ01-RhW5wUGiSLzFntiv5Coq-51VornH-RieKcGfHT3I_xyzJW50RKR-eRzd0aH9Wyfb5YcRup5wyrG60h287NKQlRiCsOEsKX_7LCbLq_RmIY6x2SooZesOo2Kwid1PDmL3Zh2-naiu_ui/s3000/DSC_0223-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLtaOm4Fi4eYx0PZZ0zBvxKJSNVsKOTYcYG6jeng5XJ01-RhW5wUGiSLzFntiv5Coq-51VornH-RieKcGfHT3I_xyzJW50RKR-eRzd0aH9Wyfb5YcRup5wyrG60h287NKQlRiCsOEsKX_7LCbLq_RmIY6x2SooZesOo2Kwid1PDmL3Zh2-naiu_ui/w640-h426/DSC_0223-1-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Sundown near Icy Strait Point</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">To view more of our exciting adventure at Icy Strait Point visit our YouTube channel or click the link below. Don't forget to like and subscribe so you get notified when we upload more videos!</span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n5vqBXi7AW8" width="602" youtube-src-id="n5vqBXi7AW8"></iframe></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.com108 Cannery Rd, Hoonah, AK 99829, USA58.1292446 -135.462817629.819010763821154 -170.6190676 86.439478436178845 -100.3065676tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-12603533136722642352022-05-16T14:02:00.127-05:002023-07-30T12:08:43.151-06:00Alaska<p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We had been planning our 2022 vacation for over six months and when the day finally arrived for us to head to Seattle we were so excited!</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWBFM_b3L_vJxvrcq4uvVBBJjm1xxmTRT40ZqiRWctr02rUE_EvuiC1RQwNJW_ep09lHaASC75BMJLqCJ3APHDKBv5f7Naw1cIm524aA7ubLoIsqlsxnhosoatB8ofu1-TTtQi4jxKVGDls9tFg6DDOsU2Emn_7jIzGkafUVEXl9nJHlQ7YwohutD/s4000/20220523_160904.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWBFM_b3L_vJxvrcq4uvVBBJjm1xxmTRT40ZqiRWctr02rUE_EvuiC1RQwNJW_ep09lHaASC75BMJLqCJ3APHDKBv5f7Naw1cIm524aA7ubLoIsqlsxnhosoatB8ofu1-TTtQi4jxKVGDls9tFg6DDOsU2Emn_7jIzGkafUVEXl9nJHlQ7YwohutD/w640-h288/20220523_160904.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Mt. Rainer from Alaska Air</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span>We flew in the night before boarding the beautiful </span><a href="https://www.royalcaribbean.com/cruise-ships/quantum-of-the-seas" target="_blank">Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas</a><span> to sail to Alaska! After arriving in Seattle we spent the night at the </span><a href="https://www.radissonhotelsamericas.com/en-us/hotels/radisson-seattle-airport" target="_blank">Radisson Sea-Tac</a><span> which had recently been remodeled and was extremely quiet for being just walking distance from the airport.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The next morning we arranged for the <a href="https://seattleexpress.com/" target="_blank">Seattle Express</a> to pick us up from the hotel and take us to Pier 91/Smith Cove for our 11:00 am check-in. </span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The cruise terminal check in was an easy process as we already had our <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/border-services-agency/services/arrivecan.html" target="_blank">ArriveCAN</a> form, negative Covid tests results, sea pass, and luggage tags printed and ready to go.</span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtam_CGT9LPzn4Jes8GpSn_aF-cwQ1UVV2hCWcI0mZybhj45W7fQHNOMJfXrPcil3zxBhiDgzPbYd77bo0-KgL4U70EEVHM65TyUoYwgZOQqTvadB0e3qsgKZ20HLqEeYuxMl4t0EDzK3j3svIn2JbIGdyw7CSfWn2_z0bMCm09ve1hd3LlEZmbVB5/s4000/20220516_100716.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtam_CGT9LPzn4Jes8GpSn_aF-cwQ1UVV2hCWcI0mZybhj45W7fQHNOMJfXrPcil3zxBhiDgzPbYd77bo0-KgL4U70EEVHM65TyUoYwgZOQqTvadB0e3qsgKZ20HLqEeYuxMl4t0EDzK3j3svIn2JbIGdyw7CSfWn2_z0bMCm09ve1hd3LlEZmbVB5/w640-h360/20220516_100716.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Quantum of the Seas from the terminal</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuJ8j8cIvwIqYqqe2Z6NO4ekcB3EKLNHw4x9vfWVf158dMC8CTV_nuXWRIlYvGzGBa-99QBSx9H-TbtIfdnw6KZrfpp8_uliLH-l5r1ddwzdVl6sT_5AQE22ZGJnhPUz2HUFYQArtYaMP5vOrVPUPVFES47HoVBhAfl77Z-nWT5arcda13lxQKjbV/s4000/20220516_105500.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuJ8j8cIvwIqYqqe2Z6NO4ekcB3EKLNHw4x9vfWVf158dMC8CTV_nuXWRIlYvGzGBa-99QBSx9H-TbtIfdnw6KZrfpp8_uliLH-l5r1ddwzdVl6sT_5AQE22ZGJnhPUz2HUFYQArtYaMP5vOrVPUPVFES47HoVBhAfl77Z-nWT5arcda13lxQKjbV/w640-h360/20220516_105500.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">By noon we were on board and having lunch in the ship's Wind Jammer Buffet. After lunch we did our muster drill check-in and explored the ship. </span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Our first stop was to the North Star (pod) which takes you above the ship to enjoy 360 degree views of Smith Cove and the Quantum of the Seas. From the North Star we enjoyed a beer which we carried around with us as we explored each deck on the ship. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9I3YY8wLEZcG7FPSHq5oo93kUeuUdA095TenkGOty0HvqvzDq62hXtwMTgtCf1VXmzqYERjT5LEoCFFfM7unnxcJPTNDBdYEeMj0z9wY0cC3-VMxhWKbkduvXWqJuVBovr-sfVR-blM_QCtUnCWgrncHimiWGtVm2vJCTaDXR1H902z5si2DviWzU/s4000/20220516_115935.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9I3YY8wLEZcG7FPSHq5oo93kUeuUdA095TenkGOty0HvqvzDq62hXtwMTgtCf1VXmzqYERjT5LEoCFFfM7unnxcJPTNDBdYEeMj0z9wY0cC3-VMxhWKbkduvXWqJuVBovr-sfVR-blM_QCtUnCWgrncHimiWGtVm2vJCTaDXR1H902z5si2DviWzU/w640-h360/20220516_115935.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">North Star Pod</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqZ9w9tCGVuyqU3-g3S3kIMHGhkHQoNqkX0SG0uwqikC1gQsOEMk8U82xAQmRI1_tVKPF-do5y3fDoZrvhhQ9_WhH-HSK5GTGJXYyLEJmxt1CYbUOP3QR5gMv-fQp3ySxWy5tLyL7bX54SNu9qD1Sts4nQ159A-pH2EG63ndugkIw5SIkLKvHUaqc/s4000/20220516_115949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqZ9w9tCGVuyqU3-g3S3kIMHGhkHQoNqkX0SG0uwqikC1gQsOEMk8U82xAQmRI1_tVKPF-do5y3fDoZrvhhQ9_WhH-HSK5GTGJXYyLEJmxt1CYbUOP3QR5gMv-fQp3ySxWy5tLyL7bX54SNu9qD1Sts4nQ159A-pH2EG63ndugkIw5SIkLKvHUaqc/w640-h360/20220516_115949.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Around 1:00 pm we were able to get to our room and found our luggage waiting for us at our door. Our room was spacious, very clean, and we had an amazing balcony with comfortable lounge chairs! Our room attendant, Lalit, was on point, checking on our needs and keeping our room tidy. We LOVED the nightly turn down service and we were always excited to see which towel animal Lalit would leave for us on our bed!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6KCxf2vsi17hsQoOtkTIIRwpgeaaQ4T3q7n-mVk_ay8ZM_HrX5v5YiFWGyACMTKBgCw3HjtrNkAFQ8xMBb4QNQ8HUGDpGdFy-31OwbAyJUrmFapS-3_MSSSBNqdtm8dOZO14rLI3OoNJbkow55OEX5llSHepPSHouR2vJvDYu7DHupZhnomR-fqBk/s4000/20220521_185456.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6KCxf2vsi17hsQoOtkTIIRwpgeaaQ4T3q7n-mVk_ay8ZM_HrX5v5YiFWGyACMTKBgCw3HjtrNkAFQ8xMBb4QNQ8HUGDpGdFy-31OwbAyJUrmFapS-3_MSSSBNqdtm8dOZO14rLI3OoNJbkow55OEX5llSHepPSHouR2vJvDYu7DHupZhnomR-fqBk/w640-h288/20220521_185456.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWhRpVG8wGUPXkCAzE2geGF2Vfw46GpBdogV7p_hZUDH_BhlkvJyrDW0gHFq7EOq2cqVLxbWCZFxL09PSUWIhWf8kiWaPWRNOvdx6kIJ6X762lcEUp8uOd7XlEV6G3ShpwvEBmqpUdOAA-N7XOQcpt5KnUNe1YtZB21e5jrsMIWHLXrDexrOc8ULN/s8000/20220519_201307.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="8000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWhRpVG8wGUPXkCAzE2geGF2Vfw46GpBdogV7p_hZUDH_BhlkvJyrDW0gHFq7EOq2cqVLxbWCZFxL09PSUWIhWf8kiWaPWRNOvdx6kIJ6X762lcEUp8uOd7XlEV6G3ShpwvEBmqpUdOAA-N7XOQcpt5KnUNe1YtZB21e5jrsMIWHLXrDexrOc8ULN/w640-h480/20220519_201307.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjja4Dz1EdRY-Qt6wnQkg5_QHyztTM9ndlKYZtzeyR96denOI7zTG1JG5pDxYMHXdpXY_6GK4lgEL2IHGvd79nPKWs1I_n1SMFenCDkl7H5825JFY4wJTstTllEZItxk9xx6Jhd-sCQzibPgDdlMHt2QWkGAKim2b4v7RzHPWAOGVjP-rs4tKUl9O0g/s8000/20220518_201117.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="8000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjja4Dz1EdRY-Qt6wnQkg5_QHyztTM9ndlKYZtzeyR96denOI7zTG1JG5pDxYMHXdpXY_6GK4lgEL2IHGvd79nPKWs1I_n1SMFenCDkl7H5825JFY4wJTstTllEZItxk9xx6Jhd-sCQzibPgDdlMHt2QWkGAKim2b4v7RzHPWAOGVjP-rs4tKUl9O0g/w640-h480/20220518_201117.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAu4K8w3ng1m-h4qR7z7I4kNaYRI3DsH4q_6lEOpmAJClEcowdJ2Gg-C7_lg5tcqOKEBQ_UI0opY72kkinlRCp94QlGZFK2SLykXCuc-sWA8sxTsoDq9grAngMrjSuAJBMndJnfboOpFwkr5kNg-PR26-s7Ern9-dUpB0mTSSb_HqqWCTnVWvOGVqW/s3000/DSC_0034-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAu4K8w3ng1m-h4qR7z7I4kNaYRI3DsH4q_6lEOpmAJClEcowdJ2Gg-C7_lg5tcqOKEBQ_UI0opY72kkinlRCp94QlGZFK2SLykXCuc-sWA8sxTsoDq9grAngMrjSuAJBMndJnfboOpFwkr5kNg-PR26-s7Ern9-dUpB0mTSSb_HqqWCTnVWvOGVqW/w640-h426/DSC_0034-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5iGkirpdgX3Z-PAuSctQv4Ev1rnvV7Ivt2JM79nJzXqoVuu9_3B6b0os-xnAyJeDM1cJiUiNdYm1oMUZyuh30eUyqKAi4G6KfRev8xbqqqBeykfyudc75Kn2JWyt4CIghtzrrEPS6iw5prffvecSSvPpuNpaDds0Y7xdGeo7uJBDdWKw9y_nKIot1/s4000/20220516_124405.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5iGkirpdgX3Z-PAuSctQv4Ev1rnvV7Ivt2JM79nJzXqoVuu9_3B6b0os-xnAyJeDM1cJiUiNdYm1oMUZyuh30eUyqKAi4G6KfRev8xbqqqBeykfyudc75Kn2JWyt4CIghtzrrEPS6iw5prffvecSSvPpuNpaDds0Y7xdGeo7uJBDdWKw9y_nKIot1/w640-h360/20220516_124405.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHb2BnAf3b52LsxVsYPjfAmsPBElh80D5IuFwbz2zR1xne67Gof-U1st6zBMzK1tNguhadw6FMOom4l2JbWLvSGYUGbznXxqbliYX2o0m99ld89-HoXe1K6petKRAEELd70yggHZjpRIeWa9zXIkykh5483TNdVgFoDIO-Po13nt0Dpe9uCQjkiVPm/s3000/DSC_0007-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHb2BnAf3b52LsxVsYPjfAmsPBElh80D5IuFwbz2zR1xne67Gof-U1st6zBMzK1tNguhadw6FMOom4l2JbWLvSGYUGbznXxqbliYX2o0m99ld89-HoXe1K6petKRAEELd70yggHZjpRIeWa9zXIkykh5483TNdVgFoDIO-Po13nt0Dpe9uCQjkiVPm/w640-h426/DSC_0007-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJaIP1JQJzppKVqT4Lb9wfplbEWFAQTr00pM4rHJlXOhDqbB-I8AOuQF-hMAZT58v7IwgeVmlFXFflAJndjqCszoj0xVG_taFWiK8tz-C_5RyNOBus1nBbVJuRZvaxVy3ANPaY6WO_SRcHe1bFfKhbjQZRuR-aRZvP6aBmtfbYZrEX6QWWzLTkFv7/s4000/20220516_124815.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJaIP1JQJzppKVqT4Lb9wfplbEWFAQTr00pM4rHJlXOhDqbB-I8AOuQF-hMAZT58v7IwgeVmlFXFflAJndjqCszoj0xVG_taFWiK8tz-C_5RyNOBus1nBbVJuRZvaxVy3ANPaY6WO_SRcHe1bFfKhbjQZRuR-aRZvP6aBmtfbYZrEX6QWWzLTkFv7/w360-h640/20220516_124815.jpg" width="360" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZ9LpHNug0oFIMnH4wgxMk-XpNJYBXfDj-g3b20nF1ElpzrPkm21lwemdu01DlfemcTydmnMZj3Lro6jaCXHgzyRdpGuulcUyMLxL0Z8qm6ydqj9DkkimtXw7uygApBynPSGxpZdteAnZxcvXP-cD_bq2vufdYtzYLYXMMdUc_JX9Riw666rERncy/s4832/20220516_124310.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1792" data-original-width="4832" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZ9LpHNug0oFIMnH4wgxMk-XpNJYBXfDj-g3b20nF1ElpzrPkm21lwemdu01DlfemcTydmnMZj3Lro6jaCXHgzyRdpGuulcUyMLxL0Z8qm6ydqj9DkkimtXw7uygApBynPSGxpZdteAnZxcvXP-cD_bq2vufdYtzYLYXMMdUc_JX9Riw666rERncy/w640-h238/20220516_124310.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXUJOcqQvPavaGU413EbYFQdCpqVDnrY1F8n9QlZTqjaJInP_hSQhdeZxBarPIds0zd-wEaqGzHwZypeRj14kqZd21aAGkp5P1vHi4JKDi3KYUEUBTViLmjSV8J40aTp3L2JJ5jFC58kKqpmkEYY3GEKc2pIigeQ0j9X2FW_xU8RX7p2jpEN99AzIr/s8000/20220518_102118.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="8000" data-original-width="6000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXUJOcqQvPavaGU413EbYFQdCpqVDnrY1F8n9QlZTqjaJInP_hSQhdeZxBarPIds0zd-wEaqGzHwZypeRj14kqZd21aAGkp5P1vHi4JKDi3KYUEUBTViLmjSV8J40aTp3L2JJ5jFC58kKqpmkEYY3GEKc2pIigeQ0j9X2FW_xU8RX7p2jpEN99AzIr/w480-h640/20220518_102118.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hiding ducks on cruise ships is a real thing!<br />Found one to re-hide outside of the Wonderland Restaurant on board.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>As scheduled the ship set sail at 4:00 pm and we sailed through the Puget Sound and into the Salish Sea before entering the Pacific Ocean. For our embarkation night dinner we dined in the main dining room which offered views of the Salish Sea until it became too dark. Exhausted from the start of our big adventure we headed off to bed and slept well to the rocking of the ship.</p></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-d6qU32TKClHNl4IiBAi49JLK_PQTUP0D41zCRilem2SlWMSd2fPmp1gc2vDQkpjlccyZ5P090Xbn3TdwHOVdfFwpqpElMqY0hgUV7CeAfJqjQWqBIjzdFm_WljZSou3f3d4jsUoCMNwoFntxY_7t6qyLh0bZIJt_MS4hsobXjhUHGuZEPz1mXwK/s3000/DSC_0043-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-d6qU32TKClHNl4IiBAi49JLK_PQTUP0D41zCRilem2SlWMSd2fPmp1gc2vDQkpjlccyZ5P090Xbn3TdwHOVdfFwpqpElMqY0hgUV7CeAfJqjQWqBIjzdFm_WljZSou3f3d4jsUoCMNwoFntxY_7t6qyLh0bZIJt_MS4hsobXjhUHGuZEPz1mXwK/w640-h426/DSC_0043-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRRRR06J1YzecNZ-P235n6CHqN0L0YjWQ2ElwmA_Z2JcaWqEJFXgXFZOl6ClHTkp4p3y7GeWE_MMNTps0S_dUweME9Rp2nMcfKczEUW4Tox71OF_68XSsgwRVhEzCqCcye_xSJY4k8ijhoSZShjNj87nwJFJKHIq7Ofw5C1zjyh5ux3z6a1sDxwlM/s3000/DSC_0015-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRRRR06J1YzecNZ-P235n6CHqN0L0YjWQ2ElwmA_Z2JcaWqEJFXgXFZOl6ClHTkp4p3y7GeWE_MMNTps0S_dUweME9Rp2nMcfKczEUW4Tox71OF_68XSsgwRVhEzCqCcye_xSJY4k8ijhoSZShjNj87nwJFJKHIq7Ofw5C1zjyh5ux3z6a1sDxwlM/w640-h426/DSC_0015-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Ffjbhe91rNtpCm0cc9FmaL3znFaVE5CoqRu3UQ-tMRtyNzzWVoBiLfIukekIL0fYsfTWLhpnREXHgMfzU_ePpSllXSyRjraW2IAlHsW1Xn38pMiCxnqRf6DPZeKY8Nj8vf0J9jocaGSQtIcOMko4FvphfPrTNL7wo0J68iyKUe5u42lw-vxq7UKM/s3000/DSC_0013-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Ffjbhe91rNtpCm0cc9FmaL3znFaVE5CoqRu3UQ-tMRtyNzzWVoBiLfIukekIL0fYsfTWLhpnREXHgMfzU_ePpSllXSyRjraW2IAlHsW1Xn38pMiCxnqRf6DPZeKY8Nj8vf0J9jocaGSQtIcOMko4FvphfPrTNL7wo0J68iyKUe5u42lw-vxq7UKM/w640-h426/DSC_0013-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">When we awoke the next morning the ship was in the middle of a rain storm off the Pacific coast. Because the ship was really rocking and the view from the balcony was foggy we stayed sea sick most of the second day (sailing day). We took advantage the drowsiness caused by Dramamine and enjoyed the best naps we've had in a while. </span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">When we woke up the third day the boat was in the inside passage of Alaska and the waters were calm. The ship would dock next at Icy Strait Point!</span></p><p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="297" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/99kvKP8Q7vE" width="532" youtube-src-id="99kvKP8Q7vE"></iframe></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Click the link above to watch our latest YouTube video!</span></div><br />TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.com2001 W Garfield St, Seattle, WA 98119, USA47.6332067 -122.380168519.322972863821157 -157.5364185 75.943440536178855 -87.2239185tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-91675615693270134202021-08-31T09:31:00.244-05:002023-07-30T12:09:01.669-06:00Angel Fire, New Mexico<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">It has become a tradition with us to take our RV out to celebrate Gman's birthday. For this year's birthday we chose to visit Angel Fire, New Mexico, and the surrounding area.</span><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.angelfireresort.com/" target="_blank">Angel Fire</a> is a village in the Rocky Mountains of New Mexico. It’s home to Angel Fire Resort, with ski slopes and terrain parks, plus a summer mountain-bike park and zip line. The Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway passes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park, which is home to the Vietnam Veterans Peace and Brotherhood Chapel. Farther north, Eagle Nest Lake is ringed by mountains and is stocked with salmon and trout.</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="eHaQD"> </span></span>The village of Angel Fire is not new to us. We have visited this location several times, however, this was the first time we stayed at the Angel Fire RV Resort.</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtBnNlyO9XSorbgZ9-pYcyid8H2wGvAImZaJhkUXoy1N849Trj16LEKNhRfSGL-9dWLw7OshQHtZWVhvDM_RIwkQh64aKNiHIv_qwyyX6LogcH84KEq8-hZrhvtyH2v1G3tlP3VxoG4Y/s2048/20210903_125750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtBnNlyO9XSorbgZ9-pYcyid8H2wGvAImZaJhkUXoy1N849Trj16LEKNhRfSGL-9dWLw7OshQHtZWVhvDM_RIwkQh64aKNiHIv_qwyyX6LogcH84KEq8-hZrhvtyH2v1G3tlP3VxoG4Y/w640-h360/20210903_125750.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPd4sbcKVEPUJb8vkYB9xVs9SGFIU4tFlvib7KqieoZTJBoEZAq-maRlrzjS4UQe-sehkaAUGpDUwSPC_T9XM-kB37EnsXc7MG5LLSWOwLTZvo1Kt3h7ooQXRQ1okJ2IBG-fhBVpI7DA/s2048/20210903_154431.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPd4sbcKVEPUJb8vkYB9xVs9SGFIU4tFlvib7KqieoZTJBoEZAq-maRlrzjS4UQe-sehkaAUGpDUwSPC_T9XM-kB37EnsXc7MG5LLSWOwLTZvo1Kt3h7ooQXRQ1okJ2IBG-fhBVpI7DA/w640-h360/20210903_154431.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYiqsUIh6k19qaVB1Nkrxz0I7TJ_aq0jrTmBeMBA-rvgN7HzQXyEUZneKUKEOvHZiKM8dTcbrCpo6Drw3ZQmotonk5fQ6lOScSpheGyApDE5wj2O__3S7MgnKA26ubUzbf0RFA2sEqtmw/s2048/TPK_8362.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYiqsUIh6k19qaVB1Nkrxz0I7TJ_aq0jrTmBeMBA-rvgN7HzQXyEUZneKUKEOvHZiKM8dTcbrCpo6Drw3ZQmotonk5fQ6lOScSpheGyApDE5wj2O__3S7MgnKA26ubUzbf0RFA2sEqtmw/w640-h428/TPK_8362.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwxuwfN9pPcGZ5ClJwYn3BkISYCGgbT1J9eYl0JPsGpYhTEc7atrXS7A-o8yUoSRuC_TCZhtgDMpkLuN5SBvDA42V9aqxPu9u1sFG1anT473psV38-ccT6S8zh539OP0efIDJmtN2Wwc/s2048/TPK_8370.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwxuwfN9pPcGZ5ClJwYn3BkISYCGgbT1J9eYl0JPsGpYhTEc7atrXS7A-o8yUoSRuC_TCZhtgDMpkLuN5SBvDA42V9aqxPu9u1sFG1anT473psV38-ccT6S8zh539OP0efIDJmtN2Wwc/w640-h428/TPK_8370.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFPmWft22dDH0fR8ySiQvr7v4umY75znwdN4yVsz7jNHbeGc3abCKdieI7iBuebUC6GqKMze6zWl2Nrfw5Gw35nDv5QWRS617Znx2ofRx09soUk1MGkN9ct-MfHU46UzsMJBLCfG_OkI/s2048/20210903_182751.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFPmWft22dDH0fR8ySiQvr7v4umY75znwdN4yVsz7jNHbeGc3abCKdieI7iBuebUC6GqKMze6zWl2Nrfw5Gw35nDv5QWRS617Znx2ofRx09soUk1MGkN9ct-MfHU46UzsMJBLCfG_OkI/w640-h360/20210903_182751.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2-Lkt9vsrXZ79wcUSOVJK7rl3J3fY4-MGcE8-k5bANM-OlI2CTQZnJ_xrJUFtc0s4zRz0oNlsDXgnh3b6YJsuoJn5-AdGL67ftZiuc_TrS2yLrDwW8QlaKDt3_Em867sW3MR7L4zL6kA/s2048/20210903_190203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2-Lkt9vsrXZ79wcUSOVJK7rl3J3fY4-MGcE8-k5bANM-OlI2CTQZnJ_xrJUFtc0s4zRz0oNlsDXgnh3b6YJsuoJn5-AdGL67ftZiuc_TrS2yLrDwW8QlaKDt3_Em867sW3MR7L4zL6kA/w640-h360/20210903_190203.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">Nestled among the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Northern New Mexico, </span><a href="https://angelfirervresort.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Angel Fire RV Resort</a><span style="background-color: white;"> offers spectacular views of Moreno Valley and its peaks year-round. Within the resort their are 102 level, paved sites with full hook-ups. A few of the amenities this resort offers are bath houses, laundry, club house, walking trails, dog park, pickle ball courts and horseshoes. The staff will pick up your trash every morning from your RV site and also provide you with home cooked waffles brought to your RV door on the weekends. The park is clean, quiet and beautifully landscaped. Each night there are activities planned at the club house which include smores, live music and wagon rides. We enjoyed this resort so much that we are already planning on returning next year!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLaI31iHQHRYUG0my_ceJsBWeNbjEppWHgfMM9OHqQNp7-xZbm2KfTsyz2AbcOtEl9Us0KgmKLwcmEHvOnWQ6U3WjoOK1IxHR7ajDwUlYzxJS0V1gKN5YQeM9KN1Kd68pyq3k_0lfnYM/s2048/20210902_172015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLaI31iHQHRYUG0my_ceJsBWeNbjEppWHgfMM9OHqQNp7-xZbm2KfTsyz2AbcOtEl9Us0KgmKLwcmEHvOnWQ6U3WjoOK1IxHR7ajDwUlYzxJS0V1gKN5YQeM9KN1Kd68pyq3k_0lfnYM/w360-h640/20210902_172015.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8C_fnU92lP_xo9kZLUKN9_AMe8FJ71u9o2jaJ4fC-dLfe35WLiVExevVUaMaObC0vsKrFXvPh4KT0kmA0a8oP1o-hc_VdyMlZU3T_t1V9ELcu16PjgVWBLxoCrpbbZBU_Asf6iEpvhE/s2048/20210902_172829.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8C_fnU92lP_xo9kZLUKN9_AMe8FJ71u9o2jaJ4fC-dLfe35WLiVExevVUaMaObC0vsKrFXvPh4KT0kmA0a8oP1o-hc_VdyMlZU3T_t1V9ELcu16PjgVWBLxoCrpbbZBU_Asf6iEpvhE/w640-h360/20210902_172829.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXDDu42lyWx6UUYhsGYNJsrYEJeaO7fhQ3XqqKI8_V1GEMm1I8VEo_KvoveDV6GlAzokPFYuJxuWD1-huCWT22Plh2PuxqUp_hT-xtDvwZFcVFud59YHroYVfZUvFLipIv24H0HN1dz0/s2048/20210902_175641.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXDDu42lyWx6UUYhsGYNJsrYEJeaO7fhQ3XqqKI8_V1GEMm1I8VEo_KvoveDV6GlAzokPFYuJxuWD1-huCWT22Plh2PuxqUp_hT-xtDvwZFcVFud59YHroYVfZUvFLipIv24H0HN1dz0/w640-h360/20210902_175641.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhg37p0C2FSfi5lSgKvGDhyRzq4_69rsR-It3Du4_hTT9shff8mTAGiGL9ENKQ9csJte_VN7x-3Vz_q5xGjVsMrnouR454MxPL8pkPuQa7Vk8zAxXAH0Fdju8F3bq3J5xJpjwxB4wC8o/s2048/20210902_180947.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhg37p0C2FSfi5lSgKvGDhyRzq4_69rsR-It3Du4_hTT9shff8mTAGiGL9ENKQ9csJte_VN7x-3Vz_q5xGjVsMrnouR454MxPL8pkPuQa7Vk8zAxXAH0Fdju8F3bq3J5xJpjwxB4wC8o/w640-h360/20210902_180947.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVHBJIhIpqDGKJ4hc9kckxr78P-Ht_9Wc84T9zw61S7qQ5aWRFShQHqA9sIJvjglb57qbY_7RisyF98na18bLXDhNLtLqGWbb3VXo9omDMGzXF0XUSRm7qGjDJ5SYZmIyZDHecErvA2u4/s2048/20210902_181353.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVHBJIhIpqDGKJ4hc9kckxr78P-Ht_9Wc84T9zw61S7qQ5aWRFShQHqA9sIJvjglb57qbY_7RisyF98na18bLXDhNLtLqGWbb3VXo9omDMGzXF0XUSRm7qGjDJ5SYZmIyZDHecErvA2u4/w640-h360/20210902_181353.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrNarAAV0fB44G1yWjB-ymWsGYcpUSikr23uehGJVVvdsi4bzmapMJYcaouN0o6jHPKQf2cncIuKNZqx-rWQtccYPsqig5SM6yLma32zXgkIqxGDneJBKY2h3_976dIL4PK-T179DqC0/s2048/20210902_181458.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrNarAAV0fB44G1yWjB-ymWsGYcpUSikr23uehGJVVvdsi4bzmapMJYcaouN0o6jHPKQf2cncIuKNZqx-rWQtccYPsqig5SM6yLma32zXgkIqxGDneJBKY2h3_976dIL4PK-T179DqC0/w640-h360/20210902_181458.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00M055-bmCar9gki5xHcTLFdigkuE9nokvifKKsgFocA1L6HOnWvbSb8V5Th9UejRyptwL6RVgdtNGPfBMrgoXtX12-yvL4Rqe6LoZaiclxu7BxjlWe13hP4JPqOCPKwecJqMNyLPhIk/s2048/20210902_182236.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00M055-bmCar9gki5xHcTLFdigkuE9nokvifKKsgFocA1L6HOnWvbSb8V5Th9UejRyptwL6RVgdtNGPfBMrgoXtX12-yvL4Rqe6LoZaiclxu7BxjlWe13hP4JPqOCPKwecJqMNyLPhIk/w640-h360/20210902_182236.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3e9IJmgAmK6YR9hU4nKEChQWkKDk7L4n00iz4bMmGKBa3VDanrmX03GzHugJ65YKXoK9EdmyTyNjQ_waBas-u8RJveBys68rmr0Sv0s8yXL-Upx6-AJF5hY7LYTtWcvz7bkKXixCcpGo/s2048/20210902_182252.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3e9IJmgAmK6YR9hU4nKEChQWkKDk7L4n00iz4bMmGKBa3VDanrmX03GzHugJ65YKXoK9EdmyTyNjQ_waBas-u8RJveBys68rmr0Sv0s8yXL-Upx6-AJF5hY7LYTtWcvz7bkKXixCcpGo/w640-h360/20210902_182252.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">A few times during our stay we ventured outside of the village of Angel Fire for a little off-road adventure! In this area a 4-wheel drive vehicle is necessary to get up some of the steep and rocky trails so we borrowed a family member's jeep and took off to the small town of </span><a href="https://redriver.org/" target="_blank">Red River</a><span style="background-color: white;">, New Mexico, which is located about 30 miles north/northeast of Angel Fire.</span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The first trail of our off road adventure took us to <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/carson/recreation/recarea/?recid=44356&actid=104" target="_blank">Pioneer Creek Trail</a> which starts on the outskirts of Red River. This 3.4 mile trail crosses Pioneer Creek and passes by several old mines. Gman tried his hand at gold panning in the creek bed.</span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLtq8nQH4n6nlhUM1U4LThoE21-pBzdBRRbU6Q9qOqQjx8LW6Tbr86IFhQhp7vW6GH9cxfjKlNlTG7dF3xe9DZVtsgPWBIyxnxZ5Xoxn6Zcxbth3OH-pcNuAcyUqaJ6jXjAKnIDdzLNU/s2048/20210902_125400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLtq8nQH4n6nlhUM1U4LThoE21-pBzdBRRbU6Q9qOqQjx8LW6Tbr86IFhQhp7vW6GH9cxfjKlNlTG7dF3xe9DZVtsgPWBIyxnxZ5Xoxn6Zcxbth3OH-pcNuAcyUqaJ6jXjAKnIDdzLNU/w640-h360/20210902_125400.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBw-ccU4Tk-L7jAUwEX3jC3S3XMe7hhhUP6vke1UC1FKpfRARDFFHqWEMLhCOlAoQF36zvTt2nE396MOU_zGka9gDMCSAv28_8DPv1sisaGnalmVFGsGiktV7RoIgRVin4XynUUGoMwA/s2048/20210902_125757.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBw-ccU4Tk-L7jAUwEX3jC3S3XMe7hhhUP6vke1UC1FKpfRARDFFHqWEMLhCOlAoQF36zvTt2nE396MOU_zGka9gDMCSAv28_8DPv1sisaGnalmVFGsGiktV7RoIgRVin4XynUUGoMwA/w640-h360/20210902_125757.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijizO1EbjXmTHEQ9i-ovr88T8bgQS3X7YFzU5nH4piE2wyIWuCcNnxB7eFn20u7_YC2o-5uGjBIiDJtI_tAfZt4WXrQeQ0pPOB3UU0QT6EMNoQf-odMQTA8QrdS8ObHZZJnlgRVRUaTpo/s2048/20210902_131002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijizO1EbjXmTHEQ9i-ovr88T8bgQS3X7YFzU5nH4piE2wyIWuCcNnxB7eFn20u7_YC2o-5uGjBIiDJtI_tAfZt4WXrQeQ0pPOB3UU0QT6EMNoQf-odMQTA8QrdS8ObHZZJnlgRVRUaTpo/w640-h360/20210902_131002.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuQM4A0jXBLvRWvgZIuI7-fjas35q8iTPi54zH3tTOPQ_qbF0qX6P_aRWYzUM2Am-gJAyfcH_u43pvL6MsTaq_GjOn09S3K2VmMHxOJQWSEbPralHKgvLdiJiRx_r0hYpY75w8ZfEtbU/s2048/20210902_131244.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuQM4A0jXBLvRWvgZIuI7-fjas35q8iTPi54zH3tTOPQ_qbF0qX6P_aRWYzUM2Am-gJAyfcH_u43pvL6MsTaq_GjOn09S3K2VmMHxOJQWSEbPralHKgvLdiJiRx_r0hYpY75w8ZfEtbU/w640-h480/20210902_131244.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZWzcKbZOjqtKHRTR74ffoddwenyG0Qjp_ov4A2VUVSov85WpTiLrPas__gd8-rABYW8Oqn9V-jc56qNqNL45BeCIrGVlw-QEIJo7S809HVr57BBHNKJmqiUIGRA0q7NhVDpvWEdCdyI/s2048/20210902_133518.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZWzcKbZOjqtKHRTR74ffoddwenyG0Qjp_ov4A2VUVSov85WpTiLrPas__gd8-rABYW8Oqn9V-jc56qNqNL45BeCIrGVlw-QEIJo7S809HVr57BBHNKJmqiUIGRA0q7NhVDpvWEdCdyI/w640-h360/20210902_133518.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After our first 4-wheeling adventure we headed back into Red River, New Mexico and enjoyed a lunch of loaded cheese fries with green chili stew and brisket at <a href="https://www.bullothewoods.com/" target="_blank">Bull O' The Woods Saloon</a>. We chose this restaurant/bar because they have a dog friendly patio and we had our little rat terrier, Remi, with us the whole time!</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVlYcT8fW3FKnFmqoeK0Syq9WDYp2VB6UzPocHtB4LIzBsG2ukc7J6LU_4TqtvzRts35djYn_tBOUAy3KT1xa5kLYdhc-vX99qKco9nrR_a5FQeIm0e5hFdEkRzzAKhgPzKg1Rk9KSxo/s550/bull-o-the-woods-is-open.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="550" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVlYcT8fW3FKnFmqoeK0Syq9WDYp2VB6UzPocHtB4LIzBsG2ukc7J6LU_4TqtvzRts35djYn_tBOUAy3KT1xa5kLYdhc-vX99qKco9nrR_a5FQeIm0e5hFdEkRzzAKhgPzKg1Rk9KSxo/w640-h428/bull-o-the-woods-is-open.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsEGWzs4NX71wWTc4wSD7ohSnNrrPjc8u8Y2jAF7lRbsU2sPkDFgDc1PEt1lZrbNqGRIyH8-NDLjdQVU2B6p5sSW7jfxTwYQXOMj7amOJkrn-3zPSPH-tWq6fmmj2UxvqBsislLQvFvTI/s1920/55tW7uc5-2238163707.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsEGWzs4NX71wWTc4wSD7ohSnNrrPjc8u8Y2jAF7lRbsU2sPkDFgDc1PEt1lZrbNqGRIyH8-NDLjdQVU2B6p5sSW7jfxTwYQXOMj7amOJkrn-3zPSPH-tWq6fmmj2UxvqBsislLQvFvTI/w640-h360/55tW7uc5-2238163707.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">With our bellies full we headed up to Greenie Peak! </span><a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/carson/recreation/recarea/?recid=44478&actid=104" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Greenie Peak</a><span style="background-color: white;"> is a high mountain peak at an elevation of 3.432m (11,259ft) above the sea level. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Tucked away in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Northern New Mexico, the road to the summit is one of the highest roads in New Mexico and is totally unpaved. The trail is rocky and extremely rough so just ride with caution. The trail is narrow with few places for passing so meeting someone can be a challenge. During the summer, the road is very rough and has loose rock in some places. In the winter, the road is not plowed. The switchbacks are very tight. Keep an eye on the weather for thunderstorms and lightning. The road goes all the way to the summit. In order to drive this road up, you need a 4x4 vehicle. It’s pretty narrow in parts.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_xk3nhyphenhyphenW5sZiYQiCl0JRrUJgvpbxWFAR04lhJgVrKD0C6LhO_iAxENkuXKZhgwTRcpoj_2Gm6QiOCnbOgG8kVSazqOCkd8YC_Pnt5HXJhCWf_G0JZJJ2w5elJv1qVmKZ4LMJauf0Pmc/s2048/TPK_8392.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_xk3nhyphenhyphenW5sZiYQiCl0JRrUJgvpbxWFAR04lhJgVrKD0C6LhO_iAxENkuXKZhgwTRcpoj_2Gm6QiOCnbOgG8kVSazqOCkd8YC_Pnt5HXJhCWf_G0JZJJ2w5elJv1qVmKZ4LMJauf0Pmc/w640-h428/TPK_8392.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Top of Greenie Peak - this road was so scary that we didn't take photos until we stopped at the top!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After climbing back down Greenie Peak we were exhausted so we headed back to our RV in Angel Fire to cook dinner and rest for the night.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">The next day we continued our off-road adventure by going back into the town of Red River and up Old Red River Pass. </span><a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/carson/recreation/recarea/?recid=44512&actid=93" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Old Red River Pass</a><span style="background-color: white;"> is a high mountain pass at an elevation of 3.021m (9,911ft) above the sea level, located in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico.</span></span></div><div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The road to the summit, located in Carson National Forest, is gravel and bumpy. It’s called Forest Access Road 488 (Old Red River Pass Road). Adverse weather conditions can prompt closure of the road. The top of this road offers great views of the Red River Upper Valley, Wheeler Peak and Gold Hill.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjONUOxCSCIt5R41lbq_Dla2SemqKdDFAFh-mrWJ-iE4XEcNwTvb3OMVQOAjnClkCLixZoUjzlUQTw2Wq3SYV2HdHWPhim4rDYomT5oax78w0xVz5AEJSx5kN7fnQoeukyNtmPAcEZYQd4/s2048/20210903_131606.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjONUOxCSCIt5R41lbq_Dla2SemqKdDFAFh-mrWJ-iE4XEcNwTvb3OMVQOAjnClkCLixZoUjzlUQTw2Wq3SYV2HdHWPhim4rDYomT5oax78w0xVz5AEJSx5kN7fnQoeukyNtmPAcEZYQd4/w640-h360/20210903_131606.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGTrXG5s60Zv-yHiRnYh2NckUq5JNSF4GgMcPMNDx-pRvFPzZsRVBYf3P9CbGFCOMviTib3Geor-w9PNYTFZgleuZ-zy7ZlDCpvGxz1ADCCA3CBNd05fiL0meeC7HZlqsHaMKUVvYTjQQ/s2048/TPK_8424.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGTrXG5s60Zv-yHiRnYh2NckUq5JNSF4GgMcPMNDx-pRvFPzZsRVBYf3P9CbGFCOMviTib3Geor-w9PNYTFZgleuZ-zy7ZlDCpvGxz1ADCCA3CBNd05fiL0meeC7HZlqsHaMKUVvYTjQQ/w640-h428/TPK_8424.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9SiOpOajErlZUaXY8WfLH8xcfl1eESf-SzmRLlc6-pVKKVTogCV3RPnTg4X4hANvN14RlxCEfCqSSVwoF-r7JQoU73n7dBnKfTInDXNWGT4BK8itRm-9wsg-g1VDt3-ZKPn5h10Exn0/s2048/TPK_8427.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9SiOpOajErlZUaXY8WfLH8xcfl1eESf-SzmRLlc6-pVKKVTogCV3RPnTg4X4hANvN14RlxCEfCqSSVwoF-r7JQoU73n7dBnKfTInDXNWGT4BK8itRm-9wsg-g1VDt3-ZKPn5h10Exn0/w640-h428/TPK_8427.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11We5LPU-uQ59yoZCP5VgRGiy7jGoRkmNc-VajOVinJnq6rrQ4v74hA-4AVK5Xenpmr35N4XyJ-__IWb5ge2IT60I9LlnWC7yfQyrjpmDxQZV21eLudHLm1gLioQnOEcFOVxmeloMgy0/s2048/TPK_8433.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11We5LPU-uQ59yoZCP5VgRGiy7jGoRkmNc-VajOVinJnq6rrQ4v74hA-4AVK5Xenpmr35N4XyJ-__IWb5ge2IT60I9LlnWC7yfQyrjpmDxQZV21eLudHLm1gLioQnOEcFOVxmeloMgy0/w640-h428/TPK_8433.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XXUArtbxEuK2xEcuu5Zi_umx2O2AWiUDM8pUjxKjq4lFv690Fwoz7OHWEgZv1a9SAZK5CHzruwfamLpEWb7qtQbNfexTZgklZFAfBxODGTfRuXIOOukVPKsW4H2XnAtwqiAUnwNtPQA/s2048/TPK_8437.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XXUArtbxEuK2xEcuu5Zi_umx2O2AWiUDM8pUjxKjq4lFv690Fwoz7OHWEgZv1a9SAZK5CHzruwfamLpEWb7qtQbNfexTZgklZFAfBxODGTfRuXIOOukVPKsW4H2XnAtwqiAUnwNtPQA/w640-h428/TPK_8437.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCVxYbU9nmrpbDmwNUMW-onmT6Cw23xj2Ma7dgM-MLKMJ4ZySMFWJaLRi-Y4qUQsMjzRPbglsms25uZCsLJ9Asa4MBxyXyyZkQUui61ihORByv7NjotcGLOvGuSk4aq3Oxd3LFpOECwsY/s2048/TPK_8444.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCVxYbU9nmrpbDmwNUMW-onmT6Cw23xj2Ma7dgM-MLKMJ4ZySMFWJaLRi-Y4qUQsMjzRPbglsms25uZCsLJ9Asa4MBxyXyyZkQUui61ihORByv7NjotcGLOvGuSk4aq3Oxd3LFpOECwsY/w640-h428/TPK_8444.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QftB-mpI11ZVMRbbysbEBfOjWlY5X1fjFuk9HvTrZVupN26Gpy_DSWopdKy2nwMvI2vGRn02a-6XCfCY_1hu1M5BlTZw3sqcF0Mf320DdqCJZZBGpKC1NEg4VTLgDuailaNstlW7CXE/s2048/TPK_8445.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QftB-mpI11ZVMRbbysbEBfOjWlY5X1fjFuk9HvTrZVupN26Gpy_DSWopdKy2nwMvI2vGRn02a-6XCfCY_1hu1M5BlTZw3sqcF0Mf320DdqCJZZBGpKC1NEg4VTLgDuailaNstlW7CXE/w640-h428/TPK_8445.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After leaving Red River and heading back to Angel Fire we stopped at the ghost town of <a href="https://www.newmexico.org/places-to-visit/ghost-towns/elizabethtown/" target="_blank">Elizabethtown</a> located along Highway 38. At the height of this town's prosperity in 1870 there were 7000 residents. Now, what is left of this mining town are about five building ruins.</span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmywA3v9KOQSQV34Wo8uSYYYh2_CgNY94IdrY73ofTGyh3jSC0KzX_kNnRbdTwprR1aQaFSeyh33lBf0qPk_wQml9fkEqo5i-KvCdPVmS_bvrvI_pOq72L4gcZO4M8EYJyYYgVjqAcdmU/s2048/20210903_103426.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmywA3v9KOQSQV34Wo8uSYYYh2_CgNY94IdrY73ofTGyh3jSC0KzX_kNnRbdTwprR1aQaFSeyh33lBf0qPk_wQml9fkEqo5i-KvCdPVmS_bvrvI_pOq72L4gcZO4M8EYJyYYgVjqAcdmU/w640-h360/20210903_103426.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntGvOSh4dSn2ti-Ua9aV1umwKlEY7J2t4wD7IwZyggFwLoIXI2a0N81bGRjGNkMNTiRc1cD3QdEcVWs9jERoybWgKPKnakPjtjW4IFYvufIxQx6Fd3l-k2oMjMRlH6mIF6vtqPT4PnwA/s2048/TPK_8415.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntGvOSh4dSn2ti-Ua9aV1umwKlEY7J2t4wD7IwZyggFwLoIXI2a0N81bGRjGNkMNTiRc1cD3QdEcVWs9jERoybWgKPKnakPjtjW4IFYvufIxQx6Fd3l-k2oMjMRlH6mIF6vtqPT4PnwA/w640-h428/TPK_8415.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnIxZZD9i2ENrtKAWYrRnLZ07JL5cqKyJIhzELfREvJ9GQ72QfDHUhjog0Bl3Tg0COU2w-McxxYNrKa_a1grR_CDp9ev-eekfqfgP0YY_s6t0h9YC1qcJgkYiaHXS_NlPCCoTZi9nShM/s2048/TPK_8416.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnIxZZD9i2ENrtKAWYrRnLZ07JL5cqKyJIhzELfREvJ9GQ72QfDHUhjog0Bl3Tg0COU2w-McxxYNrKa_a1grR_CDp9ev-eekfqfgP0YY_s6t0h9YC1qcJgkYiaHXS_NlPCCoTZi9nShM/w640-h428/TPK_8416.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span>From Elizabethtown we stopped at one of the state parks located around <a href="https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/spd/find-a-park/eagle-nest-lake-state-park/" target="_blank">Eagle Nest Lake</a>. </span><span>Located on the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway, Eagle Nest Lake is surrounded by the stunning scenery of the high mountains of the Moreno Valley. </span><span>This lake is regularly stocked with trout and salmon. Anglers can fish from the banks or by boat and ice fish in the winter. </span><span>At 8,300 feet in elevation, the park offers a cool retreat from the summer heat for fisherman, boaters, campers, hikers, and wildlife enthusiasts. An abundance of animals makes Eagle Nest Lake an ideal location for wildlife viewing.</span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHuVlFRmVLUp5sSkf7j2NNvGyZ17bGUa00Q75GNSPuOmrw7xPy_b7F_8fZpo8ug-jREVLdcSUFF4t1SU6WlJ6VqA2Z3ESWb5ZSoBHsf8toJ4q865gaMUbVIVSEThBwDJUB5eDv_EPT3w/s2048/20210903_154042.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHuVlFRmVLUp5sSkf7j2NNvGyZ17bGUa00Q75GNSPuOmrw7xPy_b7F_8fZpo8ug-jREVLdcSUFF4t1SU6WlJ6VqA2Z3ESWb5ZSoBHsf8toJ4q865gaMUbVIVSEThBwDJUB5eDv_EPT3w/w640-h360/20210903_154042.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Sadly, our time visiting Angel Fire came to an end and we had to head back home. We will definitely miss the beautiful mountain views, colorful wildflowers but most importantly the cool, clean, September mountain air! Until next time, Angel Fire!</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comAngel Fire, NM, USA36.3930879 -105.28500918.0828540638211521 -140.4412591 64.70332173617885 -70.1287591tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-29592314187468337712021-08-07T22:12:00.104-05:002023-07-30T12:09:22.789-06:00Heritage Homestead, Waco, Texas<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Longing for another adventure we hopped in the truck and took off south of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex to the Central Texas town of Waco, Texas, with our final destination being that of Homestead Heritage.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PNF5E9i7Yy0" width="320" youtube-src-id="PNF5E9i7Yy0"></iframe></div><br />If you'd like to see our video on Homestead Heritage you can find it here on our YouTube Channel. Like and subscribe so you don't miss any of our newest adventures!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><b><i>H</i></b>omestead Heritage is an agrarian and craft-based, intentional Christian community. The lifestyle of the community stresses simplicity, sustainability, self-sufficiency, cooperation, service and quality craftsmanship. It also strives to live in peaceful coexistence with the land, other people and other faiths.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The community is made up of a 550 acre farm and numerous, small family homesteads. At the farm they grow wheat, oats, barley, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, sweet sorghum, pinto beans and a cornucopia of fruits and vegetables. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhfNOGKR7Hdap_776v12crcov2E1F8xdgT9IWXhiAjIKeu1h7ClJEMrLs9mlVzyDJp2G24RSP4QJUYQd17PESLiEwAadtYekhXgzu3xjwmgKGEpNQxm-BVlK1nIDzHLkHN3MR4kafpmKY/s2048/20210731_132431.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhfNOGKR7Hdap_776v12crcov2E1F8xdgT9IWXhiAjIKeu1h7ClJEMrLs9mlVzyDJp2G24RSP4QJUYQd17PESLiEwAadtYekhXgzu3xjwmgKGEpNQxm-BVlK1nIDzHLkHN3MR4kafpmKY/w640-h428/20210731_132431.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0H9pY_4Bz0L5tDfAszksbjt1eFSo7PghMV8IXX3r13KUY0k7WMzvMBg5Kedy5XI0FCqY6RTwpU147STQtZTrFL8pI7mulEMfZ7b-Px7iSmRkHpV2erE8jKOtUMLXZcWCq9zQxQBnkMac/s2048/20210731_124844.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0H9pY_4Bz0L5tDfAszksbjt1eFSo7PghMV8IXX3r13KUY0k7WMzvMBg5Kedy5XI0FCqY6RTwpU147STQtZTrFL8pI7mulEMfZ7b-Px7iSmRkHpV2erE8jKOtUMLXZcWCq9zQxQBnkMac/w640-h426/20210731_124844.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJHevY2V8LVha4Iinuy-S1k4jP5YM66aPmyf2KeursD7ZJMgAh-3Ct5eokLMKXisYxPnm2eKVy3aouPr-SueGRMdmtYtIXv39pz72HgwRvQCqz1RX5mMAOij1ZZJAe1m7WHbbm6ve5jc/s2048/20210731_124834.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJHevY2V8LVha4Iinuy-S1k4jP5YM66aPmyf2KeursD7ZJMgAh-3Ct5eokLMKXisYxPnm2eKVy3aouPr-SueGRMdmtYtIXv39pz72HgwRvQCqz1RX5mMAOij1ZZJAe1m7WHbbm6ve5jc/w640-h426/20210731_124834.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4SiPqqOyTrITZvDliEKAINLmiNQYspWGFyjT80ix9H6mHvwO4TS788fACNseQnOXj5-Ct2M6tr5qHw5UBeMpVJCB-iwQp1reyOXOSaE7ngrAoYokwSxD37sf_JqwFRRZlW9GQXA2l5g/s2048/20210731_124727.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4SiPqqOyTrITZvDliEKAINLmiNQYspWGFyjT80ix9H6mHvwO4TS788fACNseQnOXj5-Ct2M6tr5qHw5UBeMpVJCB-iwQp1reyOXOSaE7ngrAoYokwSxD37sf_JqwFRRZlW9GQXA2l5g/w640-h426/20210731_124727.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiadU-rQBT76r6YzD5qp26oB6d5WbpFVVFCDpzZKRhnrMtJjhxTdwRyy_qTz6vms_nSpHDAToLqs4ms7K5qSjuceNg1nun4nzkx4ruuVPsq-wQ47GkfihSmH6ZdiWrTMIa5-XexhKsLJs/s2048/20210731_125458.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiadU-rQBT76r6YzD5qp26oB6d5WbpFVVFCDpzZKRhnrMtJjhxTdwRyy_qTz6vms_nSpHDAToLqs4ms7K5qSjuceNg1nun4nzkx4ruuVPsq-wQ47GkfihSmH6ZdiWrTMIa5-XexhKsLJs/w640-h426/20210731_125458.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQ1-Da8glAiXzOm3N_uKp9DJfXfNqaN7VVX2JyxJLx1vYfi88GD_0GWIe_UU8pvoVhdfI9WlqltcJfuFI2QPct4PeU5c_0VwdBKy1K4RvnsaTVUwrXKhPWaTo9K-u6nLJuKaFWttaT5A/s2048/20210731_124333.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQ1-Da8glAiXzOm3N_uKp9DJfXfNqaN7VVX2JyxJLx1vYfi88GD_0GWIe_UU8pvoVhdfI9WlqltcJfuFI2QPct4PeU5c_0VwdBKy1K4RvnsaTVUwrXKhPWaTo9K-u6nLJuKaFWttaT5A/w640-h426/20210731_124333.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3W72kYhPn-iX7ZHXxv7-oYvteV6v8izpsv84cFxgbMeXxELLDa_J2IwwHkXwhw4bDBxzORxSI9nJVWDCnxMGVHFv8mJoEeH0N-zJtX4CLvg4S2sbtSKKQWb4T3z7y79_yUTTDLpO7Jys/s2048/20210731_124320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3W72kYhPn-iX7ZHXxv7-oYvteV6v8izpsv84cFxgbMeXxELLDa_J2IwwHkXwhw4bDBxzORxSI9nJVWDCnxMGVHFv8mJoEeH0N-zJtX4CLvg4S2sbtSKKQWb4T3z7y79_yUTTDLpO7Jys/w640-h426/20210731_124320.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">It mills its own grains in the community’s water-wheel-run gristmill, which is housed in a historic 250-year-old, hand-hewn, timber-framed mill. It holds an annual sorghum festival, harvesting cane and processing it into sweet syrup through its mule-driven sorghum mill. Whatever farm or ranch-raised produce the community itself doesn’t use is sold through the </span><span>gristmill</span><span style="background-color: white;">, through the community’s </span><span>restaurant</span><span style="background-color: white;">, through its market or else is given away.</span></span></div><div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OodlBK6qOijC7EmspWFf-NQn8YTX86u65x22rLr97gtszbktPiq9mb9iHHiI0gC_l7XGnI4ZA6NkGonYoYrkDDq-WsOIofmj2CctTcHl9oCL1nUaCOB7QqBBrwRRiZHWi6BE-QyaxO0/s2048/20210731_111019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OodlBK6qOijC7EmspWFf-NQn8YTX86u65x22rLr97gtszbktPiq9mb9iHHiI0gC_l7XGnI4ZA6NkGonYoYrkDDq-WsOIofmj2CctTcHl9oCL1nUaCOB7QqBBrwRRiZHWi6BE-QyaxO0/w640-h426/20210731_111019.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZaczozs_na-EvbBa5JnBb3JQCd_fKj3tbOBiqXC6oeBX_kjNP8OWyCKXf5bQZCGsGtt6IuLogsgXiCRIxLJF4gkWKma8uRzYLwpaulbEH2VyVd7TAh4Fa7ahOYIFdN_Z7lvxQWRk3sw/s2048/20210731_111123.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZaczozs_na-EvbBa5JnBb3JQCd_fKj3tbOBiqXC6oeBX_kjNP8OWyCKXf5bQZCGsGtt6IuLogsgXiCRIxLJF4gkWKma8uRzYLwpaulbEH2VyVd7TAh4Fa7ahOYIFdN_Z7lvxQWRk3sw/w640-h426/20210731_111123.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHXvoqZBR1c4O1TnqzPVYox3nURiY0dj61bkhPzpj0R-kc10pEjkr12Bzh8RR-r-FWlSP_hY5_miY68FJ2OYz22THumHwk4FRSEek1OzgFMGidfVbRfFD4Gg39LiuWg1GawpY8YsGvGQw/s2048/20210731_111323.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHXvoqZBR1c4O1TnqzPVYox3nURiY0dj61bkhPzpj0R-kc10pEjkr12Bzh8RR-r-FWlSP_hY5_miY68FJ2OYz22THumHwk4FRSEek1OzgFMGidfVbRfFD4Gg39LiuWg1GawpY8YsGvGQw/w640-h480/20210731_111323.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Homestead is internationally known for its quality craftsmanship. In its Craft Village, the community has a pottery house, a blacksmith shop, a cheese-making house, a woodworking and fine furniture-making shop, and a fiber-crafts cottage that features spinning, knitting and weaving. These shops are run by award-winning craftsmen and are open year-round to the public.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5Wrd9gnNgVsVK79gEoGEKyVRvXmcP-XohQ-V8KGuhAZ-G2zlNjW4QNy8bGUqA2Ncp0IvdAfsdMAcBLDUDhpjhiaAkcEuT8WRTZjVjkRaOcDCpX-2lOO8akyg5-HAZRO89SlQZs9W6js/s2048/20210731_112027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5Wrd9gnNgVsVK79gEoGEKyVRvXmcP-XohQ-V8KGuhAZ-G2zlNjW4QNy8bGUqA2Ncp0IvdAfsdMAcBLDUDhpjhiaAkcEuT8WRTZjVjkRaOcDCpX-2lOO8akyg5-HAZRO89SlQZs9W6js/w640-h426/20210731_112027.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqy473uhETs4DnXw_vOI1WEeT-QxS4QAVmfaURM3gahHxUD_zGMQnfpxPVQ1ItQgiB1OPH2tS0lAjoomjeb8f9AbWwEvuIbmPcPFW6YseHU3zlAZ9NH-Agm7QIqMR6NQt3C-Ge82olfg/s2048/20210731_112525.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqy473uhETs4DnXw_vOI1WEeT-QxS4QAVmfaURM3gahHxUD_zGMQnfpxPVQ1ItQgiB1OPH2tS0lAjoomjeb8f9AbWwEvuIbmPcPFW6YseHU3zlAZ9NH-Agm7QIqMR6NQt3C-Ge82olfg/w640-h426/20210731_112525.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwijO_0HLRCq5x1KK8RR9kh2xPefYIjy2Rw6WJrpasQkSboGxMLzEZHPwYnXoYFzjEfAXGGbJv3kzRGBXtTbAIKau_Gzk6xTAMnq_ubm9WoFM8rn1aCMozrpYwopKqVh6-0y3P2gtbcc/s2048/20210731_113332.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwijO_0HLRCq5x1KK8RR9kh2xPefYIjy2Rw6WJrpasQkSboGxMLzEZHPwYnXoYFzjEfAXGGbJv3kzRGBXtTbAIKau_Gzk6xTAMnq_ubm9WoFM8rn1aCMozrpYwopKqVh6-0y3P2gtbcc/w640-h426/20210731_113332.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinv6txyKn1ojxYV8v_lWd4oTsgi-MvUWGquNXlgUi4020HnMVCL5mggkJAULVsXLh7sO0iBR2oY5qiIRj0i_Oml3zRDGxMKxIrOhL4THVklmCoIoIyysvVgrS_Q_pQrlTZt4vicZ9JDaw/s2048/20210731_113453.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinv6txyKn1ojxYV8v_lWd4oTsgi-MvUWGquNXlgUi4020HnMVCL5mggkJAULVsXLh7sO0iBR2oY5qiIRj0i_Oml3zRDGxMKxIrOhL4THVklmCoIoIyysvVgrS_Q_pQrlTZt4vicZ9JDaw/w640-h426/20210731_113453.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFoaKF0GJboXxhrlseHD7rUyTnLXNHJvsYHxTiR4JGtEziF_cEYpsRbEAb8ZwRFBxCYFYThSTtnzOQz0fuMkVTvliSmgaw0FYbOUVVoEONvGT95DErV8NI3rdYVFXHzurOPTQ5M5F3gps/s2048/20210731_113851.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFoaKF0GJboXxhrlseHD7rUyTnLXNHJvsYHxTiR4JGtEziF_cEYpsRbEAb8ZwRFBxCYFYThSTtnzOQz0fuMkVTvliSmgaw0FYbOUVVoEONvGT95DErV8NI3rdYVFXHzurOPTQ5M5F3gps/w640-h426/20210731_113851.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCvhqW9nM4jfVjw8ZaAAZgDrC9hKhq1PuNINNTdBoVhXERf5qfvdGoiWqNpgN4-HZTnWDKwWp2kMjmYtG6jzKjaEN7_fg8IJTR83ya0uqezcLKPVVOi0fOLtmOPETU0l-X2dIHEpzUpj4/s2048/20210731_114202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCvhqW9nM4jfVjw8ZaAAZgDrC9hKhq1PuNINNTdBoVhXERf5qfvdGoiWqNpgN4-HZTnWDKwWp2kMjmYtG6jzKjaEN7_fg8IJTR83ya0uqezcLKPVVOi0fOLtmOPETU0l-X2dIHEpzUpj4/w640-h426/20210731_114202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yjJexPbuYguqVvluXvHleT_-zltVgklSsqr1o0j6jlWPlj2YbNG7WT-tZsy1Wc2wdL_tTepAyC6WF3t8whwqfv1N590w_vRV4rALFE9kKVIvh0949afqH9mOqMGQvQ22sPbn7Np-4yI/s2048/20210731_114210.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yjJexPbuYguqVvluXvHleT_-zltVgklSsqr1o0j6jlWPlj2YbNG7WT-tZsy1Wc2wdL_tTepAyC6WF3t8whwqfv1N590w_vRV4rALFE9kKVIvh0949afqH9mOqMGQvQ22sPbn7Np-4yI/w640-h428/20210731_114210.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Homestead furniture makers have won top awards across the country and, by Presidential request, contributed fine pieces to the permanent White House Collection. Their work has been featured in numerous national publications.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENXaWuKGYaMPf5ANAWBoW9V2-jDOhd6seQi-qdjbNucRRvS-PvUjdmqSHkYM50ZHqIP2YOabBNHSaDSX_q__Jm3y03bPVh7UW5w-UweKYjyY_vSzydsY_5NwEHq9KMTlL9qZ2AILCuNw/s2048/20210731_114248.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENXaWuKGYaMPf5ANAWBoW9V2-jDOhd6seQi-qdjbNucRRvS-PvUjdmqSHkYM50ZHqIP2YOabBNHSaDSX_q__Jm3y03bPVh7UW5w-UweKYjyY_vSzydsY_5NwEHq9KMTlL9qZ2AILCuNw/w640-h426/20210731_114248.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Wkzk1r4kHpNYXDvEkwATwcafTqM6laA63pjv7l8wQGLR470j5nZ-pF6WrMzf4DlQWahyVxsrgdY8T0q0Db9BC5HTs2GhT8eCujG_vnZCUsQGNsbJPOHPVx-hZwx0ZrYCI8TdA5520_0/s2048/20210731_114337.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Wkzk1r4kHpNYXDvEkwATwcafTqM6laA63pjv7l8wQGLR470j5nZ-pF6WrMzf4DlQWahyVxsrgdY8T0q0Db9BC5HTs2GhT8eCujG_vnZCUsQGNsbJPOHPVx-hZwx0ZrYCI8TdA5520_0/w640-h426/20210731_114337.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4JVouqrKiCeXCBU0gDxxKpskZh4Y2zfGZhjkxtX0YF8QSgXArUw4yBLapJs00yL78NBu29RjaDnHOskgs_abvhinMaYcpZ5R0eZk2yAhrlNLpp9SRP2G8RwGsKGq3Rcx111OGEdeV14/s2048/20210731_114530.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4JVouqrKiCeXCBU0gDxxKpskZh4Y2zfGZhjkxtX0YF8QSgXArUw4yBLapJs00yL78NBu29RjaDnHOskgs_abvhinMaYcpZ5R0eZk2yAhrlNLpp9SRP2G8RwGsKGq3Rcx111OGEdeV14/w640-h426/20210731_114530.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwWS-Owkt0-WYKMRq2eFppdYcvOabxmHLmtDgGYX7HUU1UZjECG4DVQFK3cYqbSh-xUNwpdtAOZY_5_8TGHNRG2Pk8ZpoCvud-jPu2_FqaN0HGZwYnpNjH0jDZsaNXfUazevxNo5P5-A/s2048/20210731_114754.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwWS-Owkt0-WYKMRq2eFppdYcvOabxmHLmtDgGYX7HUU1UZjECG4DVQFK3cYqbSh-xUNwpdtAOZY_5_8TGHNRG2Pk8ZpoCvud-jPu2_FqaN0HGZwYnpNjH0jDZsaNXfUazevxNo5P5-A/w640-h426/20210731_114754.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The highest quality crafts, which either journeymen or master craftsmen create, are sold year-round in the eighteenth-century barn that the community restored and erected in their Craft Village. Numerous other restored eighteenth and nineteenth century historic structures also serve the community’s own needs as seminar rooms, a weaving and spinning workshop, a gristmill as well as cheese making, bread making and food preservation classrooms.</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGu-fGotu18ZOvI93nuTQ3nRZqTSaTtKg3WXTUmcxscCLag5jWoMldkd0fb9ficzVYrBdtTfyDx6eu7kx7CUviBIyVX0DSEIB2qoLpZpEDynIEvy3CWY6OZejqNwo2ujX-SEHzypEBipE/s2048/20210731_115621.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1369" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGu-fGotu18ZOvI93nuTQ3nRZqTSaTtKg3WXTUmcxscCLag5jWoMldkd0fb9ficzVYrBdtTfyDx6eu7kx7CUviBIyVX0DSEIB2qoLpZpEDynIEvy3CWY6OZejqNwo2ujX-SEHzypEBipE/w640-h428/20210731_115621.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmaRTpDfyQK98hJr_LC1gVhiv5ZUUhtT6uw2hZZzmOF8RWvspn8dCuQUesJyMHLIJk6LI0TkTUCcI1E2JuhACphHHUeslx0wHXr5TKlzak-s-U0yzribxbyvyMpt2w4Tv1Y5TlV3hDAMI/s2048/20210731_115709.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmaRTpDfyQK98hJr_LC1gVhiv5ZUUhtT6uw2hZZzmOF8RWvspn8dCuQUesJyMHLIJk6LI0TkTUCcI1E2JuhACphHHUeslx0wHXr5TKlzak-s-U0yzribxbyvyMpt2w4Tv1Y5TlV3hDAMI/w640-h426/20210731_115709.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEW6TxQhA6ffAElmVdKbe-jvP33sKwB9tO1FbWPtxQ4iwkqQCc6ZRBAb0TuEvFDQmjosVqDwh39e9D5NGuK5Vp_RmLfQ8A_UqFIeTOUkmMEFfMeifZx8hq8zgbghD0YMK9fTGOkSBwstw/s2048/20210731_120847.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEW6TxQhA6ffAElmVdKbe-jvP33sKwB9tO1FbWPtxQ4iwkqQCc6ZRBAb0TuEvFDQmjosVqDwh39e9D5NGuK5Vp_RmLfQ8A_UqFIeTOUkmMEFfMeifZx8hq8zgbghD0YMK9fTGOkSBwstw/w640-h426/20210731_120847.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZ-bVnN6xEYk_Y5fP5X1pduIkbvgrDjQ85aQ31dN-VXQFfEypN6qS124G8NWI8lW6QBEn5aXIedOBmfecnd09qXWt2O20oPsjqiu3dlxcobWORCn24biXQkexikRPOQhVwVzVfkkpcrM/s2048/20210731_121021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZ-bVnN6xEYk_Y5fP5X1pduIkbvgrDjQ85aQ31dN-VXQFfEypN6qS124G8NWI8lW6QBEn5aXIedOBmfecnd09qXWt2O20oPsjqiu3dlxcobWORCn24biXQkexikRPOQhVwVzVfkkpcrM/w640-h426/20210731_121021.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSSNh29aIun56JbgHRvJX5RYLQ7UXjAmsW9xg2jEY_PFPtUg3kZgpcGcPg1u3btFCQJVLMDTAujLxDQ7h3cJKknYsNXVIBBc1Q_VUA2Sr9BQHTU1ceM_aze3qFIGGwauhHRQnY5__EYj4/s2048/20210731_121143.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSSNh29aIun56JbgHRvJX5RYLQ7UXjAmsW9xg2jEY_PFPtUg3kZgpcGcPg1u3btFCQJVLMDTAujLxDQ7h3cJKknYsNXVIBBc1Q_VUA2Sr9BQHTU1ceM_aze3qFIGGwauhHRQnY5__EYj4/w640-h426/20210731_121143.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdAEv0JMTiYDwO_Ev_3DD31qFuVNK2oKhdVYbVg0RD2sK3BCHi93zCqFGddMAju9GqnWHgVDNvc4rGSqSlaVw2UL7LcTM1LaCkqNWTrzmLw-KoPiYZb8FN4QZ3drzk04SbQoWtY34MUg/s2048/20210731_121731.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1369" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdAEv0JMTiYDwO_Ev_3DD31qFuVNK2oKhdVYbVg0RD2sK3BCHi93zCqFGddMAju9GqnWHgVDNvc4rGSqSlaVw2UL7LcTM1LaCkqNWTrzmLw-KoPiYZb8FN4QZ3drzk04SbQoWtY34MUg/w640-h428/20210731_121731.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We were very impressed with this little community and enjoyed roaming around their beautiful buildings and visiting with the crafts people. We hope to visit again when they hold one of their yearly events!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjosh4Vr7HkSSoPlZ9KwtTy3DcqEezE7sAmYPmeVCxwadIu0E7wrdyOQjnBe0RZ0p1WxYqbK4JgH5k1H8oZo67TB8xVzxYnnf5La0jlsiiwyS1fliaerunSnWsAhQFhGWzJkxpo6v0KvP4/s2048/20210731_132818.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjosh4Vr7HkSSoPlZ9KwtTy3DcqEezE7sAmYPmeVCxwadIu0E7wrdyOQjnBe0RZ0p1WxYqbK4JgH5k1H8oZo67TB8xVzxYnnf5La0jlsiiwyS1fliaerunSnWsAhQFhGWzJkxpo6v0KvP4/w640-h428/20210731_132818.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqvzKJLCfFAmMXf_SnW43B_Yx4Fq0jxQksExuFqd9QVVV2bJzP71iDqpZCBzyj_pdv83UsLas11hl2dP6bsotyk-UYq5mf2AfE2XJKSjL8ZWx3svVk_hlbz2gD6CMcoqLO9cgpSJDEOo/s2048/20210731_131621.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqvzKJLCfFAmMXf_SnW43B_Yx4Fq0jxQksExuFqd9QVVV2bJzP71iDqpZCBzyj_pdv83UsLas11hl2dP6bsotyk-UYq5mf2AfE2XJKSjL8ZWx3svVk_hlbz2gD6CMcoqLO9cgpSJDEOo/w640-h428/20210731_131621.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibtEC0kHewdGsf07-Z4i7CnkWGX3vjQokUgrCazYtFecc3OHXgI3ysAJvyrQSEj3gWCsx7LIHriBjOLUk4h2u0WE2eCMbTTC9qCtlkaWS6GyZ0fiwqT-8gZtl5BgK8GQs89BzBkNLWsw/s2048/20210731_131326.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibtEC0kHewdGsf07-Z4i7CnkWGX3vjQokUgrCazYtFecc3OHXgI3ysAJvyrQSEj3gWCsx7LIHriBjOLUk4h2u0WE2eCMbTTC9qCtlkaWS6GyZ0fiwqT-8gZtl5BgK8GQs89BzBkNLWsw/w640-h428/20210731_131326.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuQygoc5f5m9-OdYxzjG4qWXaNUdNOM86gRlLwVWqUGHkHK0ORG6VifVmXkrghNcxDKuVHhSyDqaN4VlCbC1JDd6LOxilasWEhx-YuOKdIEHK_BQlM-e0SYUOzfGeBbB3TDtMwdDW2ZM/s2048/20210731_131140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuQygoc5f5m9-OdYxzjG4qWXaNUdNOM86gRlLwVWqUGHkHK0ORG6VifVmXkrghNcxDKuVHhSyDqaN4VlCbC1JDd6LOxilasWEhx-YuOKdIEHK_BQlM-e0SYUOzfGeBbB3TDtMwdDW2ZM/w640-h426/20210731_131140.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhew7cYBMwV7XfQd391ToVdfOtSfKkH0sOXQb-PhtRQJQUxfjxmkJwqXRIe18U4xOMTkp2qsR_Uj66pWvU3CJeA_-oW5Nf8qCHnXj92H1oi_PYDJQuQirmDvdAaZDR-OKhGLK7noJEHPBY/s2048/20210731_125017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhew7cYBMwV7XfQd391ToVdfOtSfKkH0sOXQb-PhtRQJQUxfjxmkJwqXRIe18U4xOMTkp2qsR_Uj66pWvU3CJeA_-oW5Nf8qCHnXj92H1oi_PYDJQuQirmDvdAaZDR-OKhGLK7noJEHPBY/w640-h426/20210731_125017.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig91XgWP1-pyChT8NW7SoTuMg2K7BhP-wsP0dXhlZOgAbjrI9gKHFA7q6br_n84PMORjTUY9cvGvk469GUn2BfIed0GKwzj7s9gn-l4WaRbW4q7MABOoecZpbmBFA7g-vc4dF8mwIocyg/s2048/20210731_123756.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig91XgWP1-pyChT8NW7SoTuMg2K7BhP-wsP0dXhlZOgAbjrI9gKHFA7q6br_n84PMORjTUY9cvGvk469GUn2BfIed0GKwzj7s9gn-l4WaRbW4q7MABOoecZpbmBFA7g-vc4dF8mwIocyg/w640-h426/20210731_123756.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p></div>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.com608 Dry Creek Rd, Waco, TX 76705, USA31.6665536 -97.15306143.3563197638211548 -132.3093114 59.976787436178846 -61.9968114tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-20024871252092909252021-05-26T10:05:00.252-05:002023-07-30T12:09:40.057-06:00Anacortes and Whidbey Island, Washington<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">For the last few days of our 2021 Washington State journey we stayed in the city of Anacortes, Washington, at the <a href="http://shipharborinn.com/" target="_blank">Ship Harbor Inn</a>. Like we mentioned in an earlier post we chose this location because of its easy access to Friday Harbor but also Whidbey Island.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="http://shipharborinn.com/" target="_blank">The Ship Harbor Inn</a> is located within walking distance of the Washington Ferry Terminal and a short drive from downtown Anacortes. Although the inn is somewhat dated it has been recently remodeled. We really enjoyed our peaceful stay at the inn and loved the amazing views from our room!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DMtNipOoZ0WhBSZLr3ncSUW4XjzasbIov-syqheiM2fBMS7In-hR0eazqYYIJ_s3Il13mF563lcI2X2zUbDMFRdxaWJZ5pcHSfDJPSHew1WppWYfX1B331FTxi1Kyqyz1GFp5lj6N0o/s2048/382481_v2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DMtNipOoZ0WhBSZLr3ncSUW4XjzasbIov-syqheiM2fBMS7In-hR0eazqYYIJ_s3Il13mF563lcI2X2zUbDMFRdxaWJZ5pcHSfDJPSHew1WppWYfX1B331FTxi1Kyqyz1GFp5lj6N0o/w640-h426/382481_v2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Ship Harbor Inn</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX37zxIJgwHBGoOdq10dcxcFV0DMuttgcCgeMnSZc94xRBnIq8cd97DFnBsLoLnQIdQJsPskDT3fmMm-ydim5FanENRO_044JSg1yi-vwqpusizhmVjPh8yhmkREQVS1UsSCv37P6zgFE/s2048/20210524_173017.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX37zxIJgwHBGoOdq10dcxcFV0DMuttgcCgeMnSZc94xRBnIq8cd97DFnBsLoLnQIdQJsPskDT3fmMm-ydim5FanENRO_044JSg1yi-vwqpusizhmVjPh8yhmkREQVS1UsSCv37P6zgFE/w640-h426/20210524_173017.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Deer roaming the grounds of the Ship Harbor Inn</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmS70uAsTC9Shnd0j8aIb-p3KS0YtoGi0C3RaIiziIEu3opvetmbVNKh5mR3UFzyahKuMzdafRHo3NZw0LpOlaBVgw8-jWpFK6Rg_ajmQi0Idmm2E6qTkmHIbQG8rFqwlyZfwfFZH9n_Q/s2048/20210524_181126.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmS70uAsTC9Shnd0j8aIb-p3KS0YtoGi0C3RaIiziIEu3opvetmbVNKh5mR3UFzyahKuMzdafRHo3NZw0LpOlaBVgw8-jWpFK6Rg_ajmQi0Idmm2E6qTkmHIbQG8rFqwlyZfwfFZH9n_Q/w640-h426/20210524_181126.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">View from our room</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.anacorteswa.gov/" target="_blank">Anacortes</a> is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The name "Anacortes" is an adaptation of the name of Anne Curtis Bowman, who was the wife of early Fidalgo Island settler Amos Bowman. </span><span style="background-color: white;">The entire city of Anacortes is a wildlife refuge. Deer roam freely, not just in adjoining forested areas but in town too, even in yards and across busy streets. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span><a href="https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/cap-sante-park" target="_blank">Cap Sante Park</a> is a forested, rocky, headland jutting out into Fidalgo Bay from the northeast corner of Anacortes. The name is French for "Cape Health," and was bestowed by Anne Curtis Bowman in 1877. At the high point, of Cap Sante, you can view Mount Baker and if it is an exceptionally clear day you can make out the summit dome of Mount Rainer, which is over 120 miles away to the southeast. We spent each evening of our stay in Anacortes watching the sun go down at Cap Sante Park. It was breathtakingly beautiful!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmH3EQJ-ynCy8cqE0H-Z0VCLn9543uzToGLp4KrMNbXwQyR_EKgqqLE3pAEH7dw_2QV6dZAaLT-KVLE20SuWx1fkf99tOVY0Wzkph1Hdhv5e5xiTqxYkiR5IZzR9y1pIhqO6hyphenhyphenYc1ZwA/s2048/20210524_201909.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmH3EQJ-ynCy8cqE0H-Z0VCLn9543uzToGLp4KrMNbXwQyR_EKgqqLE3pAEH7dw_2QV6dZAaLT-KVLE20SuWx1fkf99tOVY0Wzkph1Hdhv5e5xiTqxYkiR5IZzR9y1pIhqO6hyphenhyphenYc1ZwA/w640-h426/20210524_201909.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">From Cap Sante looking towards the Cap Sante Marina and Anacortes</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqV39ktWddccXlRIDY5dWJEbHDrjEC4NPsagr5BkpnQP6FzJs5Q5abEXVhIwuJViq5PHDXbn-KKttRWgdteql1_5bqjcdR7jHcNNDvZ13KKwAEUjhD4MhrBMR9fpCXTIDwbUlqS0WQmU/s3021/20210524_202014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1041" data-original-width="3021" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqV39ktWddccXlRIDY5dWJEbHDrjEC4NPsagr5BkpnQP6FzJs5Q5abEXVhIwuJViq5PHDXbn-KKttRWgdteql1_5bqjcdR7jHcNNDvZ13KKwAEUjhD4MhrBMR9fpCXTIDwbUlqS0WQmU/w640-h220/20210524_202014.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hle5RGtBCeZuA2uqy1qZoHItL6tT0UGECvTmPjlZ1crUcmii13Ss-nY8Sen2IGSmhwQA8ZF9v2mBjXvQzP6nra3kr6ssg2SqtFDWN7DkN8IzyKIo3lomjbiw1iSN_bx4hse0oFaG0oo/s2048/20210524_202557.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hle5RGtBCeZuA2uqy1qZoHItL6tT0UGECvTmPjlZ1crUcmii13Ss-nY8Sen2IGSmhwQA8ZF9v2mBjXvQzP6nra3kr6ssg2SqtFDWN7DkN8IzyKIo3lomjbiw1iSN_bx4hse0oFaG0oo/w640-h426/20210524_202557.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">From Cap Sante looking east towards Hat Island</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">On the last day of our journey we drove the entire perimeter of <a href="https://whidbeycamanoislands.com/" target="_blank">Whidbey Island</a>. Whidbey Island is in the Puget Sound, north of Seattle, Washington and is <span style="background-color: white;">the second-largest saltwater island in the continental United States</span>. The island's rugged terrain spans beaches, hills and farmland. On its northwest tip is Deception Pass State Park which offers clifftop views, forest trails and freshwater lakes. To the south is Fort Casey Historical State Park which is home to a lighthouse and gun battery. The coastal towns of Oak Harbor, Coupeville and Langley offer boutique shopping, delicious cafes and beautiful art galleries.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">To start our tour of Whidbey Island we left Anacortes and drove over the Deception Pass bridge which connects the mainland to Whidbey Island. <a href="https://parks.state.wa.us/497/Deception-Pass" target="_blank">Deception Pass</a> is a strait separating Whidbey Island from Fidalgo Island, in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Washington. It connects Skagit Bay, part of Puget Sound, with the Strait of Juan de Fuca. A pair of bridges known collectively as Deception Pass Bridge cross Deception Pass.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDChcIFHsCwh19Gz9Us1gPEd9DSPRfhDdAQ1HFq76fKBcyxijytyr4XLzfyBJKwzxOB2MWx7Pq7NzsvGPQ-U8MpxLBjhArBF5GM7GxcyHD3TadTlTU-7gcsQKZDAWd604StDvwIlpBHI/s2048/20210526_104823.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDChcIFHsCwh19Gz9Us1gPEd9DSPRfhDdAQ1HFq76fKBcyxijytyr4XLzfyBJKwzxOB2MWx7Pq7NzsvGPQ-U8MpxLBjhArBF5GM7GxcyHD3TadTlTU-7gcsQKZDAWd604StDvwIlpBHI/w640-h426/20210526_104823.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deception Pass Strait</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqT1gZgusZOVmqpFxyOkHW8RmOycrgYuAMqo7mr88vo72zHYdbzJaJxH2Kz24FmhWhmijLgRk95YJPYqMoIv5IWmc7cbB-ZoI6InOjXEL9ps2jIHg1Dv7a9kMVcI4uby8aKciCOqF55g/s2048/20210526_104825.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqT1gZgusZOVmqpFxyOkHW8RmOycrgYuAMqo7mr88vo72zHYdbzJaJxH2Kz24FmhWhmijLgRk95YJPYqMoIv5IWmc7cbB-ZoI6InOjXEL9ps2jIHg1Dv7a9kMVcI4uby8aKciCOqF55g/w640-h426/20210526_104825.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deception Pass Bridge</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">Our first stop on Whidbey Island was the small town of </span><a href="https://www.oakharbor.org/" target="_blank">Oak Harbor</a><span style="background-color: white;"> where we stopped for one reason only, to sit in the Flintstone's rock car at Flintstone Park. Luckily, we also caught our first glimpse of an eagle near the Oak Harbor docks. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZX76l3rAYkGURl7iedKYi486ejueH6PD9j5klv6uvNbeQy3T1V_1UByJT25L-GaDOiZexl5JnOhZhPyq_27e7iOEtF9uXYbUMaugCcFOKeCX9aD1-CbrPpMKdyvs32nqLQLOsZV-GyQ/s2048/20210526_113206.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZX76l3rAYkGURl7iedKYi486ejueH6PD9j5klv6uvNbeQy3T1V_1UByJT25L-GaDOiZexl5JnOhZhPyq_27e7iOEtF9uXYbUMaugCcFOKeCX9aD1-CbrPpMKdyvs32nqLQLOsZV-GyQ/w640-h426/20210526_113206.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Fred Flintstone, is that you?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksz2xftjQomaAysVg2GDD65SmZPOt-tEQSvn4y-Cz_hwIcDxYgrTu_MDbUR2Df5f06MEdajGgvUFYeuozsLWqP0_-2QJ457uiJ8RLSnVOEG1Mxz51hA7eBWLV0uKc-cYAWYHkug-7nE0/s2048/DSC_0245-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksz2xftjQomaAysVg2GDD65SmZPOt-tEQSvn4y-Cz_hwIcDxYgrTu_MDbUR2Df5f06MEdajGgvUFYeuozsLWqP0_-2QJ457uiJ8RLSnVOEG1Mxz51hA7eBWLV0uKc-cYAWYHkug-7nE0/w640-h426/DSC_0245-2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">From Oak Harbor we drove over to The <a href="https://www.nps.gov/ebla/index.htm" target="_blank">Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve</a>. This rural </span><span>historic district</span><span style="background-color: white;"> preserves and protects the historical record of </span><span>Puget Sound</span><span style="background-color: white;"> exploration and settlement from the 19th century to the present. Historic farms, still under cultivation in the prairies of </span><span>Whidbey Island</span><span style="background-color: white;">, reveal land use patterns unchanged since settlers claimed the land in the 1850s under the </span><span>Donation Land Claim Act</span><span style="background-color: white;">. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0AVYHUE5FsN4w42CP_k4W6Hg7XD3459KhrugcYVjmoaP3yha8MZglXdDa3YttNvy2ild_qaf4Zg6LCIehE3vQ3G-X5kQrLU3f1kEohoVD09xmGECsoJ0c19V6iQ4dd6x6_FnT2VqUCc4/s2048/DSC_0258-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0AVYHUE5FsN4w42CP_k4W6Hg7XD3459KhrugcYVjmoaP3yha8MZglXdDa3YttNvy2ild_qaf4Zg6LCIehE3vQ3G-X5kQrLU3f1kEohoVD09xmGECsoJ0c19V6iQ4dd6x6_FnT2VqUCc4/w640-h426/DSC_0258-2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhPYX4TmglkmWMR7gRyyFq9Jd7dDI7AHHw9VhKVgXPrhDQi-DMLlkfJjc3d6TWXCE6ilJ0b0_UJiNCTdh7wCy0w58WudKXpMzIbPIFDrUVNGR9IR7MhyphenhyphenhY_B3VXGUdyC3rRtw29ouQGQ/s2048/DSC_0265.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhPYX4TmglkmWMR7gRyyFq9Jd7dDI7AHHw9VhKVgXPrhDQi-DMLlkfJjc3d6TWXCE6ilJ0b0_UJiNCTdh7wCy0w58WudKXpMzIbPIFDrUVNGR9IR7MhyphenhyphenhY_B3VXGUdyC3rRtw29ouQGQ/w640-h426/DSC_0265.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCembsM985Xj4ntyrFMVAEemuo0WKOujAGJY9Z2gmjoQgfefwaK4i01_etsk2S-yWsuQj0pB8kOmaxzNaR4yifqs0a-4v-LqcS7YftlqCpjHT-XF2ovxoGRiWPqLLV3gqxLHFnN4j5-A/s2048/DSC_0267.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCembsM985Xj4ntyrFMVAEemuo0WKOujAGJY9Z2gmjoQgfefwaK4i01_etsk2S-yWsuQj0pB8kOmaxzNaR4yifqs0a-4v-LqcS7YftlqCpjHT-XF2ovxoGRiWPqLLV3gqxLHFnN4j5-A/w640-h426/DSC_0267.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr4TZstwRCw_-vZWuuc3uDYJ8PhsUFxAJLIxEo8CJjkqWoytkyW4ooLaQbR7MFA-2mTTJowNO92IpAv-uOOBkb-i-tNtS6NvxDZ1JvtDBcsazHjYCADSApnLkwl0Igtojb_sjjVB78HAs/s2048/DSC_0269.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr4TZstwRCw_-vZWuuc3uDYJ8PhsUFxAJLIxEo8CJjkqWoytkyW4ooLaQbR7MFA-2mTTJowNO92IpAv-uOOBkb-i-tNtS6NvxDZ1JvtDBcsazHjYCADSApnLkwl0Igtojb_sjjVB78HAs/w640-h426/DSC_0269.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5RHWkq5PR1hUELDuBCGqD-hwO0ZtjBgU57xPKcEezaeZ9ARSMPvknWGGfW3uufWDIP7muhIQ-x6iUO1rZ30zg4LUhZVHz4tu7Oui7tWnBE-1eLlFgXyHgThfnZfDRT4Gmam2n0gQV5w/s2048/DSC_0273.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5RHWkq5PR1hUELDuBCGqD-hwO0ZtjBgU57xPKcEezaeZ9ARSMPvknWGGfW3uufWDIP7muhIQ-x6iUO1rZ30zg4LUhZVHz4tu7Oui7tWnBE-1eLlFgXyHgThfnZfDRT4Gmam2n0gQV5w/w640-h426/DSC_0273.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Y8Lrunk2iO4fNMv-jvMh-W63bpZLxkAgIOZbRUhZDvc2Q-5mng2g4_OaNWBDUSl2b5EEGm82XAICyPVO67PfmZdIQnzk5c7IXCh6P-cFhFdmbcbQ2aT0cbjcRjNqfG7kZwXgJ_uSt6c/s2048/DSC_0276.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Y8Lrunk2iO4fNMv-jvMh-W63bpZLxkAgIOZbRUhZDvc2Q-5mng2g4_OaNWBDUSl2b5EEGm82XAICyPVO67PfmZdIQnzk5c7IXCh6P-cFhFdmbcbQ2aT0cbjcRjNqfG7kZwXgJ_uSt6c/w640-h426/DSC_0276.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">From Ebey's Landing we traveled on to <a href="https://parks.state.wa.us/505/Fort-Casey" target="_blank">Fort Casey</a>. Fort Casey, Fort Worden and Fort Flagler together were known as the "Triangle of Fire," a trio of strategically placed fortifications defending the entrance to the Puget Sound at the turn of the 20th Century. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Constructed in the late 1800s, </span><span style="background-color: white;">Fort Casey</span><span style="background-color: white;"> was equipped for defense and used as a training facility up to the mid-1940s. The fort houses a pair of rare 10-inch disappearing guns. Two additional 3-inch mounted guns are also on display in their original emplacements.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvtq_-7gK00He91UZZLZrqbATGp29cDn2iL71Puu9IVwFi9zELWURH-fsiB_4nKBqKmO9TBAUfwwj6JalW5FLDckkiiJlq0TKipJA-EHRQX3RiWLs5nQ8RVFDZV9b9YlMkquNbxLmchw/s2048/20210526_150121.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvtq_-7gK00He91UZZLZrqbATGp29cDn2iL71Puu9IVwFi9zELWURH-fsiB_4nKBqKmO9TBAUfwwj6JalW5FLDckkiiJlq0TKipJA-EHRQX3RiWLs5nQ8RVFDZV9b9YlMkquNbxLmchw/w640-h480/20210526_150121.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPb_HH7Cuu1B7Hw4tIFQRZcBf_lz_8TVS-hhlPm42_Z-ElqqoBzsrbyp-_jAB_liNiB9HT2tlLzxmERLPSdhnLcBA59l8doiTffldezXR5iIq6UvUhPGdQnODxb4uN3gLuUHGs16FGb_E/s2048/20210526_151727.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPb_HH7Cuu1B7Hw4tIFQRZcBf_lz_8TVS-hhlPm42_Z-ElqqoBzsrbyp-_jAB_liNiB9HT2tlLzxmERLPSdhnLcBA59l8doiTffldezXR5iIq6UvUhPGdQnODxb4uN3gLuUHGs16FGb_E/w640-h426/20210526_151727.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg270xzc19booq6Q0TdrDDEqvkXvlSay1CmZ3x7RYMDHAaSDZm5yP7jWzAltQwX9sQoXtKa3VQ6eONk4nKgdZG2TahGZySX60KgxwszDPJXMkkK4nT_As8MMP_e_rEtGiamHdYRwxJnX3A/s2048/DSC_0246.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg270xzc19booq6Q0TdrDDEqvkXvlSay1CmZ3x7RYMDHAaSDZm5yP7jWzAltQwX9sQoXtKa3VQ6eONk4nKgdZG2TahGZySX60KgxwszDPJXMkkK4nT_As8MMP_e_rEtGiamHdYRwxJnX3A/w640-h426/DSC_0246.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZoYh-IYUIcwgNLRxClhFHao66vhWXKQ0tytOVuyfawAgr2ec1-4h7fWvUYI88XOoc06c9MXyFbQQlbpNnrGBsG4upFO9SZP5o8mTFW9EVs_Nj8T_WyDNGESYjzYBFFZV-7qaAnpg0jJ4/s2048/DSC_0283.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZoYh-IYUIcwgNLRxClhFHao66vhWXKQ0tytOVuyfawAgr2ec1-4h7fWvUYI88XOoc06c9MXyFbQQlbpNnrGBsG4upFO9SZP5o8mTFW9EVs_Nj8T_WyDNGESYjzYBFFZV-7qaAnpg0jJ4/w640-h426/DSC_0283.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxtN7esSF6-QtjglJ4JMmjBUuE38wXuzBb-q_MiZD4FchUmqH5Wx2m0iCn76FajHP0hHZT_JecS3jB0U6fPen4aBXLxu3FpY2ou7pQnKmXhUDB1zRrFla9VdtmcJp_x0UHxA-viR5_9O8/s2048/DSC_0286.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxtN7esSF6-QtjglJ4JMmjBUuE38wXuzBb-q_MiZD4FchUmqH5Wx2m0iCn76FajHP0hHZT_JecS3jB0U6fPen4aBXLxu3FpY2ou7pQnKmXhUDB1zRrFla9VdtmcJp_x0UHxA-viR5_9O8/w640-h426/DSC_0286.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0O236lyy9T2SGEeYrH72gBY3IvtvSggBMV-3EgAYYkLt47gCtTVm6xKURwbNb0UvYGOAJ2xXSVN7wVVtH-YXGa0yaoG768bcL9zYDY03DdSJl250Njso3Fk37d2gUK3yzhhZKMthjeqs/s2048/DSC_0291.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0O236lyy9T2SGEeYrH72gBY3IvtvSggBMV-3EgAYYkLt47gCtTVm6xKURwbNb0UvYGOAJ2xXSVN7wVVtH-YXGa0yaoG768bcL9zYDY03DdSJl250Njso3Fk37d2gUK3yzhhZKMthjeqs/w640-h426/DSC_0291.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><p style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p>From Fort Casey, we drove over to the community of </span><a href="https://smalltownwashington.com/things-to-do-in-coupeville-washington/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Coupeville</a><span style="background-color: white;">. We had heard a lot about the quaint town of Coupeville and were looking forward to shopping and enjoying a delicious lunch. Unfortunately, we found almost all the restaurants in the historic area of Coupeville were closed on Wednesdays. We found a pizza joint, not far from downtown, and had a nice pizza lunch before heading out to explore more of the island.</span></span><p></p><div style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Leaving Coupeville we drove 535 south to where the road literally ends at <a href="https://discoverclintonwa.com/" target="_blank">Clinton, Washington</a>. From this point you can take a short ferry ride over to the mainland or you can do what we did and drive the backroads, north, hugging the island's shore line to Langley, Washington.</span></div><div style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We found <a href="https://www.langleywa.org/" target="_blank">Langley, Washington</a>, enchanting and chose to get ice cream and roam around exploring before heading back to Anacortes. <span style="background-color: white;">Langley is a waterfront village perched on the long finger of Whidbey Island. </span><span style="background-color: white;">The town's charming characteristics include: resident artists and performers, farmers, county fairs, beaches, a small marina, and the oldest cemetery on Whidbey Island.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwPysBbIU1KSkwcHgo4rR3zkwLPOMGBx67H4wj7pdp14jS3HxzY9xAqMNIf3B9p7fR11B2JMyOTUdi7XqOk5aiSJZ3_1cs44rYuvmvcE0yqM-DAlTRtndh8ADI1NXdvHas_RK8eMA4Rps/s2048/20210526_161708.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwPysBbIU1KSkwcHgo4rR3zkwLPOMGBx67H4wj7pdp14jS3HxzY9xAqMNIf3B9p7fR11B2JMyOTUdi7XqOk5aiSJZ3_1cs44rYuvmvcE0yqM-DAlTRtndh8ADI1NXdvHas_RK8eMA4Rps/w640-h426/20210526_161708.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghFOX6WyOXkYmoIArBb7ZpMZHnqitIaUv8kTPJnBZbmxKIaTqSObPt7x720K4_jWhKHzy_yQM1rM6wJvZr3_O7rfoNACt4NkZbBRxH6TpoV0pVXrHRRvyS66drqECnLm7wIHxAu6QdnEI/s2048/20210526_172740.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghFOX6WyOXkYmoIArBb7ZpMZHnqitIaUv8kTPJnBZbmxKIaTqSObPt7x720K4_jWhKHzy_yQM1rM6wJvZr3_O7rfoNACt4NkZbBRxH6TpoV0pVXrHRRvyS66drqECnLm7wIHxAu6QdnEI/w640-h426/20210526_172740.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5q-abmQ7hmD88wGedu-UF4yO62h4MIDpvCz7XXLBohRWfnDCpIF9pK87eTkBsZDOiyseEgKJNfiw6HaAWM7XT70EMgQfs1n5bdSRcvj3Vay-sDfF50T7ew9qNwtT1XXQeBiM5yyqZrk/s2048/20210526_174408.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5q-abmQ7hmD88wGedu-UF4yO62h4MIDpvCz7XXLBohRWfnDCpIF9pK87eTkBsZDOiyseEgKJNfiw6HaAWM7XT70EMgQfs1n5bdSRcvj3Vay-sDfF50T7ew9qNwtT1XXQeBiM5yyqZrk/w640-h426/20210526_174408.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj8wkFlAPZTVilNigoZqYMdlGt6K_XawYEbtWmlv8bt9R4CUc7ug2eAFVo35OSrHOKXofTFQmGcMHimpVFe27aiWKUqyZaFveyxvDSRNPsLs7lYrWz-ZIMUB5aUXTIQ6zBFRXeW3VePT0/s2048/20210526_174934.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj8wkFlAPZTVilNigoZqYMdlGt6K_XawYEbtWmlv8bt9R4CUc7ug2eAFVo35OSrHOKXofTFQmGcMHimpVFe27aiWKUqyZaFveyxvDSRNPsLs7lYrWz-ZIMUB5aUXTIQ6zBFRXeW3VePT0/w640-h426/20210526_174934.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirz84tHvP_NIRVORzNT9_Ykq2-g8zHu4cwjYRqwlw9uZ4yVkNgRk4mUg3gkVkLZTRXA4gLAfoMqf-s8Eoa0YEXAdpqYzint8IaiCfyPR3W3Fx3YMfllHlUmhEtwLk68_r0GvCW_d95Lw8/s2048/DSC_0304.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirz84tHvP_NIRVORzNT9_Ykq2-g8zHu4cwjYRqwlw9uZ4yVkNgRk4mUg3gkVkLZTRXA4gLAfoMqf-s8Eoa0YEXAdpqYzint8IaiCfyPR3W3Fx3YMfllHlUmhEtwLk68_r0GvCW_d95Lw8/w640-h426/DSC_0304.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2-UY62g5vVtmXeDAb4PA_t6dircHQSQiu4ZxYMTUHpGcPJQRsYTKc_J1WLmftP4gMGXE8nKRtjSF1ce45LMLFCYGC8AbLM84ag-6zPsGNrRDJHWoT_S39dQrvrRGS-xmuESHGYGDOtY/s2048/DSC_0320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2-UY62g5vVtmXeDAb4PA_t6dircHQSQiu4ZxYMTUHpGcPJQRsYTKc_J1WLmftP4gMGXE8nKRtjSF1ce45LMLFCYGC8AbLM84ag-6zPsGNrRDJHWoT_S39dQrvrRGS-xmuESHGYGDOtY/w640-h426/DSC_0320.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div>After a busy day exploring Whidbey it was time to return to Anacortes for another good night's sleep and then head towards Seattle to catch a flight home.</span></span></div></div>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comWhidbey Island, Washington, USA47.9982761 -122.439502619.688042263821153 -157.5957526 76.308509936178837 -87.2832526tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-31919685233419701762021-05-25T11:08:00.179-05:002023-07-30T12:09:56.495-06:00Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, Washington<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">This adventure was the highlight of our whole Washington State trip! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span><span>After visiting the North Cascade National Park we drove over to <a href="https://anacortes.org/" target="_blank">Anacortes</a>, Washington, and claimed the <a href="http://shipharborinn.com/" target="_blank">Ship Harbor Inn</a> as our home base for the next few days. (We will post a separate blog post all about Anacortes, Washington, soon.) One of the reasons we stayed at this particular hotel was because it was within walking distance of the ferry terminal to get to Friday Harbor at San Juan Island, Washington.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKA3KOv7N3-gCPPQ1-t8kDP99Yzmnpve70eOvh4Iap95rEOfa_Jk-zmtFV2Vphh8R-z-0rYX5zT4d_goAWE62B1KfZgBbTbQZNoWspqDyBcQa-jy4tKcd9a5YYXJLyqhUuMFgeqqzpa5I/s2048/20210525_091332.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKA3KOv7N3-gCPPQ1-t8kDP99Yzmnpve70eOvh4Iap95rEOfa_Jk-zmtFV2Vphh8R-z-0rYX5zT4d_goAWE62B1KfZgBbTbQZNoWspqDyBcQa-jy4tKcd9a5YYXJLyqhUuMFgeqqzpa5I/w640-h426/20210525_091332.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1LIs4EHm_M5A3E9ulIrQhtvz2K8L8TyNqGrcwWTerZflITcJv4YwOVGvXH0p2iJkpsArPegssWn1JTwV0tx5U3yuydOatd5DXD0O6bNw3S_owQJl2QEoAoOdjGiQRZ48AsiyGhvKMeI/s2048/DSC_0199.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1LIs4EHm_M5A3E9ulIrQhtvz2K8L8TyNqGrcwWTerZflITcJv4YwOVGvXH0p2iJkpsArPegssWn1JTwV0tx5U3yuydOatd5DXD0O6bNw3S_owQJl2QEoAoOdjGiQRZ48AsiyGhvKMeI/w640-h426/DSC_0199.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmqjSM1uaqWwVUxPGVQy4LKV-MWYy7_cWhHKwl2zWwroNKIaICke_4S2eRbIQepgxhMkqfD83LX4shBRodA3LFxl4fGijXYxoYqO_gI38ewfDPw1wI6_P84oBvV5V4pBPUyn7IT-lYk8/s2048/20210525_101942.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmqjSM1uaqWwVUxPGVQy4LKV-MWYy7_cWhHKwl2zWwroNKIaICke_4S2eRbIQepgxhMkqfD83LX4shBRodA3LFxl4fGijXYxoYqO_gI38ewfDPw1wI6_P84oBvV5V4pBPUyn7IT-lYk8/w640-h426/20210525_101942.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We woke early to take the first ferry over to Friday Harbor. After almost an hour long, peaceful, ferry ride, with spectacular views of the Puget Sound, we docked at Friday Harbor.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span><span><a href="https://www.visitsanjuans.com/friday-harbor" target="_blank">Friday Harbor</a>, Washington, is a charming, historic, walkable seaport just steps from the ferry landing. It has small, <a href="https://www.visitsanjuans.com/shopping" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span>friendly shops</span></a> and <a href="https://www.visitsanjuans.com/dining" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span>restaurants</span>,</a> and a refreshing absence of fast-food chains. </span><span>There's no need for a car to see Friday Harbor. Everything is within walking distance of the ferry landing, and it is</span><span> </span><a href="https://www.visitsanjuans.com/island-transportation" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span>easy to get around</span></a><span>, including shuttle buses and a trolley to take you around the island, as well as bike, three-wheeled Scootcoupe, and moped rentals. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span>We had reserved a Scootcoupe rental from <a href="https://susiesmopeds.com/" target="_blank">Susie's Mopeds</a> before we left for Washington, so after we exited the ferry we walked over to Susie's to pick up our rental. </span><span>Susie's Mopeds provided us with a tour map of the Island so we hit the main road to see the sights!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0dWWExiLFfpEtvuv0XJPIYiJYXWarjuXSFnrmu5n04lmiupaTXKpAhXpQc7vzStqAdRCUcPV0E4_rlPDOnr9AwlC7EkRf1kW6cyka3Kn2B9JmkLzxtL35pzDqdW5manGycWM8ySBfpqw/s2048/20210525_104930.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0dWWExiLFfpEtvuv0XJPIYiJYXWarjuXSFnrmu5n04lmiupaTXKpAhXpQc7vzStqAdRCUcPV0E4_rlPDOnr9AwlC7EkRf1kW6cyka3Kn2B9JmkLzxtL35pzDqdW5manGycWM8ySBfpqw/w640-h426/20210525_104930.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW1QYubRknB9SzHWzk_PTo5RSA29GjG5XwXghs3t6CKhtGK9Iirr6M3RNDcMWiEgg46o6mWjIzoNtFmde_366PmtbNS9JZvAzmRxeD_lW5enEP_Uut9dtoDYYVuHWgRJ8k_w5zWh0nzn4/s2048/20210525_104935.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW1QYubRknB9SzHWzk_PTo5RSA29GjG5XwXghs3t6CKhtGK9Iirr6M3RNDcMWiEgg46o6mWjIzoNtFmde_366PmtbNS9JZvAzmRxeD_lW5enEP_Uut9dtoDYYVuHWgRJ8k_w5zWh0nzn4/w640-h426/20210525_104935.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span>Our first stop was </span><a href="https://www.rocheharbor.com/" target="_blank">Roche Harbor</a><span>! </span><span style="background-color: white;">Roche Harbor is a historic seaside resort located on San Juan Island, Washington. Steeped in rich history and surrounded by lush gardens, the village is a short drive from nearby Friday Harbor. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-gN392loItaSWZjWqqQb_3i8jtyEW08yobSOdFxQ68ni2dShQ651lrOx5d0Jjkq5NHhDaTXKoWXhaDeHvkl4Moz9Ov3B3HJ822VCkeYpc5X5Khxahu1e_9Wcin2Tbxjp83aEBzXPMZ8/s2048/20210525_113127.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-gN392loItaSWZjWqqQb_3i8jtyEW08yobSOdFxQ68ni2dShQ651lrOx5d0Jjkq5NHhDaTXKoWXhaDeHvkl4Moz9Ov3B3HJ822VCkeYpc5X5Khxahu1e_9Wcin2Tbxjp83aEBzXPMZ8/w640-h428/20210525_113127.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdtdOHNpGIoacJR6jcragtEJ-exWDmv2sejp0bdskoFpKRNb8PxfWTPDBYT9XJXd88P11rSHzKuqaQ8bXBXMWthbYRepvgd2vA57pMd6FOAVQEihQH8qZNqT2177nSNxLeMYLkBRpc84/s2048/20210525_113314.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdtdOHNpGIoacJR6jcragtEJ-exWDmv2sejp0bdskoFpKRNb8PxfWTPDBYT9XJXd88P11rSHzKuqaQ8bXBXMWthbYRepvgd2vA57pMd6FOAVQEihQH8qZNqT2177nSNxLeMYLkBRpc84/w640-h428/20210525_113314.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVB_re9zRrRSDI9mIhUnuZobbZAewW-oybbu8jnrsiR6Ljg0gCtlFNVGkxrP2mgTp-CsjsHq0GlWOA2tpc4hC1iO9ZS5v_SkMDkBzHF18plXDK4UaYYGCyY5T5tTcGKe4qqiGpw8NO8s/s2048/20210525_122546.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVB_re9zRrRSDI9mIhUnuZobbZAewW-oybbu8jnrsiR6Ljg0gCtlFNVGkxrP2mgTp-CsjsHq0GlWOA2tpc4hC1iO9ZS5v_SkMDkBzHF18plXDK4UaYYGCyY5T5tTcGKe4qqiGpw8NO8s/w640-h426/20210525_122546.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5YCIFCDZ8ERLcUiuVS0PFaWv2JP_PB1Z50_oRIZxv-VjB4MTB_vgO_un67cybpsHLpya0ouEGNOb1M-9pqxps5xkY5hBa5rawKfHuJniUUJe6YMjLZ_8tzMMp8xsNbmekQ73nRIO8hQ/s2048/20210525_122550.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5YCIFCDZ8ERLcUiuVS0PFaWv2JP_PB1Z50_oRIZxv-VjB4MTB_vgO_un67cybpsHLpya0ouEGNOb1M-9pqxps5xkY5hBa5rawKfHuJniUUJe6YMjLZ_8tzMMp8xsNbmekQ73nRIO8hQ/w640-h480/20210525_122550.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6x7P6-tAL-seMTawGKXlbikzvjccBJgXs99D5B-z-IkGat05woWFCQnFgEszGWU3GN9ae6PVNXtlXaHkSODJoRlZA8Y6McAH7_FDuR7QKhiNE_RAWCkbcqa7Tsx6uF3sn8z-6_Kh09N8/s2048/20210525_123346.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6x7P6-tAL-seMTawGKXlbikzvjccBJgXs99D5B-z-IkGat05woWFCQnFgEszGWU3GN9ae6PVNXtlXaHkSODJoRlZA8Y6McAH7_FDuR7QKhiNE_RAWCkbcqa7Tsx6uF3sn8z-6_Kh09N8/w640-h426/20210525_123346.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpqNO6-3v8rtV6Shi-z4RJ3joNPSr0hBWZ0HlF-1ureye9f9tHgW9lvgHCMzRVcr8E-6r39W-V06s5qA95lbfkp932VvznHsMMc-XknC5pUg6V1g9i_uFR6QRxjaelsk71MR4JLGrEn0U/s2048/20210525_125100.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpqNO6-3v8rtV6Shi-z4RJ3joNPSr0hBWZ0HlF-1ureye9f9tHgW9lvgHCMzRVcr8E-6r39W-V06s5qA95lbfkp932VvznHsMMc-XknC5pUg6V1g9i_uFR6QRxjaelsk71MR4JLGrEn0U/w640-h426/20210525_125100.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMRnjNuSbupZtVo-GNz_deGnW6WgPL99X5niRNH9eqEy-83m61NQAdT07CGsPCmw1wvqMzn5gQNG4Q6hBCSFKOqSbBctIy8soer22D_nZHnwEZdr7DkTEWZKLmb72bZOdKntXWZqyRGg/s2048/20210525_132141.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMRnjNuSbupZtVo-GNz_deGnW6WgPL99X5niRNH9eqEy-83m61NQAdT07CGsPCmw1wvqMzn5gQNG4Q6hBCSFKOqSbBctIy8soer22D_nZHnwEZdr7DkTEWZKLmb72bZOdKntXWZqyRGg/w640-h428/20210525_132141.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgXIVzpiGcM2d8_g56NNW-G1KKwImZ9WzKbkEz3QaDgaF8Vd3ploZDtS8UBX8bOnt3fiX5Kh6kzhGwXZEK0grGwmJIYKOf8E0whBN40Elwqadi8HnvWkcfax7KU51-bObzU_mkof9s-g/s2048/DSC_0205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgXIVzpiGcM2d8_g56NNW-G1KKwImZ9WzKbkEz3QaDgaF8Vd3ploZDtS8UBX8bOnt3fiX5Kh6kzhGwXZEK0grGwmJIYKOf8E0whBN40Elwqadi8HnvWkcfax7KU51-bObzU_mkof9s-g/w640-h426/DSC_0205.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqWJhEKtFp9L58GTVvix8kI6UNZKVMSEJfOERJVV1LDuNjSg83nq3g0XvXtk2brEV7YRnPA6qoUJ6eE6iSY_u1GzM-sBg4NKzsiT88zollYAG1WJgraAmNPixTwSLoll2oY8CtJ47V7Y/s2048/DSC_0203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqWJhEKtFp9L58GTVvix8kI6UNZKVMSEJfOERJVV1LDuNjSg83nq3g0XvXtk2brEV7YRnPA6qoUJ6eE6iSY_u1GzM-sBg4NKzsiT88zollYAG1WJgraAmNPixTwSLoll2oY8CtJ47V7Y/w640-h426/DSC_0203.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><span style="background-color: white;">After a great lunch at Roche Harbor we hopped back into the Scootcoupe and made our way to the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/historyculture/english-camp.htm" target="_blank">English Camp</a>. </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span>San Juan Island is well known for splendid vistas, saltwater shore, quiet woodlands, orca whales and one of the last remaining native prairies in the Puget Sound/Northern Straits region. But it was also here in 1859 that the United States and Great Britain nearly went to war over possession of the island, the crisis ignited by the death of a pig. The </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">Royal Marine Camp, as it was referred to in the late 1800s, consisted of 27 structures, a formal garden and ample room on the parade ground. The ship, the HMS Boxer, a steam gunboat with shallow enough draft to negotiate the waters of Garrison Bay, called on a regular basis from Victoria, BC, bringing mail, food and other stores along with passengers going both ways. After a quick tour we jumped back in "the coupe" and drove over to the Lime Kiln</span><span style="background-color: white;"> Lighthouse.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6AECjjFmK6uC-lAhSNh8vR1p276ZDK3OfjtceR5N9-sfvjlnvHRBFOvSfec0BgWk57uomUArmR7W08PefFsvkDvMSG6iMiv0XfpK4ya461Uf6LaFxyGZHUXtr0dxFLMLLF7b3ZoJLyCU/s2048/20210525_135053.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6AECjjFmK6uC-lAhSNh8vR1p276ZDK3OfjtceR5N9-sfvjlnvHRBFOvSfec0BgWk57uomUArmR7W08PefFsvkDvMSG6iMiv0XfpK4ya461Uf6LaFxyGZHUXtr0dxFLMLLF7b3ZoJLyCU/w640-h426/20210525_135053.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghT7_SHK9HLZohpHZoC0ipr8rmvLOTZhQm-lONZoxh7lWiOi8Zy1lNerX-RSYvJMMxyZ9eO0lOs6azh-ZW4IER02L0U3h6ZqsCPh-ivUagoYzhod1saB8YABgF5zfvfC8ld7PUoWDOFVg/s2048/20210525_135443.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghT7_SHK9HLZohpHZoC0ipr8rmvLOTZhQm-lONZoxh7lWiOi8Zy1lNerX-RSYvJMMxyZ9eO0lOs6azh-ZW4IER02L0U3h6ZqsCPh-ivUagoYzhod1saB8YABgF5zfvfC8ld7PUoWDOFVg/w640-h426/20210525_135443.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">Set on a rocky bluff at the west end of San Juan Island, </span><a href="https://parks.state.wa.us/540/Lime-Kiln-Point" target="_blank">Lime Kiln</a><span style="background-color: white;"> Point is considered one of the best whale-watching spots on earth. The pods, which also include humpback and minke whales, pass through the area every May through September, with peak times depending on salmon runs. Visitors can see the action from a 1919-vintage lighthouse or from a nearby sea cliff. Disappointed, we did not spot a whale from this point as we had hoped! Back in the Scoopecoupe we made our way across the island to the American Camp.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFB0EjsBIgmiQ398sRR2fD_CZ7g_uScnkv96IGClLD5CjZtbyQpopzr4afmDuZWtu6ZJLVjAIkKd_7BxffldereMXXfkwIWRNGZpdaz-qDlz6XeHVEif8GM6Fx7KXh2FIt80Z_Tkp9hm8/s2048/20210525_144135.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFB0EjsBIgmiQ398sRR2fD_CZ7g_uScnkv96IGClLD5CjZtbyQpopzr4afmDuZWtu6ZJLVjAIkKd_7BxffldereMXXfkwIWRNGZpdaz-qDlz6XeHVEif8GM6Fx7KXh2FIt80Z_Tkp9hm8/w640-h426/20210525_144135.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmCBF8vIS4RzfW8yXJ_4WgmDbYxYfwBjX3tz6MF32rFmmOBCFU4TJGke_Safqos6HtLFnTEoPd9k8gfpDcUnz1K_KoWo_bkswA8P0emvmCZH8z7RUYQzgm46GnDm36QPYPX-bqalSabw/s2048/20210525_144154.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmCBF8vIS4RzfW8yXJ_4WgmDbYxYfwBjX3tz6MF32rFmmOBCFU4TJGke_Safqos6HtLFnTEoPd9k8gfpDcUnz1K_KoWo_bkswA8P0emvmCZH8z7RUYQzgm46GnDm36QPYPX-bqalSabw/w640-h480/20210525_144154.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Camp San Juan Island, today known as <a href="https://www.visitsanjuans.com/account/american-camp-san-juan-island-national-historical-park" target="_blank">American Camp</a>, was occupied by the U.S. Army from July 1859 through November 1874. The only structures that remain today are the two officers' quarters. We found the American Camp to be under construction as the island is making renovations that include hiking trails and restroom facilities.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOu-wIkinZ9Bqb-wtnWO1dLOxyDAof0tzTzyP3P13bL0cxarV2DuRUbrgH_xZevSOieEnl6ewgcFnkdPo-mLhQIRpioI2cCJ8SgscmagIuNRB87JDF3YIzCntZpfcmmHeu8Gsq04Y5m8/s2048/DSC_0213.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOu-wIkinZ9Bqb-wtnWO1dLOxyDAof0tzTzyP3P13bL0cxarV2DuRUbrgH_xZevSOieEnl6ewgcFnkdPo-mLhQIRpioI2cCJ8SgscmagIuNRB87JDF3YIzCntZpfcmmHeu8Gsq04Y5m8/w640-h426/DSC_0213.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97QC_WW_s2wFmAxknPMSI1hQ-JEJqyFKnJBwlp3CSJnDq3zxtO3Z3oacXtztyYupeHAzPVboeUU_FcV55DClhYrIiYVPaGXYVbVVLXOhi4ArFYysujOdCdKwqBTZE2GcHpLxPsq7udp8/s2048/20210525_160443.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97QC_WW_s2wFmAxknPMSI1hQ-JEJqyFKnJBwlp3CSJnDq3zxtO3Z3oacXtztyYupeHAzPVboeUU_FcV55DClhYrIiYVPaGXYVbVVLXOhi4ArFYysujOdCdKwqBTZE2GcHpLxPsq7udp8/w640-h480/20210525_160443.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJ-jzmmLW2zzBE_P-0AGWV2o4jXAR9vk3VbtAhRt7qfvo9JmlnBws_y3cejs7M_4Po8ozFp5kvP1pC8DEmQyLB7fZH9WALEcltNPmR2NyiNCEFHMSDNVWveVr8WSp5-DYN9Rdaco9600/s2048/20210525_160101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJ-jzmmLW2zzBE_P-0AGWV2o4jXAR9vk3VbtAhRt7qfvo9JmlnBws_y3cejs7M_4Po8ozFp5kvP1pC8DEmQyLB7fZH9WALEcltNPmR2NyiNCEFHMSDNVWveVr8WSp5-DYN9Rdaco9600/w640-h426/20210525_160101.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">After a wonderful day exploring Friday Harbor and the San Juan Island it was time to make our way back to Susie's Mopeds to turn in our Scoopecoupe rental. Fortunately, the </span><a href="https://www.sanjuanbrew.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">San Juan Island Brewing Company</a><span style="background-color: white;">, was within walking distance from Susie's. We headed over there for some adult refreshments before hoping aboard the next ferry and returning to Anacortes, Washington.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Our next stop on our world wind tour of the beautiful state of Washington, Whidbey Island!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comFriday Harbor, WA 98250, USA48.5342662 -123.017124220.224032363821152 -158.1733742 76.844500036178843 -87.8608742tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-82234858688905308722021-05-24T13:33:00.061-05:002023-07-30T12:10:12.999-06:00North Cascades National Park, Washington<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After a great night's rest we were ready for our next adventure as continued to explore the great state of Washington!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span><span>Our plan to get to North Cascades National Park was to head from Lynnwood, Washington, to Granite Falls and travel along the Mountain Loop Highway so that we could take in as many sights as possible. Unfortunately, Mountain Loop Highway was closed just outside of the small town of Verlot, Washington. Disappointed, we headed back to Granite Falls and then up to Highway 530, into the North Cascades National Park and on to Diablo Lake. At Diablo Lake we traveled back to Anacortes, Washington, via Highway 20 and going through the small town of Concrete.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLemKIMjfG1ZGCMUpYHh5BeCssjt0i18OGsUEUBfW-VAbdqbxycyjpuDWt-c2RxogRxl25WFn-3Nki-tRgJrG9fv3wPN_wG4IEYTZW60jXpsq2ebzfIsd2Sg0hdr0wvBNUJurBpf1B8g/s2048/20210524_111119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLemKIMjfG1ZGCMUpYHh5BeCssjt0i18OGsUEUBfW-VAbdqbxycyjpuDWt-c2RxogRxl25WFn-3Nki-tRgJrG9fv3wPN_wG4IEYTZW60jXpsq2ebzfIsd2Sg0hdr0wvBNUJurBpf1B8g/w640-h426/20210524_111119.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_q8EP9gBMlVNhSvSLqYjhNhph7friSwvl350jUG7WtdxAfzCya7L3dArE_hnrMu5yD2CI1gN1BPNa4F4gu2CTuukZTZN2OGTQ_8kyORwfxNZiFgfd1KaZl1s0gswzyC5vXKuVTuLVmtU/s2048/20210524_111029.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_q8EP9gBMlVNhSvSLqYjhNhph7friSwvl350jUG7WtdxAfzCya7L3dArE_hnrMu5yD2CI1gN1BPNa4F4gu2CTuukZTZN2OGTQ_8kyORwfxNZiFgfd1KaZl1s0gswzyC5vXKuVTuLVmtU/w640-h360/20210524_111029.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTHY9XNTo8PsDDuwul-iWKyYeENglRYcW63lPQpTvYTKKWIYf1APCf5eZomjO1d3KA9BHsX1bvvVqL7zwrvt5ZLygu97P2_viPWGzzwhY7YNja8a0iw3mfVzzy-Xs7fe91_Y_aZwTw3M/s2048/20210524_103346.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTHY9XNTo8PsDDuwul-iWKyYeENglRYcW63lPQpTvYTKKWIYf1APCf5eZomjO1d3KA9BHsX1bvvVqL7zwrvt5ZLygu97P2_viPWGzzwhY7YNja8a0iw3mfVzzy-Xs7fe91_Y_aZwTw3M/w640-h480/20210524_103346.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Stillaguamish River</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span><span><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.nps.gov/noca/index.htm" target="_blank">North Cascades National Park</a></span><span style="background-color: white;"> is an American </span>national park<span style="background-color: white;"> in the state of </span>Washington<span style="background-color: white;">. At more than 500,000 acres (200,000 ha), it is the largest of the three </span>National Park Service<span style="background-color: white;"> units that comprise the North Cascades National Park Complex. North Cascades National Park consists of a northern and southern section, bisected by the </span>Skagit River<span style="background-color: white;"> that flows through the reservoirs of </span>Ross Lake National Recreation Area<span style="background-color: white;">. </span><span style="background-color: white;">North Cascades National Park features the rugged mountain peaks of the </span>North Cascades Range<span style="background-color: white;">, the most expansive glacial system in the </span>contiguous United States<span style="background-color: white;">, the headwaters of numerous waterways, and vast forests with the highest degree of flora </span>biodiversity<span style="background-color: white;"> of any American national park.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwcNwvcBu3BGUKnCfoldSsFwDvgfkhktj9mQ-suN0ZhEQtEZbXCPOnaIZVEdVz_upMYpkxlMuIxZRNKPpz4b86Nb6jqNIpiFAyTFLNJimC16MSyxH1XRzMyhQZwxwKHdJuVWVbQleSliI/s2048/20210524_131913.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwcNwvcBu3BGUKnCfoldSsFwDvgfkhktj9mQ-suN0ZhEQtEZbXCPOnaIZVEdVz_upMYpkxlMuIxZRNKPpz4b86Nb6jqNIpiFAyTFLNJimC16MSyxH1XRzMyhQZwxwKHdJuVWVbQleSliI/w640-h426/20210524_131913.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsTJtJXwaH6tgGZxpxJZZWmYqY-RKy3ej3sbu2P7bmJgu04K6Qiz1C-VGveiQKqb_7j7z9DrxWuYsHUzJtCYR0giCvMWqLec7OWGzY2mPXZWgA4ekBd5Ghskv154eZEbJukGqhSuoMAs/s2048/20210524_141122.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsTJtJXwaH6tgGZxpxJZZWmYqY-RKy3ej3sbu2P7bmJgu04K6Qiz1C-VGveiQKqb_7j7z9DrxWuYsHUzJtCYR0giCvMWqLec7OWGzY2mPXZWgA4ekBd5Ghskv154eZEbJukGqhSuoMAs/w640-h426/20210524_141122.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid82cLfMP-jNoqznh01H3BTPmQ829X0gbUt3sKk_r4BBRJvMxM8ma8mlPNXWBOHQODjSeeyhnG5LJu_u5L-yf0zIu_hgV0O2nYN8M5Bhgc3kzcgBUtXhz0GolKXCqIw_B5tMl6rukhuzw/s2048/20210524_151903.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid82cLfMP-jNoqznh01H3BTPmQ829X0gbUt3sKk_r4BBRJvMxM8ma8mlPNXWBOHQODjSeeyhnG5LJu_u5L-yf0zIu_hgV0O2nYN8M5Bhgc3kzcgBUtXhz0GolKXCqIw_B5tMl6rukhuzw/w640-h428/20210524_151903.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlGnhDcoz4x82-OB1Ymwv6K-SXcDzg72PYiUTENDMf4nl7_y4_BjRhjOl5_2M4d0JatcG2t35eO6wtA_EWpWOLP_YjqCbe6uai5chSOOyyAQjDj6Xom2QgMijkyokvAaHy-ccSkwmaQHw/s2048/DSC_0143+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlGnhDcoz4x82-OB1Ymwv6K-SXcDzg72PYiUTENDMf4nl7_y4_BjRhjOl5_2M4d0JatcG2t35eO6wtA_EWpWOLP_YjqCbe6uai5chSOOyyAQjDj6Xom2QgMijkyokvAaHy-ccSkwmaQHw/w640-h426/DSC_0143+-+Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6h6W9O_3rhJgu7H1F8fPdZpPwx5yJAY8ZFMhnbGGe6ir4vCIyKp8iNQn2DRMw-AnsqAlhoxc6Jr6Ktq32K-ydW7w9BWUxfM6FLA4c85HoHAMyaAsS_jC1jRZ1hhAPGvvUQ8keHTIXHc/s2048/DSC_0151.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6h6W9O_3rhJgu7H1F8fPdZpPwx5yJAY8ZFMhnbGGe6ir4vCIyKp8iNQn2DRMw-AnsqAlhoxc6Jr6Ktq32K-ydW7w9BWUxfM6FLA4c85HoHAMyaAsS_jC1jRZ1hhAPGvvUQ8keHTIXHc/w640-h426/DSC_0151.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxfZfr7Wl0gFsuBNuSJsVBHJ1W2ZAiw9ZWe-VP6B-XZ7rIbrID4OrE2hanRmSbCwozx9xCNCZwzca4T6GZcwkx96ugQRI-1uPjKytYaNhyhikPiKENlZTT_HajNvQBC3VB0y8kn77Ui68/s2048/DSC_0152.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxfZfr7Wl0gFsuBNuSJsVBHJ1W2ZAiw9ZWe-VP6B-XZ7rIbrID4OrE2hanRmSbCwozx9xCNCZwzca4T6GZcwkx96ugQRI-1uPjKytYaNhyhikPiKENlZTT_HajNvQBC3VB0y8kn77Ui68/w640-h426/DSC_0152.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpv6-nqkcQm_NbFzk8-_Nq8ec7qKLRNWbga3Hkud1DOEC9dQ_rxo1IZqQitgcAqkjVa_2xQ5jFI1N_i0TA-1qxkivfA5_uKng1BswMPYW7GNbOW510HC9ptfU5obXl3jli7JoBN1iLMog/s2048/DSC_0157.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpv6-nqkcQm_NbFzk8-_Nq8ec7qKLRNWbga3Hkud1DOEC9dQ_rxo1IZqQitgcAqkjVa_2xQ5jFI1N_i0TA-1qxkivfA5_uKng1BswMPYW7GNbOW510HC9ptfU5obXl3jli7JoBN1iLMog/w426-h640/DSC_0157.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6_DY14JmnZ5qUQrsPuaUhoV_i34sCuHyDuNeua4DEKoOPcSYIDM96UyL0AZPVSruB1Te-ztlnKp_vgKgwRs5ifLOmua2EmUgRAS0DP_jfL4ACOW0StImsxibXTdt2PZM08ksMPGjscc/s2048/DSC_0169.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6_DY14JmnZ5qUQrsPuaUhoV_i34sCuHyDuNeua4DEKoOPcSYIDM96UyL0AZPVSruB1Te-ztlnKp_vgKgwRs5ifLOmua2EmUgRAS0DP_jfL4ACOW0StImsxibXTdt2PZM08ksMPGjscc/w640-h426/DSC_0169.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/diablo-lake" target="_blank">Diablo Lake</a> is a reservoir in the North Cascade mountains of northern Washington state. Created by Diablo Dam, the lake is located between Ross Lake and Gorge Lake on the Skagit River at an elevation of 1,201 feet above sea level.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1nyQcvRHQvWl_6vvyfb05UqCx3dh7yeVYAk4ZjOvAlPiRFZcigW8gl2_uir3fXTAxJJ4Lmq1RYdgTlIEM1h6W31Z9G0YXAD60LC_O2vGYFxjnDZZ3I4rqME2vWMRFCbOlFNCDY8dJZY/s2048/20210524_143919.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1nyQcvRHQvWl_6vvyfb05UqCx3dh7yeVYAk4ZjOvAlPiRFZcigW8gl2_uir3fXTAxJJ4Lmq1RYdgTlIEM1h6W31Z9G0YXAD60LC_O2vGYFxjnDZZ3I4rqME2vWMRFCbOlFNCDY8dJZY/w640-h426/20210524_143919.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnC268TFS5ZEYx7eE3JtK43vnOq6GjgYQhYcaZC22mnyizKVkVnmLw9_9W774KlyovWvRmMFdJNC_T2aDEB2Lk0leWzrwhCSmHoF3_kUn0iWSaF6wT5Nxx_qmTU_q-H2Du_7niHWkWPrw/s2048/20210524_144140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnC268TFS5ZEYx7eE3JtK43vnOq6GjgYQhYcaZC22mnyizKVkVnmLw9_9W774KlyovWvRmMFdJNC_T2aDEB2Lk0leWzrwhCSmHoF3_kUn0iWSaF6wT5Nxx_qmTU_q-H2Du_7niHWkWPrw/w640-h426/20210524_144140.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuZUgcJVHyRSMBBbID4lHq29t-eIaokF2w4id8WQp2D0RlkEI3UixNwhksQh7ml6VPE0SC0vhcSKu0aj00AYafdpvQODhkQewRbM1wcb2pAUgYvA1N5draXGfQc7bu7A_Lgq5LOAB7gU/s2048/20210524_144358.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuZUgcJVHyRSMBBbID4lHq29t-eIaokF2w4id8WQp2D0RlkEI3UixNwhksQh7ml6VPE0SC0vhcSKu0aj00AYafdpvQODhkQewRbM1wcb2pAUgYvA1N5draXGfQc7bu7A_Lgq5LOAB7gU/w640-h428/20210524_144358.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCMMtdK45heGwmmjvTwm4Ime_qAa1VGGuW37mq0I1GUNreS4f9RDkFRm7_YrL-1OIKvdMC_D897Ak4V-uynZRO0Y4wAQuhNVSQwxIf3mU0-iJbxWxNy3rC-6CdAAKQ4_Kuq0zKDd9xRc/s2048/DSC_0173.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCMMtdK45heGwmmjvTwm4Ime_qAa1VGGuW37mq0I1GUNreS4f9RDkFRm7_YrL-1OIKvdMC_D897Ak4V-uynZRO0Y4wAQuhNVSQwxIf3mU0-iJbxWxNy3rC-6CdAAKQ4_Kuq0zKDd9xRc/w640-h426/DSC_0173.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpboIGtP9mL3uTJbKjNOqd12UzYr8wOwePoYHvSQr8_DE-HITlk6OgwU-LTPcb-EDS9rn7-vFGiTgVOh3NoYXOGPA_5RvEvbz3iFNVxxZxlHbymul9KV0QZOqdiE4DTNsSDn0Jpx0pl4w/s2048/DSC_0182.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpboIGtP9mL3uTJbKjNOqd12UzYr8wOwePoYHvSQr8_DE-HITlk6OgwU-LTPcb-EDS9rn7-vFGiTgVOh3NoYXOGPA_5RvEvbz3iFNVxxZxlHbymul9KV0QZOqdiE4DTNsSDn0Jpx0pl4w/w640-h426/DSC_0182.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRyCxTvUbt6EqbiPj_vr07HHXdURglhMGz4ZUnV56PVpolozLRQhPgSo8oozu4_k1jnMaQUAgc4d3EryJoKnJU8apQakM5ampc1BF7lfERVr-ZYkbWaS-qDxwQMu6TkSYhcDggVPl28Ec/s2697/20210524_144514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1166" data-original-width="2697" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRyCxTvUbt6EqbiPj_vr07HHXdURglhMGz4ZUnV56PVpolozLRQhPgSo8oozu4_k1jnMaQUAgc4d3EryJoKnJU8apQakM5ampc1BF7lfERVr-ZYkbWaS-qDxwQMu6TkSYhcDggVPl28Ec/w640-h276/20210524_144514.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZRn_3ZVLjT7FkGSon2MU_4KB99_Wapa6QmfFmxJZLwcisGUfkMDxHSzn01vkk4LShKdjWZaHvJy-eWMK2LIdOFD2Ji2i1wjvefYNThYtpWowWSLVE7hGZ_8zIyWwGZjT_-I6O4ynEe4/s2048/20210524_145726.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZRn_3ZVLjT7FkGSon2MU_4KB99_Wapa6QmfFmxJZLwcisGUfkMDxHSzn01vkk4LShKdjWZaHvJy-eWMK2LIdOFD2Ji2i1wjvefYNThYtpWowWSLVE7hGZ_8zIyWwGZjT_-I6O4ynEe4/w640-h428/20210524_145726.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGuRSiEMZEH6uL0MnaeBHK0g3v2LEfDBSu71Kx1ew8lPzMs5Jo-UY4hZSp09__0ZY1MIDzkaukvytk5rJJfFUlqkmDyabvy9X0U4UFQo5vNOdVZXtGPef_cxQU8QAcmIkIslNFjNkLmA/s2048/20210524_145838.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1370" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGuRSiEMZEH6uL0MnaeBHK0g3v2LEfDBSu71Kx1ew8lPzMs5Jo-UY4hZSp09__0ZY1MIDzkaukvytk5rJJfFUlqkmDyabvy9X0U4UFQo5vNOdVZXtGPef_cxQU8QAcmIkIslNFjNkLmA/w640-h428/20210524_145838.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The area in and around <a href="https://concrete-wa.com/" target="_blank">Concrete</a>, Washington, was the filming location for the movie, This Boy's Life, starring <span style="background-color: white;">Leonardo DiCaprio!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguU0_7PXnremml9GQ0aqeYw1blDXn0mmY4Mfigyqltb0H9b0zGJIPE9zosPuvFHTld9dTULOnmzLWkcFKio2UDnbpoSLgoNQUFYWsz_DKKTOWx_pM1LsTo_EKQHkZD3y4vYAEgjBNnLA4/s2048/20210524_151903.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguU0_7PXnremml9GQ0aqeYw1blDXn0mmY4Mfigyqltb0H9b0zGJIPE9zosPuvFHTld9dTULOnmzLWkcFKio2UDnbpoSLgoNQUFYWsz_DKKTOWx_pM1LsTo_EKQHkZD3y4vYAEgjBNnLA4/w640-h428/20210524_151903.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFLtPUAsogtZ2VhkDsFA9_9nwtNhtdS6_5cfxCErP9F0PDjS4P_mnwg4kUKT92W3QgyHxhoSc9QH4-IWGU-UY0DAoCgnHxZIm66w5Zuc1XxDowKJBKYNXBuA21r1mdVZMXOmRt7O4Xq-c/s2048/20210524_154524.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFLtPUAsogtZ2VhkDsFA9_9nwtNhtdS6_5cfxCErP9F0PDjS4P_mnwg4kUKT92W3QgyHxhoSc9QH4-IWGU-UY0DAoCgnHxZIm66w5Zuc1XxDowKJBKYNXBuA21r1mdVZMXOmRt7O4Xq-c/w640-h428/20210524_154524.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsaaqI9qaXYAZZD70STXDpnd3l0ADRAgg3O0QDSIl3GilXVJPnydXiAZEzhi4zxKGhNsQTjQ2Q3ZJCaZU8qlPz6CSnL6RBvQgJALerHhIRMDFuyeTeBO4nkuRpJPPTOhn7L4TG5zzbQOk/s2048/20210524_160744.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsaaqI9qaXYAZZD70STXDpnd3l0ADRAgg3O0QDSIl3GilXVJPnydXiAZEzhi4zxKGhNsQTjQ2Q3ZJCaZU8qlPz6CSnL6RBvQgJALerHhIRMDFuyeTeBO4nkuRpJPPTOhn7L4TG5zzbQOk/w640-h426/20210524_160744.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Concrete, Washington</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After a long day of driving but seeing many new sights and beautiful landscapes we headed to Anacortes, Washington, which would be our "home base" for the next three days as we explored the San Juan Islands!</span></span></div><p><br /></p>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comNorth Cascades, Washington 98283, USA48.9325487 -121.284125120.622314863821153 -156.44037509999998 77.242782536178851 -86.1278751tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-78754200279880187372021-05-23T22:28:00.150-05:002023-07-30T12:10:45.994-06:00Pike Place Market, Snoqualmie Falls, and Alpental Ski Area<div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.81061em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">After a wonderful first day exploring the Seattle area we decided to venture out a little further than the Seattle proper for our next full day in Washington. Our first stop was to settle a score at Pike Place Market! The last time we were in Seattle we went to the market on a Saturday - the most crowded day to visit and we didn't get to try <a href="https://piroshkybakery.com/" target="_blank">Piroshky Piroshky</a>! So, this time we decided to go as early as possible on a Sunday morning.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.81061em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGmqHDkiPsu_sZJE506qIn2wdpl8BaSgFqadfUADUV00uNFt4UouvOfkU4yCJrrPymgUjIOW4H4WSGBKZ37FSOKbSGHpKoJo2_aNYldKWHkQ-7jryfDE3EgO5ZF8gtw_rn6gcp4HjW3s/s2048/20210523_092048.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGmqHDkiPsu_sZJE506qIn2wdpl8BaSgFqadfUADUV00uNFt4UouvOfkU4yCJrrPymgUjIOW4H4WSGBKZ37FSOKbSGHpKoJo2_aNYldKWHkQ-7jryfDE3EgO5ZF8gtw_rn6gcp4HjW3s/w640-h360/20210523_092048.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">View from observation deck at Pike Place Market</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6HZEm9W86JqKzYyvSO9A9ovTOXHRIoM_EfhRgRfpi5um8xOZuO7LNyRIvDnPEwp3ZXcSGMb0nUe9W6A2lm5REVMpW2x_BD3YsxA4WlQJL9lQfmaNkMYXQDuqnXLHzVt2DIC-G34l3hA/s2048/20210523_092141.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6HZEm9W86JqKzYyvSO9A9ovTOXHRIoM_EfhRgRfpi5um8xOZuO7LNyRIvDnPEwp3ZXcSGMb0nUe9W6A2lm5REVMpW2x_BD3YsxA4WlQJL9lQfmaNkMYXQDuqnXLHzVt2DIC-G34l3hA/w640-h428/20210523_092141.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzk2k7GHMgDegD0tnplptJHWt4oKK5fEqYdLB43MYFyVlzx2V6rO-Ta1vbGqsv-Rr9zUfF3josLv7LIJeh-e_N1T8fbh7ZYyKzDCxqePHVOUrQC4JMBBg6qfDzzsbmFZZo-UBM0w9bUEQ/s2048/20210523_092730.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzk2k7GHMgDegD0tnplptJHWt4oKK5fEqYdLB43MYFyVlzx2V6rO-Ta1vbGqsv-Rr9zUfF3josLv7LIJeh-e_N1T8fbh7ZYyKzDCxqePHVOUrQC4JMBBg6qfDzzsbmFZZo-UBM0w9bUEQ/w640-h426/20210523_092730.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBeIFWTylAAfFv9hot-l6QXVNoQItrFfkWTOnbD_k1gXKGdCkJD5sWsEPo616ZBiUUilE-sBBSWgqf-j9CJv9b3xLuYV77VHKXKf_4r2Tc9bwQA89Srw21thxxGOIu6CQssFxgIazwXM/s2048/GOPR0137.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1369" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBeIFWTylAAfFv9hot-l6QXVNoQItrFfkWTOnbD_k1gXKGdCkJD5sWsEPo616ZBiUUilE-sBBSWgqf-j9CJv9b3xLuYV77VHKXKf_4r2Tc9bwQA89Srw21thxxGOIu6CQssFxgIazwXM/w640-h428/GOPR0137.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.81061em; text-align: left;"></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.81061em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.81061em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="http://pikeplacemarket.org/" target="_blank"><span>Pike Place Market</span></a> <span>is </span><span>Seattle’s public market and one of the country’s oldest farmers markets. The market encompasses nine acres from Pike St. north to Virginia St. and from 1<span style="line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">st</span> Ave west to Western Ave. The Market’s historic arcade, winding alleys, stairways and lower levels offer a multisensory experience of sights, sounds, tastes, aromas and textures. Like we mentioned above, our first stop was for breakfast at Piroshky Piroshky where we noshed on cranberry and apple rolls and poppy seed piroshkies while strolling through the market. We didn't get to enjoy coffee at Seattle's first Starbucks due to the long line out the door so, you know there will be a 3rd visit back to the market to settle that score! Once the crowds started to gather in the market we decided to cruise on to Snoqualmie Falls.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.81061em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.81061em; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmAvz8WRp9QI8qji81lmx4O3WYtDi3-hhVYmkc7TWK13RzP0gI4DT56eySb3DbYTOkkWHryIogGwsN1I7CnnvyiXPlkwD8iwRk5hA2qC4Mqq_O_MRSwKCqoa7sgiPDt6sz1y54IQ1J_M/s2048/20210523_104640.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1369" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmAvz8WRp9QI8qji81lmx4O3WYtDi3-hhVYmkc7TWK13RzP0gI4DT56eySb3DbYTOkkWHryIogGwsN1I7CnnvyiXPlkwD8iwRk5hA2qC4Mqq_O_MRSwKCqoa7sgiPDt6sz1y54IQ1J_M/w640-h428/20210523_104640.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The gum wall/alley</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.81061em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiomXpfrf72zRNDTjgCmTe_l1ddVFuo6-RumeO36_sIOt6DjqiTyFNb2zFI4LMAU24-YYVYIiWGXY7gp_iE90N9z58XH7ODvZW6fRz_Uj1Aaq2PMbxbJ1D2PbyVRes1qQIcZnxBrSR6K64/s2048/20210523_104924.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiomXpfrf72zRNDTjgCmTe_l1ddVFuo6-RumeO36_sIOt6DjqiTyFNb2zFI4LMAU24-YYVYIiWGXY7gp_iE90N9z58XH7ODvZW6fRz_Uj1Aaq2PMbxbJ1D2PbyVRes1qQIcZnxBrSR6K64/w640-h428/20210523_104924.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDYDUEJ3XFEzBAZinyAJpeaXQqqY3iFUMcXY9nPI0bfOu6fZpCq0mVautpTPwDBIedgad3x67VxiTLP1rpT3_GsiRaYhuPE4vXCieGbhYUdvcVcw7crQOh6gCFGZV6YwTtn4ETsJ3vh8/s2048/20210523_102331.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDYDUEJ3XFEzBAZinyAJpeaXQqqY3iFUMcXY9nPI0bfOu6fZpCq0mVautpTPwDBIedgad3x67VxiTLP1rpT3_GsiRaYhuPE4vXCieGbhYUdvcVcw7crQOh6gCFGZV6YwTtn4ETsJ3vh8/w360-h640/20210523_102331.jpg" width="360" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Pink Door Restaurant</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Aa-ERjiUxF5zpgJuZdwvbw6niBFQ3H88RaMyzwj8bOYkTw0R7LZI2VOainiD6G36z9iltS505xogNl0U3EGOMz7U44S0T0IaRZtyA5gNPXVORoF8NMlM_PZrkBF2O3pxHwrs0_TonYs/s2048/20210523_102839.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Aa-ERjiUxF5zpgJuZdwvbw6niBFQ3H88RaMyzwj8bOYkTw0R7LZI2VOainiD6G36z9iltS505xogNl0U3EGOMz7U44S0T0IaRZtyA5gNPXVORoF8NMlM_PZrkBF2O3pxHwrs0_TonYs/w360-h640/20210523_102839.jpg" width="360" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">In case you don't know which restroom to use, just check the floor</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.81061em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.81061em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.snoqualmiefalls.com/" target="_blank">Snoqualmie Falls</a><span> is a 268-foot waterfall in the northwest United States, located east of Seattle on the Snoqualmie River between Snoqualmie and Fall City, Washington. If the falls and the Salish Lodge and Spa look familiar it is because they were both featured in the tv series, Twin Peaks! </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.81061em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.81061em; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVI-5Ta-_wEGONYJfaGUUCYdx_dvxNdebRFZQawFXEDpb-ZqbF_mV1zz_J8fr43QkFbM7omme9D7m3Medoa3Geol-GYqY9UTzfjMERtRBI53mWvmIoIkMUCOuoGMy6NoXWEZaDdoGcH2M/s2048/20210523_121201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVI-5Ta-_wEGONYJfaGUUCYdx_dvxNdebRFZQawFXEDpb-ZqbF_mV1zz_J8fr43QkFbM7omme9D7m3Medoa3Geol-GYqY9UTzfjMERtRBI53mWvmIoIkMUCOuoGMy6NoXWEZaDdoGcH2M/w640-h480/20210523_121201.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSac8TxxAyf9fpMuUvzfbrburbcHc2IpszhmDXw6AxsnJOmTOcquL363sabCr3WQ2owYjl-ovokrVXmmnSwJxiokVCSJ2nUMR5GEU0F4hfZQ9MnoM6Z3Cy4aTEvNamzi-19f3P_Tw3Cc/s2048/20210523_121308.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSac8TxxAyf9fpMuUvzfbrburbcHc2IpszhmDXw6AxsnJOmTOcquL363sabCr3WQ2owYjl-ovokrVXmmnSwJxiokVCSJ2nUMR5GEU0F4hfZQ9MnoM6Z3Cy4aTEvNamzi-19f3P_Tw3Cc/w360-h640/20210523_121308.jpg" width="360" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgADJw8ezZSz7I-kU9v3m870sIUgW3qhZY3qiJFMahHoSFP6UO6TC99fjdQaDFoih-3p2X3kQKEOwZx-LI8rv422An8pTqDeJxGnYRhIjM7k2jNCOuWFkW7fk-HUpV3ES3JDzQfPog1yME/s2048/20210523_121709.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgADJw8ezZSz7I-kU9v3m870sIUgW3qhZY3qiJFMahHoSFP6UO6TC99fjdQaDFoih-3p2X3kQKEOwZx-LI8rv422An8pTqDeJxGnYRhIjM7k2jNCOuWFkW7fk-HUpV3ES3JDzQfPog1yME/w480-h640/20210523_121709.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTy5SKrtsQuZCjObcL5eLQ5ukAvgwUbieV3TNogWmBHqpn3FgUKUkYNRj6ceChMMj4-8BMK6EtRL73g11UqFgrnSTmwF9dmPU8Da-KulpBw2tGzbaMHCLejM-0rhPkKrlxn8nCN_PJSjA/s2048/20210523_123746.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTy5SKrtsQuZCjObcL5eLQ5ukAvgwUbieV3TNogWmBHqpn3FgUKUkYNRj6ceChMMj4-8BMK6EtRL73g11UqFgrnSTmwF9dmPU8Da-KulpBw2tGzbaMHCLejM-0rhPkKrlxn8nCN_PJSjA/w640-h480/20210523_123746.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwa6lnqFv6XFJfa6L7F5QZbGltUPvuA7KZbhuAGhZn89XI8UAoD8Wbm37NvfeDdq4LlZ15PCgD2LTGFcRzeh_VWklEp6J4GxVEUP8RVnW6laeCkRGnKAxcph-IhJIK5OkP3YeFDAy76Y/s2048/DSC_0085.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwa6lnqFv6XFJfa6L7F5QZbGltUPvuA7KZbhuAGhZn89XI8UAoD8Wbm37NvfeDdq4LlZ15PCgD2LTGFcRzeh_VWklEp6J4GxVEUP8RVnW6laeCkRGnKAxcph-IhJIK5OkP3YeFDAy76Y/w640-h426/DSC_0085.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyq1xleizR6-5qUUp1v4kI2iw87KzzVWkZAoShAP9nnuYs9TYyYk4iFd9S6u05M1oRkSxGUck15XNwz0Us5JXksgK9z5cGgeVS4tAEJ84XpFId6ZXxuZ5xAMSS2gbcjQXAzQA8-qzpOZk/s2048/DSC_0094.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyq1xleizR6-5qUUp1v4kI2iw87KzzVWkZAoShAP9nnuYs9TYyYk4iFd9S6u05M1oRkSxGUck15XNwz0Us5JXksgK9z5cGgeVS4tAEJ84XpFId6ZXxuZ5xAMSS2gbcjQXAzQA8-qzpOZk/w640-h426/DSC_0094.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7TEIBue_lqpOkmfL6-puJr-kqPEhQHAGSzN0SYOtTqxv-aIqJmza2KqpO7Xmerr7vfDFlqSuXlOscUlV0HMVUpz9xRnE7dHmUu_wjlME1mcNuLbBKwypvi9ZLY-9_epd748heaCmHJ80/s2048/DSC_0096.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7TEIBue_lqpOkmfL6-puJr-kqPEhQHAGSzN0SYOtTqxv-aIqJmza2KqpO7Xmerr7vfDFlqSuXlOscUlV0HMVUpz9xRnE7dHmUu_wjlME1mcNuLbBKwypvi9ZLY-9_epd748heaCmHJ80/w640-h426/DSC_0096.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0.81061em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">After leaving the Snoqualmie area we followed the Snoqualmie River to Denny Creek Campground hoping to hike to Franklin Falls. The Denny Creek Campground is located o</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span>n the Snoqualmie River and is one of the oldest Forest Service campgrounds in the forest. In this area you can walk to nearby Wagon Road Trail, Franklin Falls Trail and Denny Creek Trail, which enters the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. </span></span><span><span style="background-color: white;">Unfortunately,</span><span style="background-color: white;"> the trail to Franklin Falls was still closed for the season. We explored the area for a little while before heading up to the Alpental Ski Resort.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0.81061em; text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0.81061em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeotYkE1jOFXDC8hZWHDVhi00kFnnMNKXAU8d_cPZ1ihdkpRYQndCIps9oRLhxggT-N8GeBGzQ07oq4e0Y4cCducWY_st7wP0P1X2J8WLJovt-ywx1yAVjYUAQHNL6uZwyI3OF-D-AntA/s2048/20210523_143356.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeotYkE1jOFXDC8hZWHDVhi00kFnnMNKXAU8d_cPZ1ihdkpRYQndCIps9oRLhxggT-N8GeBGzQ07oq4e0Y4cCducWY_st7wP0P1X2J8WLJovt-ywx1yAVjYUAQHNL6uZwyI3OF-D-AntA/w640-h480/20210523_143356.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18hwN-D8sceqXfqIjQbEAsKz5FAtFWwCdIULWYPCL-5yzQxLo-J7dC6PB2_hOcB0kiDN7_-KqLpA-JfwrTE2l47ohOhRbZ7u1K8EMgNn6wP5tDYb8CmZqhqelLYUU4iWMAPFXg-YNNS4/s2048/20210523_143858.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18hwN-D8sceqXfqIjQbEAsKz5FAtFWwCdIULWYPCL-5yzQxLo-J7dC6PB2_hOcB0kiDN7_-KqLpA-JfwrTE2l47ohOhRbZ7u1K8EMgNn6wP5tDYb8CmZqhqelLYUU4iWMAPFXg-YNNS4/w640-h480/20210523_143858.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbWckst-c07duB_yUjRN-d_-p8qypmCqTkh0ot7zK-9iPb43diGUFdWPJYJfnO-QW2pHIc-JDwpHLFxstsepwJmyRbdYLsDlmw3aNpaaLtV0__c6Akvr-2ZeaNeEJst0YcXCDIVIAV4E/s2048/20210523_145951.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="2048" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbWckst-c07duB_yUjRN-d_-p8qypmCqTkh0ot7zK-9iPb43diGUFdWPJYJfnO-QW2pHIc-JDwpHLFxstsepwJmyRbdYLsDlmw3aNpaaLtV0__c6Akvr-2ZeaNeEJst0YcXCDIVIAV4E/w640-h478/20210523_145951.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.81061em; text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://summitatsnoqualmie.com/alpental" target="_blank">Alpental</a> is synonymous with skiing in the Pacific Northwest. Its deep-rooted history and legendary terrain make the mountain a bucket list item for skiers and riders. The area provides some of the steepest and deepest runs in the region. Snow still covered the area in late May and the low lying clouds made the area appear magical. A few people were hiking up the mountain in the snow and it was fascinating to watch them disappear as they gained higher elevation. </span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.81061em; text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.81061em; text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjST5wbgRvgP8XiJgkXKy2RmzzrgV51YorlbtVHgqh4jTAWFBMJ6dCtwpbbUtXmRWUKd6JEjP7B7EjmhkbFp72_2vkAiU5xhZ0NE6o7t8DXVHJIK-yRTm8SlBt0GpGSlb4VfNTK-9MuAyI/s2048/20210523_151122.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjST5wbgRvgP8XiJgkXKy2RmzzrgV51YorlbtVHgqh4jTAWFBMJ6dCtwpbbUtXmRWUKd6JEjP7B7EjmhkbFp72_2vkAiU5xhZ0NE6o7t8DXVHJIK-yRTm8SlBt0GpGSlb4VfNTK-9MuAyI/w640-h480/20210523_151122.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lyrvT1FrKnrH9YIu6lm4w3dNFSZno3QUZCXCjTOVVfDs0C_9bw3CYnbeTR1gVgakTuIM3mIeIXNbmRrLluHZLIETdRH701B5ufjhPAkGEPSIgY1ewzmwupxmJzH2_GPXdE8QP3ROdyc/s2048/20210523_151140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lyrvT1FrKnrH9YIu6lm4w3dNFSZno3QUZCXCjTOVVfDs0C_9bw3CYnbeTR1gVgakTuIM3mIeIXNbmRrLluHZLIETdRH701B5ufjhPAkGEPSIgY1ewzmwupxmJzH2_GPXdE8QP3ROdyc/w640-h480/20210523_151140.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbf207nVEFKA1NEPYwlVkkTVQoqRFPR38OAKL9pOo75WSUejYajz8-5T74ktv93TUh-6J8SqM-yMLmNQcN_m9fBi6fkDKrsfDIAnDTyCUMkEa077lZQHN13EQHJV22BVoQd7BiN_B4GM/s2048/20210523_151321.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbf207nVEFKA1NEPYwlVkkTVQoqRFPR38OAKL9pOo75WSUejYajz8-5T74ktv93TUh-6J8SqM-yMLmNQcN_m9fBi6fkDKrsfDIAnDTyCUMkEa077lZQHN13EQHJV22BVoQd7BiN_B4GM/w640-h480/20210523_151321.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDT_58vr4uC7zNU5KUy0j4ALYCdKx1xfQVJcB51f4BDQN1jcOJaRRhsEXGj9ci14PN_N-j_F2rxAjUWXLzCRJzwtJHfK7IgsvmzoXoRez9NiyMQWxEff9YaLK4rO808QM_fHNmySKmf7o/s2048/20210523_151521.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDT_58vr4uC7zNU5KUy0j4ALYCdKx1xfQVJcB51f4BDQN1jcOJaRRhsEXGj9ci14PN_N-j_F2rxAjUWXLzCRJzwtJHfK7IgsvmzoXoRez9NiyMQWxEff9YaLK4rO808QM_fHNmySKmf7o/w640-h480/20210523_151521.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoa4AulUU9_M70QMqd4dsBCbvWhuPgR40J07cRMFTnAaWpt5PajYr-15tWZM-KYmI_DEMUqnBgB1sr8FNrourh00pPTaPLh77e6UHul4R4SqbCyuVdz921GyQSLTI483si2dLs3zbwH-Y/s2048/20210523_152115.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoa4AulUU9_M70QMqd4dsBCbvWhuPgR40J07cRMFTnAaWpt5PajYr-15tWZM-KYmI_DEMUqnBgB1sr8FNrourh00pPTaPLh77e6UHul4R4SqbCyuVdz921GyQSLTI483si2dLs3zbwH-Y/w480-h640/20210523_152115.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJOUsHBozkqrp9E79Fzq6mJu8l6ElyfSXsNgL-MLsZqenC1DMW1WdcR8EHiuKKD6jmhZAGqtKxPFeKj7LbrxA-RRnt4S76tvvx1sgLMJULEC5kMkYS9SVEOqdjVmx3nmCvymjUMGsea_o/s2048/DSC_0106.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJOUsHBozkqrp9E79Fzq6mJu8l6ElyfSXsNgL-MLsZqenC1DMW1WdcR8EHiuKKD6jmhZAGqtKxPFeKj7LbrxA-RRnt4S76tvvx1sgLMJULEC5kMkYS9SVEOqdjVmx3nmCvymjUMGsea_o/w640-h426/DSC_0106.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRBeNYbP-kzWJjAXICPx8Ngm9RHeohX1keWnqgevOnAEdaKYfltemgXI_8Y0Zg_jP0gZyD4XVCSowjckPsnsd5zmut5R17Hj0dAVd3Fj8MZdwB6d8GQFJ_yFMhsWGMWYAmWcwfqCLZL4/s2048/DSC_0110.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRBeNYbP-kzWJjAXICPx8Ngm9RHeohX1keWnqgevOnAEdaKYfltemgXI_8Y0Zg_jP0gZyD4XVCSowjckPsnsd5zmut5R17Hj0dAVd3Fj8MZdwB6d8GQFJ_yFMhsWGMWYAmWcwfqCLZL4/w640-h426/DSC_0110.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig1uHz50l08wi8qbPgowQxDP1BCQpGCZfb8KS7JlvFKBzDUrGOemTOjnrxyKJusFGyzmbCaTlXjO36G5bKnamn4LtGbMUs6Gi_PqtbwdoYRjM6mg87wh97pOfsZV7ZbGmM6adM7pgRtDE/s2048/DSC_0118.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig1uHz50l08wi8qbPgowQxDP1BCQpGCZfb8KS7JlvFKBzDUrGOemTOjnrxyKJusFGyzmbCaTlXjO36G5bKnamn4LtGbMUs6Gi_PqtbwdoYRjM6mg87wh97pOfsZV7ZbGmM6adM7pgRtDE/w640-h426/DSC_0118.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1TOcQp2OkBKdz_KhJrBxDQL-ng8sH4qHm9zakGcRyKdNztRnBdNqEbsPpe4qrlmIPZCbHFzMeW7oneQsTm4qDOFKyn0K2GDTehc4U8aKFpYLB35wGJLsVDnUDQfl6TDbvuzD6BtwjdG4/s2048/DSC_0130.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1TOcQp2OkBKdz_KhJrBxDQL-ng8sH4qHm9zakGcRyKdNztRnBdNqEbsPpe4qrlmIPZCbHFzMeW7oneQsTm4qDOFKyn0K2GDTehc4U8aKFpYLB35wGJLsVDnUDQfl6TDbvuzD6BtwjdG4/w640-h426/DSC_0130.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDUHOVwZ-uq-m4wrsIQWWoseOKCNyORP7_CEsxBjvXOuzJvfmgbkyaUaCzQsdEbmmpJ9u01B5-CrUDFVFRo7__m7lf6N6Od4C6urDHK6N37fkBHaLCO7l_RsK3-H3zYF1vjpisIA43XmA/s2048/DSC_0131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDUHOVwZ-uq-m4wrsIQWWoseOKCNyORP7_CEsxBjvXOuzJvfmgbkyaUaCzQsdEbmmpJ9u01B5-CrUDFVFRo7__m7lf6N6Od4C6urDHK6N37fkBHaLCO7l_RsK3-H3zYF1vjpisIA43XmA/w640-h426/DSC_0131.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.81061em; text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Exhausted from our day of exploring we headed back to our home base, Embassy Suites, in Lynnwood, Washington. Our next on our itinerary.. North Cascades National Park!</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.81061em; text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><br />TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comSnoqualmie, WA, USA47.5287132 -121.825390619.218479363821153 -156.9816406 75.838947036178837 -86.6691406tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-20086691328251969632021-05-22T13:27:00.141-05:002023-07-30T12:11:03.308-06:00Washington State (The Return)<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The Covid Virus and our responsibilities at home had us busting at the seams to get out and enjoy another adventure so in May 2021, we returned to the beautiful state of Washington to do a little more exploring. Fortunately, our flight on American Airlines, was not delayed and we arrived in Seattle right on time. Unfortunately, the car rental agencies are NOT located within the airport. After a 30 minute wait for a shuttle to get us over to Enterprise we finally drove away from the airport and headed to our first destination - <a href="http://www.seattle.gov/parks/find/parks/discovery-park" target="_blank">Discovery Park</a>.</span><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ybyA_f0uPbxQ-w5eOah68vKPNjTSfL96OhRPiRFZhTcN6cR8-ZuW2OasBcMeSHcqqHprdbx-NN1CO2uSsLdQ-kLSA5p9hqBJtmnp_Kg_TvdTHrsnUEZKLqpBssZnuoFP8SDNxwPcQzU/s2048/20210522_085035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ybyA_f0uPbxQ-w5eOah68vKPNjTSfL96OhRPiRFZhTcN6cR8-ZuW2OasBcMeSHcqqHprdbx-NN1CO2uSsLdQ-kLSA5p9hqBJtmnp_Kg_TvdTHrsnUEZKLqpBssZnuoFP8SDNxwPcQzU/w640-h426/20210522_085035.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1OJ2q4_T9meZw-jloRMk2F67-Ykh0qgtQhnnA8cdByb8i78oFHoyli4Mav8KIflAlb6ia7whCdwFIvza3z1mld3P09M7RBtUNzTeJG_xJldpytbfQ-zbCmnLe_t3Vs2SwsqapLZjAts/s2048/20210522_115050.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img alt="Flying over Mt. Rainer" border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1OJ2q4_T9meZw-jloRMk2F67-Ykh0qgtQhnnA8cdByb8i78oFHoyli4Mav8KIflAlb6ia7whCdwFIvza3z1mld3P09M7RBtUNzTeJG_xJldpytbfQ-zbCmnLe_t3Vs2SwsqapLZjAts/w640-h426/20210522_115050.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Flying over Mt. Rainer</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Discovery Park is a 534-acre park on the shores of Puget Sound in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It is the city's largest public park and contains 11.81 miles of walking trails. United Indians of All Tribes' Daybreak Star Cultural Center is within the park's boundaries.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7W_HQzJJdY2Ly5234eXVZPtw9tk9txHPyA36iwKKSgR8c2NioAl47UncfZaHO-cdYYoTVMTyNyRWY7u0DO-s7RlVHrefFaYpl5CabGzo5wGIYK6nXgPXO1AM76j4MRPlmPMW3pxHtB_g/s2048/DSC_0023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7W_HQzJJdY2Ly5234eXVZPtw9tk9txHPyA36iwKKSgR8c2NioAl47UncfZaHO-cdYYoTVMTyNyRWY7u0DO-s7RlVHrefFaYpl5CabGzo5wGIYK6nXgPXO1AM76j4MRPlmPMW3pxHtB_g/w640-h426/DSC_0023.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrug1xB0roM0x99KTOgFhvUwymxqfvnxIV2wj5XELGLY8UbMmah6cWmcoSQ6BG10OvxXr9SnWOXg4gQWGeWu27JxcyJDspYNKz5ay4ndPNxlBu4nn_jrOZo-Qqh3RsmHk9htOXC610m0Q/s2048/DSC_0019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrug1xB0roM0x99KTOgFhvUwymxqfvnxIV2wj5XELGLY8UbMmah6cWmcoSQ6BG10OvxXr9SnWOXg4gQWGeWu27JxcyJDspYNKz5ay4ndPNxlBu4nn_jrOZo-Qqh3RsmHk9htOXC610m0Q/w640-h426/DSC_0019.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCczS9hYiMK7tAnwkrugKSf5vkHF6sFKwNy6IXoGcdEYSbDrDKeqOJvUQ6zt8EGq45GkZWz4_MrBnpzjfIIEdmtcU4mVFZzKgHpfkgcEe-Vduv9fzxlMNVjcAqIzKSLaTuDVQXOv4eVk/s2048/DSC_0018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCczS9hYiMK7tAnwkrugKSf5vkHF6sFKwNy6IXoGcdEYSbDrDKeqOJvUQ6zt8EGq45GkZWz4_MrBnpzjfIIEdmtcU4mVFZzKgHpfkgcEe-Vduv9fzxlMNVjcAqIzKSLaTuDVQXOv4eVk/w640-h426/DSC_0018.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9IFXdbzR6z28GzArHqyB25H_f4_XZY2EHsU68xPD9Gnjcd3NJ2mCiy3U3Xq5r12LAd7cNq4kf8f8hxU3aIR19McC5XvxW1kldVZcj4zo0JgtCN76i1ypFdc95HMyUSDjj7IWq7JM_wwM/s2048/DSC_0012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9IFXdbzR6z28GzArHqyB25H_f4_XZY2EHsU68xPD9Gnjcd3NJ2mCiy3U3Xq5r12LAd7cNq4kf8f8hxU3aIR19McC5XvxW1kldVZcj4zo0JgtCN76i1ypFdc95HMyUSDjj7IWq7JM_wwM/w640-h426/DSC_0012.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpQ_nghAelDMdS5D4NKzj-Pk9flIxu1XOpVWRMQJes0avskKJ74zTEk4Ee56tmRL9UzrFbDO64PU5feQDMJUXFBH-Z1ZPm91ODG58QXYxKvG2a6Osy_4fUWgT5u1aQhwntrk4FDdNe3c/s2048/DSC_0009.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpQ_nghAelDMdS5D4NKzj-Pk9flIxu1XOpVWRMQJes0avskKJ74zTEk4Ee56tmRL9UzrFbDO64PU5feQDMJUXFBH-Z1ZPm91ODG58QXYxKvG2a6Osy_4fUWgT5u1aQhwntrk4FDdNe3c/w640-h426/DSC_0009.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">West Point Lighthouse at Discovery Park</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">After walking off our lunch at Discovery Park we headed to </span><a href="https://www.portseattle.org/maritime/shilshole-bay-marina" target="_blank">Shilshole Bay Marina</a><span style="background-color: white;"> to get another view of the Puget Sound and to drool over the amazing sailboats and yachts. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitK_E4MzNuwP3P0zn8EMxPTiqomCLAdoNis0fxmrn2W1h7Rs1JZJ_b4JKep6qDMkmYVqRTtN-W8TFOorht4sNChh4Wnx_dd7kQiHzj0pnQpGh61V7AoL0L2Lh37MlpkROCVz-rMvw3_bQ/s2048/DSC_0052.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitK_E4MzNuwP3P0zn8EMxPTiqomCLAdoNis0fxmrn2W1h7Rs1JZJ_b4JKep6qDMkmYVqRTtN-W8TFOorht4sNChh4Wnx_dd7kQiHzj0pnQpGh61V7AoL0L2Lh37MlpkROCVz-rMvw3_bQ/w640-h426/DSC_0052.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Yes, that's a seal or sea lion at Shilshoe Bay Marina</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBDt2ZqPN0oyZ75N5T-1PbZHV5SdANEscr40MvCN47lLdgqtOQbL9WxdxxEP-AUJX0eq5pgnyAC5n8HvM0K5mCN1fe7eo6gqaGtUc3zaTmJFbesL2KR-_OOBCA0aYyUz0j6j7m56YN-8/s2048/DSC_0045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBDt2ZqPN0oyZ75N5T-1PbZHV5SdANEscr40MvCN47lLdgqtOQbL9WxdxxEP-AUJX0eq5pgnyAC5n8HvM0K5mCN1fe7eo6gqaGtUc3zaTmJFbesL2KR-_OOBCA0aYyUz0j6j7m56YN-8/w426-h640/DSC_0045.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3wtu8cMJPNXrmgB_XF4t5zAYfVyrrztxQCtsILkmR_2bJ-spHZvm_PJdub7qLsgLwk1cRODooTCxDHb84RBzQ4wgwz3DMO6vbzHP0P_vqV2AsK7FyGuYV-UNd8K612E_tm3UAiUbqGk/s2048/DSC_0043.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3wtu8cMJPNXrmgB_XF4t5zAYfVyrrztxQCtsILkmR_2bJ-spHZvm_PJdub7qLsgLwk1cRODooTCxDHb84RBzQ4wgwz3DMO6vbzHP0P_vqV2AsK7FyGuYV-UNd8K612E_tm3UAiUbqGk/w640-h426/DSC_0043.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfQt7_sMrwIwYnToxkpz0lPtjhItnl5uqqQ0diwnlJU6uAfj_9_pQ9KfILZ-OD_KCjnZwmj2-rPTJh9Mj0JHsfPCQ4jLx-lDWV0vK1l51JsaDcYhKppShdDn3OOmagJaCN6AXouhVlyU/s2048/DSC_0038.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfQt7_sMrwIwYnToxkpz0lPtjhItnl5uqqQ0diwnlJU6uAfj_9_pQ9KfILZ-OD_KCjnZwmj2-rPTJh9Mj0JHsfPCQ4jLx-lDWV0vK1l51JsaDcYhKppShdDn3OOmagJaCN6AXouhVlyU/w640-h426/DSC_0038.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDOtS5xvmEj8GkD6yHCEdhT7LfaX50fEBFAyGza-MRgbrZl_ca6hXCndaCVP4jzghwaBzbACN8rpzE8-A4v4U9oEHv5prGs-YK0oiLZdK6kAZZ87T_9nRJH2CcWue6hD7GKXXwfao4b0/s2048/DSC_0031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDOtS5xvmEj8GkD6yHCEdhT7LfaX50fEBFAyGza-MRgbrZl_ca6hXCndaCVP4jzghwaBzbACN8rpzE8-A4v4U9oEHv5prGs-YK0oiLZdK6kAZZ87T_9nRJH2CcWue6hD7GKXXwfao4b0/w640-h426/DSC_0031.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Shilshole Bay Marina is located right on the Puget Sound and is a great marina for every kind of boat from kayak to mega-yacht. This marina is widely regarded as the premier boating and sailing center of the Northwest.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We chose to stay at an <a href="https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/sealwes-embassy-suites-seattle-north-lynnwood/?SEO_id=GMB-ES-SEALWES&y_source=1_MTExMDA1OS03MTUtbG9jYXRpb24uZ29vZ2xlX3dlYnNpdGVfb3ZlcnJpZGU%3D" target="_blank">Embassy Suites</a> located in Lynnwood, Washington, which is a suburb of Seattle. This central area was the perfect location for "home base" while we explore <a href="https://edmondswa.gov/" target="_blank">Edmonds</a>, Washington.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Edmonds is a city in Snohomish County, Washington. It is located in the southwest corner of the county, facing Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains to the west. The city is part of the Seattle metropolitan area and is located 15 miles north of Seattle and 18 miles southwest of Everett.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhi_CDl0jqUudd9eATXfnQqSkS-xwlf6BA09pUYXrp3UdLPVhyRXMqQnzKGbtEzXdObZhMkfsjMOAdBTQ1QMFaAsoYfU8sVIP17KLv2-NeyYgCm5UQx7_UP7SoDwb6IHfyDWuRzLsxUK0/s2048/DSC_0075.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhi_CDl0jqUudd9eATXfnQqSkS-xwlf6BA09pUYXrp3UdLPVhyRXMqQnzKGbtEzXdObZhMkfsjMOAdBTQ1QMFaAsoYfU8sVIP17KLv2-NeyYgCm5UQx7_UP7SoDwb6IHfyDWuRzLsxUK0/w640-h426/DSC_0075.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSfIDeJQcK05mvI2gLpCaAQWZehZ-LSXpDupVEYItVUb5nnAxV8Ze5hyphenhyphenyPZUKqGd5V8j8SVxH5NFl1iYoPgtqgaZt7FA0q5p6nQZU0CIu7gCjsJlJ9V1phHw-Z3fzRDmuIN8SSH6ztPp4/s2048/DSC_0061.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSfIDeJQcK05mvI2gLpCaAQWZehZ-LSXpDupVEYItVUb5nnAxV8Ze5hyphenhyphenyPZUKqGd5V8j8SVxH5NFl1iYoPgtqgaZt7FA0q5p6nQZU0CIu7gCjsJlJ9V1phHw-Z3fzRDmuIN8SSH6ztPp4/w640-h426/DSC_0061.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0rT-VtgJla4RvcVL1RIb9t5mddHkx-BgEX_6gJBk7TnR3kQ6RQzkAxeN75tD4wZgkNDje3KmC0DNzKW_YEqoKLy-1kA7TWTgDNrcK7MOTJKaPOAYHQ8MhYNaahNJqIMPtGYq8C-c9FA/s2048/20210527_150956.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0rT-VtgJla4RvcVL1RIb9t5mddHkx-BgEX_6gJBk7TnR3kQ6RQzkAxeN75tD4wZgkNDje3KmC0DNzKW_YEqoKLy-1kA7TWTgDNrcK7MOTJKaPOAYHQ8MhYNaahNJqIMPtGYq8C-c9FA/w640-h428/20210527_150956.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span>Love a place where you can get both power tools and vodka!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhofvA-QrG95lLzy7MjQo0RBEiSYICoa3z3bKmjU90qMSO1vgYgV6DPK4xs6sFWzc_sHvuHoADIlDAUPm5GjT_JxuvILtXnDwml_oflmuCvN9IazP8PzHdMhQEZz6f4mLgKbPWzniuyUWM/s2048/20210523_203948.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhofvA-QrG95lLzy7MjQo0RBEiSYICoa3z3bKmjU90qMSO1vgYgV6DPK4xs6sFWzc_sHvuHoADIlDAUPm5GjT_JxuvILtXnDwml_oflmuCvN9IazP8PzHdMhQEZz6f4mLgKbPWzniuyUWM/w640-h426/20210523_203948.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span>Robert Lang Recording Studios in Shoreline, Washington. Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews and more recorded here!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXMlQIVyZDUe69HUKMuZ4pRmy-qH2nk3Z46KZ-NSgY7a1oxgUTmke_Os4eDAKtMm6A-sKv9ikZUAIi_5FS2t0lRF_Gb7MzSjK3-vCIk_1xeOOIBDw7jZG-I7LeRle7hoQoEFwIAVXpOs/s2048/20210522_202339.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXMlQIVyZDUe69HUKMuZ4pRmy-qH2nk3Z46KZ-NSgY7a1oxgUTmke_Os4eDAKtMm6A-sKv9ikZUAIi_5FS2t0lRF_Gb7MzSjK3-vCIk_1xeOOIBDw7jZG-I7LeRle7hoQoEFwIAVXpOs/w640-h428/20210522_202339.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2tLQdGiWQpTs1cIQM0Me0yRAPXa3zw5lahhg347plp2eppNf9nG7wYbPgD4U0DSK7IcANsWig3SFL-Cqzr012hkZcsXzojegXCrtWYf8FcENvfH26-QUib60CJ3ZXSzi4BDkvjkiodI/s2048/20210522_195046.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2tLQdGiWQpTs1cIQM0Me0yRAPXa3zw5lahhg347plp2eppNf9nG7wYbPgD4U0DSK7IcANsWig3SFL-Cqzr012hkZcsXzojegXCrtWYf8FcENvfH26-QUib60CJ3ZXSzi4BDkvjkiodI/w640-h426/20210522_195046.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig072Djq-KxGVh1WJNAVj4ZrPAWi5-Hld3sw13gCXdAVQy057-ZaQ0sq2G_m7COG7xeDzBl5pGG8HejE8NXbwVtQXhpma-gXaJbI4TF1Buiv6fNC8IKRnfgfPn_4DJr2JLoC-Ctwm0GoI/s2048/20210522_192452.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig072Djq-KxGVh1WJNAVj4ZrPAWi5-Hld3sw13gCXdAVQy057-ZaQ0sq2G_m7COG7xeDzBl5pGG8HejE8NXbwVtQXhpma-gXaJbI4TF1Buiv6fNC8IKRnfgfPn_4DJr2JLoC-Ctwm0GoI/w480-h640/20210522_192452.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We enjoyed a delicious dinner, al fresco style, at the <a href="http://salishbrewing.com/" target="_blank">Salish Sea Brewing Company</a> and then headed over to Bracket's Landing North to watch the sun go down. The amazing sunset views were a great ending to the first day of our 2021 adventure!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Next stop - Pike Place Market and Snoqualmie Falls!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comSeattle, WA, USA47.6062095 -122.332070819.295975663821153 -157.4883208 75.916443336178844 -87.1758208tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-43972362348234267382020-07-10T14:09:00.214-05:002023-07-30T12:15:48.120-06:00Portland, Oregon<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">In the summer of 2020 we found ourselves returning to our favorite vacation spot, Portland, Oregon. Sadly, this return visit was for that dreaded four letter word - work! </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">First work....if that's what you call it! We are actually wedding photographers and don't really consider what we do work, especially when we are photographing a beautiful wedding at the lush <a href="http://www.bridalveillakes.com/" target="_blank">Bridal Veil Lakes Event Venue</a> located along the <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/crgnsa" target="_blank">Old Columbia River Gorge Highway</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYhka0kEd9YPqAV-kntxh_B5nogzXl-AULqG2CJxIXlXq1TsOZrIiEKio_zIlg3vkt4MwIr17s63uxwIMl-3jt1fJKy1G8chyChA0GxdHh17ACoyyzah0oOYwzwRPRNtpspnx9y-RJv8/s2048/TKP_7304.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYhka0kEd9YPqAV-kntxh_B5nogzXl-AULqG2CJxIXlXq1TsOZrIiEKio_zIlg3vkt4MwIr17s63uxwIMl-3jt1fJKy1G8chyChA0GxdHh17ACoyyzah0oOYwzwRPRNtpspnx9y-RJv8/w640-h428/TKP_7304.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh40Fb4hkfss-rkVozU3LjeYA9P_ya7SYCjtlhyphenhyphentoXg5mnj0PfpDdUHmW0_BC5vWa-3GKGixhEKSHRThagjrjKfFnFvl_f63LpjpIYu4sFEt6JUa66AmXuayJ11K1mAYOKReFq3UR_60bM/s2048/TPK_6704.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh40Fb4hkfss-rkVozU3LjeYA9P_ya7SYCjtlhyphenhyphentoXg5mnj0PfpDdUHmW0_BC5vWa-3GKGixhEKSHRThagjrjKfFnFvl_f63LpjpIYu4sFEt6JUa66AmXuayJ11K1mAYOKReFq3UR_60bM/w428-h640/TPK_6704.jpg" width="428" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><br /></span></div>With "work" out of the way, and we met up with our life long friends, Bill and Jill. This was their first time visiting Oregon and we had many beautiful spots to show them! </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kfuaxeH8JntxvQRoAWZujkcMeVc0lqYESDI3Daz_ahMTL6RqnFimZr5hsqbSlgxxx6GeM6XkEUXGrWzRUsgdFMmeG13CEkJHIJT0smA-_sgdJ6dGxwDL_euvIRibWKhEa7BJJt5p5G8/s2048/Council+Crest.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kfuaxeH8JntxvQRoAWZujkcMeVc0lqYESDI3Daz_ahMTL6RqnFimZr5hsqbSlgxxx6GeM6XkEUXGrWzRUsgdFMmeG13CEkJHIJT0smA-_sgdJ6dGxwDL_euvIRibWKhEa7BJJt5p5G8/w640-h480/Council+Crest.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Meeting Jill and Bill at Council Crest Park in Portland to start our journey</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">We drove through the old Columbia River Gorge Highway to the small town of </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://cascadelocks.com/" target="_blank">Cascade Locks, Oregon</a>. Cascade Locks is situated at the very heart of the Columbia River Gorge, where the mountains tower up to 4,000-feet above the river, and waterfalls tumble from the heights to reach the river near sea level below. Surrounded by stunning natural beauty, you can relax, slow down a bit, and take in the grandeur. That's exactly what we did! We slowed down and enjoyed a delicious lunch and an adult beverage at <a href="https://thunderislandbrewing.com/" target="_blank">Thunder Island Brewing</a> by the Columbia River and then toured the old locks (hence the name). After one last stop at the Eastwind Drive-In for ice cream we moved on to the next site on our itinerary, Mount Hood.</span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHGExv_zLucpctOXy0T2qZQ5CYeV7Epjo1mTS6Nir3nJ5csCUgSrs45VCWFWMiq7FdjhUBzoK-AZyxyohY4YI0iC3yFRrMzpsjksMBk2fIwDZ3pFMwjXUly5DZceDQ71gAWdPYW21uXs/s2048/Cascade+Locks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHGExv_zLucpctOXy0T2qZQ5CYeV7Epjo1mTS6Nir3nJ5csCUgSrs45VCWFWMiq7FdjhUBzoK-AZyxyohY4YI0iC3yFRrMzpsjksMBk2fIwDZ3pFMwjXUly5DZceDQ71gAWdPYW21uXs/w640-h480/Cascade+Locks.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2u78CTgRhjZ0vtOCwtlCEoBf1pGO3S3-wyq0vMd-8lHrwPM6LfSFHkwMWXVexV5ISqeXs-reQ_hR-pLHIuDKh3vDBVk2SF5NjEf23OCMRcH8dZQsrvJ2h1r6nETBH0Am0EkymyxezhWk/s2048/Columbia+River+Gorge+4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2u78CTgRhjZ0vtOCwtlCEoBf1pGO3S3-wyq0vMd-8lHrwPM6LfSFHkwMWXVexV5ISqeXs-reQ_hR-pLHIuDKh3vDBVk2SF5NjEf23OCMRcH8dZQsrvJ2h1r6nETBH0Am0EkymyxezhWk/w640-h428/Columbia+River+Gorge+4.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcquoGDdHjF_fYpWo4W52c7dFkh-bbCKNeg3OjNMbtME5etk6Cmu1IDXp4tbV1idMWeDyEd5mXVkB2oKgTtDlEq-cw1UowlJhNb3-75bdgsYb5EMC7XARigDWt5C_eGWZ9G0zFKOoAGw/s2048/Latourell+Falls+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcquoGDdHjF_fYpWo4W52c7dFkh-bbCKNeg3OjNMbtME5etk6Cmu1IDXp4tbV1idMWeDyEd5mXVkB2oKgTtDlEq-cw1UowlJhNb3-75bdgsYb5EMC7XARigDWt5C_eGWZ9G0zFKOoAGw/w640-h428/Latourell+Falls+3.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.skihood.com/" style="background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">Mount Hood, Oregon</a><span style="background-color: transparent;">, offers scenic recreation ranging from camping, hiking and fishing to nearly year-round skiing. Being from Texas, we are always amazed that people are still skiing on Mount Hood in the middle of July. We roamed </span><a href="https://www.timberlinelodge.com/" style="background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">Timberline Lodge</a><span style="background-color: transparent;"> with Jill and Bill and threw a couple of snowballs at each other!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrxjr8Y5aijNyeemeBQ7_-KaNevqhR_X6bdLZQOaeivSlpg4K4uXXgpSJkRtv5dXplb0wblo1hX30PjvXr2i4ZgJ3PKmxpJBS4UXu8sKwe0JfavtrNk_-SImaWqhxgs0TxHw0Vd4SjyI/s2048/Mount+Hood.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrxjr8Y5aijNyeemeBQ7_-KaNevqhR_X6bdLZQOaeivSlpg4K4uXXgpSJkRtv5dXplb0wblo1hX30PjvXr2i4ZgJ3PKmxpJBS4UXu8sKwe0JfavtrNk_-SImaWqhxgs0TxHw0Vd4SjyI/w640-h480/Mount+Hood.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><br /></span></div>We left the snow covered mountain and headed west to the Oregon Coastline stopping at <a href="https://www.cannonbeach.org/" target="_blank">Cannon Beach, Oregon</a>. Cannon Beach is a charming village by the sea where you can savor the culinary bounty of the Pacific Northwest, stay in luxurious accommodations that are right on the beach and explore the many art galleries and quaint shops making their home in town. Again, we stayed at the <a href="https://www.schoonerscove.com/" target="_blank">Schooner Cove Inn</a> and from our hotel lawn we could view the magnificent Oregon icon, Haystack Rock. </span><span> </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYr7OfGaXy5TEu9rn3hxEk65x0UGAZ3oiEXH_opfQY5om6Yq6q2bL9PKUeULjHp-0wdlxglMmAK0dSgHrHW_meUz6YICgOC0PSdMJKnbtV1GEqiZQM2k6zC6mxlrVogTzzYLuAaQWj9VY/s2048/20200713_100206%25280%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYr7OfGaXy5TEu9rn3hxEk65x0UGAZ3oiEXH_opfQY5om6Yq6q2bL9PKUeULjHp-0wdlxglMmAK0dSgHrHW_meUz6YICgOC0PSdMJKnbtV1GEqiZQM2k6zC6mxlrVogTzzYLuAaQWj9VY/w640-h480/20200713_100206%25280%2529.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnQs6-kqlk1PRvkTgIDj9FH1CifeDyH2Lf-sS6-11SS0mWTe4pmVxmMwcdXqeK3r5r0FLEeDLT1clPS1yIRuwL5lMndpgVbJEM9WMYhg5PaZoAKUSidOLI13T7p-UxMfnSJSDoD8a0lw/s2048/Birds+Rock+Barnacles.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnQs6-kqlk1PRvkTgIDj9FH1CifeDyH2Lf-sS6-11SS0mWTe4pmVxmMwcdXqeK3r5r0FLEeDLT1clPS1yIRuwL5lMndpgVbJEM9WMYhg5PaZoAKUSidOLI13T7p-UxMfnSJSDoD8a0lw/w640-h428/Birds+Rock+Barnacles.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSA6cPxKeIkzIkkkt1pXhLgilaT21mfgTYY4Pjm7IyWmfp3iYSW6bKPnLEBpWZHQ4qS-SkVQnRQCMWKjq8oUJP-ufGJzxtvRl-8-wR39f6GfSoCZTPTkWK1l2x6AraUcvLGwlAFvuHqM0/s2048/Cannon+Beach+Sunset+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSA6cPxKeIkzIkkkt1pXhLgilaT21mfgTYY4Pjm7IyWmfp3iYSW6bKPnLEBpWZHQ4qS-SkVQnRQCMWKjq8oUJP-ufGJzxtvRl-8-wR39f6GfSoCZTPTkWK1l2x6AraUcvLGwlAFvuHqM0/w640-h428/Cannon+Beach+Sunset+2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3nsv_zIH6oa6hI4wuQRbTRH9YxM7MJ-AIhN2jCLwNoqPA3pVllGVhDdyNkINMUf01aMC-M6owA8VKAt9OlBLok-NAaPlgTAl1KYzvj-ZU0zYiCOTSMjIoc3Yy9OpnQ-pfpXFPp4VttU/s2048/Haystack+Rock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3nsv_zIH6oa6hI4wuQRbTRH9YxM7MJ-AIhN2jCLwNoqPA3pVllGVhDdyNkINMUf01aMC-M6owA8VKAt9OlBLok-NAaPlgTAl1KYzvj-ZU0zYiCOTSMjIoc3Yy9OpnQ-pfpXFPp4VttU/w640-h428/Haystack+Rock.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5gnLQ3vi3k_pFsJlMz9MKyUVK1gWnR4Z73lSjsVCsl_OofUygPeCvyvcfer02-uNve5bK1rVvcfYQolFJrNKig_XTQ4AWxGVLNZ1eB8Mkh8DFBNe05IA9_caTAxwNnrYF59ArKRL6nQ/s2048/Near+Birds+Rock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5gnLQ3vi3k_pFsJlMz9MKyUVK1gWnR4Z73lSjsVCsl_OofUygPeCvyvcfer02-uNve5bK1rVvcfYQolFJrNKig_XTQ4AWxGVLNZ1eB8Mkh8DFBNe05IA9_caTAxwNnrYF59ArKRL6nQ/w640-h428/Near+Birds+Rock.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizmLBeFwdLsUX8v52OiqEIRBe0XBnD_zZNJwLhDNmwfEGiD4twP52boI0uV23iPw9xOtsRGCib9_fIBc3MZBsirpj2jyStW_TZHePI2_tJxM9qpHgsleey3QZ-9Zl6FYVgt3eCh0MA4eY/s2643/Schooner+Cove+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizmLBeFwdLsUX8v52OiqEIRBe0XBnD_zZNJwLhDNmwfEGiD4twP52boI0uV23iPw9xOtsRGCib9_fIBc3MZBsirpj2jyStW_TZHePI2_tJxM9qpHgsleey3QZ-9Zl6FYVgt3eCh0MA4eY/w640-h288/Schooner+Cove+3.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMm5euq1D-TQ38OrabskMO348ycLfpN0vS6UAYwuETsDFWxZTlrC8FiFkjfCmzYqiH2MJQjlLBrkFAd9Qgw8DYRcCK-7EuNghS9ILn0u6PJ8PAvzY99Dc3oHU0cqSTgTTUGxEWspy9tI/s2048/Tillamook+Lighthouse.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1369" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMm5euq1D-TQ38OrabskMO348ycLfpN0vS6UAYwuETsDFWxZTlrC8FiFkjfCmzYqiH2MJQjlLBrkFAd9Qgw8DYRcCK-7EuNghS9ILn0u6PJ8PAvzY99Dc3oHU0cqSTgTTUGxEWspy9tI/w428-h640/Tillamook+Lighthouse.jpg" width="428" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdF0w5Tl-OSFwLkm8VhpC4hkZ4PcRXP-vN7yloqTO3eR2qErQnf8OpofAP88lFCUvSyCqvXNPSR3YniFwWoIblKYDIdFSo48NOD_PvoxCr00Q3V088jjifrWuXXm5Kg_L6m6oolcN3eIs/s2048/TKP_7571.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdF0w5Tl-OSFwLkm8VhpC4hkZ4PcRXP-vN7yloqTO3eR2qErQnf8OpofAP88lFCUvSyCqvXNPSR3YniFwWoIblKYDIdFSo48NOD_PvoxCr00Q3V088jjifrWuXXm5Kg_L6m6oolcN3eIs/w428-h640/TKP_7571.jpg" width="428" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">A short drive north of Cannon Beach is the town of <a href="https://traveloregon.com/places-to-go/cities/astoria/" target="_blank">Astoria, Oregon</a>. </span><span style="text-align: center;">With Victorian-era homes etched into hills overlooking the Columbia River, this picturesque settlement (the oldest west of the Rockies) is a port city with Scandinavian flavor. Astoria is surrounded by forests, three rivers and great local brews. We showed Jill and Bill the Gooney House and the <a href="https://astoriacolumn.org/" target="_blank">Astoria Column</a> before making our way to the pier for lunch at one of Astoria's breweries, <a href="https://astoriabrewingcompany.com/" target="_blank">The Astoria Brewing Company</a>.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XF0785MYy-xtKD6Quc5RpFNbCChIKshRmPV_6rjuw9xC_X1dD9tBfNh6dlCCYEJpUQA-DmqyH6Yj5IeDVi1xSjJE3S3KnE8ISDw0EQLfkG_C2s1F1eGHgwFB1I2A1hQ4KaSXAsM1pSA/s2048/Astoria+Column+Boat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XF0785MYy-xtKD6Quc5RpFNbCChIKshRmPV_6rjuw9xC_X1dD9tBfNh6dlCCYEJpUQA-DmqyH6Yj5IeDVi1xSjJE3S3KnE8ISDw0EQLfkG_C2s1F1eGHgwFB1I2A1hQ4KaSXAsM1pSA/w640-h428/Astoria+Column+Boat.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj-zX0BaLv48duSAhFnkg-2heLDmYwV_xo3o_Ygj0JakajNioOmWklxQ3zgPoHIIv64uTgBYK5_dt23Ul1PAoKzCDLU4tb6dUSB8t960BCweepSAFqdR-IZoy8Kod_qtvGepv9KRpOWyA/s2048/Astoria+Column+D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj-zX0BaLv48duSAhFnkg-2heLDmYwV_xo3o_Ygj0JakajNioOmWklxQ3zgPoHIIv64uTgBYK5_dt23Ul1PAoKzCDLU4tb6dUSB8t960BCweepSAFqdR-IZoy8Kod_qtvGepv9KRpOWyA/w428-h640/Astoria+Column+D.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: center;">It was a sad day when we had to leave our beloved Oregon and head back to reality. Stay tuned for our 2022 vacation when we travel with Jill and Bill, again, to Scotland!</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: courier;"><span style="color: #0a3a3f; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comPortland, OR, USA45.5051064 -122.675026117.194872563821157 -157.8312761 73.815340236178855 -87.5187761tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-32205632823787307202019-12-30T17:01:00.001-06:002023-07-30T12:16:09.511-06:00YouTube<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span>WOW! We feel honored and almost famous that our sticker was mentioned in this video blog by our Instagram friends, Meant 2 Be RVing! We love their weekly sticker RV sticker shout out!
</span><br />
<br />
<br />
</span><center>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bbROU5NGQLU" width="560"></iframe></span></center>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br />
<br />
<span>If you haven't requested your sticker yet just check the REQUEST A STICKER button above and we'll hook you up!</span><br />
<span><br /></span>
<span>You can also find us on Instagram as #tkandgman!</span></span>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comNorth Richland Hills, TX, USA32.8342952 -97.228902932.7275907 -97.390264399999992 32.9409997 -97.0675414tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-42514513807389186712019-12-15T16:25:00.001-06:002023-07-30T12:16:34.896-06:00Las Vegas, Nevada<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span>Our next big adventure had us in Sin City, Las Vegas, Baby!</span><br />
<span><br /></span>
<span>So, the month of December was absolutely crazy for us! We booked our anniversary trip to Las Vegas back in October, paying for it in full, as an anniversary and Christmas present to ourselves. Little did we know that by December we had decide to sell our house, buy a new house and move my parents in with us. We closed on our new house just a week before our anniversary trip and frantically began moving knowing we were set to close on our old home a week after our trip. Instead of losing the money we invested in our trip we decided to forge ahead with both the move and the travel. </span><br />
<span><br /></span>
<br />
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJtdrc4EwLvEhc30z6VQ7oMD5P5hZEUjRM4TOyxMNVKHeLq9BKQoq60FYB3onWPdD5unuaY5qPB11c0KLLqM0rFgh6Vjv-C65nPrXf80CPMLfKF5IfIn_Ersb4jfG2l3BkiQYJ9iq2JU0/s1600/IMG_20191215_123839.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJtdrc4EwLvEhc30z6VQ7oMD5P5hZEUjRM4TOyxMNVKHeLq9BKQoq60FYB3onWPdD5unuaY5qPB11c0KLLqM0rFgh6Vjv-C65nPrXf80CPMLfKF5IfIn_Ersb4jfG2l3BkiQYJ9iq2JU0/s640/IMG_20191215_123839.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Flying over Vegas</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span>
<span><br /></span>
<span>Once we landed in Las Vegas we went straight to <a href="https://www.caesars.com/" target="_blank">Caesar's Palace</a>, checked in, and being thoroughly exhausted, took a two hour nap! A nice long nap was just what we needed so, feeling refreshed, we decided to go exploring. We walked through the <a href="https://www.caesars.com/caesars-palace/things-to-do/forum-shops#.Xr2-X2hKiUk" target="_blank">The Forum Mall at Caesars</a> where we found ourselves in front of Fat Tuesdays! Fat Tuesdays is one of my favorite places to visit in Las Vegas. Try their orange high octane with a shot! For dinner we made our way across the street from Caesar's Palace to <a href="https://www.margaritavillelasvegas.com/" target="_blank">Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville</a> where we chowed down on nachos, sipped cold Land Sharks, and chatted Dallas Cowboy Football with the bartender who was from El Paso, Texas! </span><br />
<span><br /></span>
<br />
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87A2wgfdzqdyhvL9nr93hlz88Fu5QJPTixwDyQflP-4nE3_OWpqq_ZgYTUqN7Q0IIiigmLvk2qStr3ThTzJserDeDEAi7Qxum1xhLKV7HJErPy0dj3YF_Gx_Jqfd4VQ2PW5J01tFi8kc/s1600/IMG_20191215_124647.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="1600" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87A2wgfdzqdyhvL9nr93hlz88Fu5QJPTixwDyQflP-4nE3_OWpqq_ZgYTUqN7Q0IIiigmLvk2qStr3ThTzJserDeDEAi7Qxum1xhLKV7HJErPy0dj3YF_Gx_Jqfd4VQ2PW5J01tFi8kc/s640/IMG_20191215_124647.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The Forum Shops at Caesars - Fall of Atlantis</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br />
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkY2RUoyR2hk_Ld_PfYFtagrnF17WSz7JgTj5KBD_46qT7zGCCPr-ignDjJzrDmDktyx_tVt3mYAK3eROuGzuxnsjJymsJ1VyvC8ms8q5b83hVqmnuvnWhyphenhyphenxexVDPuXDj_TaPps7cUSvs/s1600/IMG_20191215_124729.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkY2RUoyR2hk_Ld_PfYFtagrnF17WSz7JgTj5KBD_46qT7zGCCPr-ignDjJzrDmDktyx_tVt3mYAK3eROuGzuxnsjJymsJ1VyvC8ms8q5b83hVqmnuvnWhyphenhyphenxexVDPuXDj_TaPps7cUSvs/s640/IMG_20191215_124729.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Love the ceiling painted to look like a sky inside the Forum Shops</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span>
<br />
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyOnSRCy0IEQiR0bIFTszkROioknaKO4CjwsFQiBYMmqXxOEk33nWrnjIJG2kLphFcO-7J-5TgtVlXt7hfcfGrvgbIkn4yFh32hIBtx3UjO2d84EDHAyveHX-JVTJWpg-xMi8sAHJQQA/s1600/IMG_20191215_231941.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyOnSRCy0IEQiR0bIFTszkROioknaKO4CjwsFQiBYMmqXxOEk33nWrnjIJG2kLphFcO-7J-5TgtVlXt7hfcfGrvgbIkn4yFh32hIBtx3UjO2d84EDHAyveHX-JVTJWpg-xMi8sAHJQQA/s640/IMG_20191215_231941.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">View of The Paris from across the Fountains of The Bellagio</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span>
<br />
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Vqy1KDu5A3QWvB9lJiHjZ8892bohD5YG55Zlo1wd9RSH8CEzbvkHJyRg5fszHNIN0f7f3HgF347zxeZ211LoYmEErpT4YVXl0TjK_FGqKfEABpcrfAr9yVKAp51ERwIHodrZyCzNB_8/s1600/IMG_20191216_141040.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Vqy1KDu5A3QWvB9lJiHjZ8892bohD5YG55Zlo1wd9RSH8CEzbvkHJyRg5fszHNIN0f7f3HgF347zxeZ211LoYmEErpT4YVXl0TjK_FGqKfEABpcrfAr9yVKAp51ERwIHodrZyCzNB_8/s640/IMG_20191216_141040.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Stupid selfies! As photographers you think we'd be much better at it!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br />
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRgFTb2Vc7GwFiV4uEt3tf5bdn9ArdfoMDLz6czpdv5gQzQsZ9Ad5v6mxKvmEE4hYPHTHA_W0CZLrQH0PwOI0323nzi6uW9Mve2nZyGZ7eB6kOx8aGFIeAIrdGX79V0LVgLUagtpQE0Q/s1600/IMG_20191216_161417.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRgFTb2Vc7GwFiV4uEt3tf5bdn9ArdfoMDLz6czpdv5gQzQsZ9Ad5v6mxKvmEE4hYPHTHA_W0CZLrQH0PwOI0323nzi6uW9Mve2nZyGZ7eB6kOx8aGFIeAIrdGX79V0LVgLUagtpQE0Q/s640/IMG_20191216_161417.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">All floral Christmas decorations at the Bellagio</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br />
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFpI0jTpiI-YC7k2C5hO_iJJQut9b8SXw4MIuWMMVJ2ns13vbvJmoxIM5yJCLYvOloSBzgEAqUy8U69LPPA-PmRToCEIffHBgrjy6hFcS9OftVYIlJRpvC64qKKifQEb74YFOG7iySEM/s1600/IMG_20191216_161655.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFpI0jTpiI-YC7k2C5hO_iJJQut9b8SXw4MIuWMMVJ2ns13vbvJmoxIM5yJCLYvOloSBzgEAqUy8U69LPPA-PmRToCEIffHBgrjy6hFcS9OftVYIlJRpvC64qKKifQEb74YFOG7iySEM/s640/IMG_20191216_161655.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">All floral Christmas decorations at the Bellagio</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br />
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_tmMEEM4XsV0iUjaFtbZM1ji4Ryjr_6FM-fQNrURF_UZ-qUxfOZpI582ePEh-VhwY7rbCGk_s-OWywvrWFBdgU6KHSXrFnCaryMWaGGCb5ieCEjxCJQd6p5POJw1xIc_a9qWcRP-OaVA/s1600/IMG_20191216_161728.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_tmMEEM4XsV0iUjaFtbZM1ji4Ryjr_6FM-fQNrURF_UZ-qUxfOZpI582ePEh-VhwY7rbCGk_s-OWywvrWFBdgU6KHSXrFnCaryMWaGGCb5ieCEjxCJQd6p5POJw1xIc_a9qWcRP-OaVA/s640/IMG_20191216_161728.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">All floral Christmas decorations at the Bellagio</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span>
<br />
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOswdmQFAtnPkSxAEgiY66oWd1M-w0oVLD0vG11DZ3_twzNDQLiqlOeSgwgbia8fcMmKp-5YWyt-JrPhEAJTz6a2pg_iCHqlJWYAvkcK32bnMhWfB8h64u-JMYTN1R_oLA8RXLaZgMItA/s1600/IMG_20191216_161933.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOswdmQFAtnPkSxAEgiY66oWd1M-w0oVLD0vG11DZ3_twzNDQLiqlOeSgwgbia8fcMmKp-5YWyt-JrPhEAJTz6a2pg_iCHqlJWYAvkcK32bnMhWfB8h64u-JMYTN1R_oLA8RXLaZgMItA/s640/IMG_20191216_161933.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Chihuly glass hanging from the ceiling of the Bellagio</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span>
<span>With all the walking we did we really worked up an appetite by late that evening. We debated on doing the traditional Vegas buffet or trying something new when we stumbled upon <a href="https://www.yardhouse.com/home" target="_blank">The Yard House</a> where we had a delicious steak dinner.</span><br />
<span><br /></span>
<span>Tired, again, we headed back to our hotel for another good night's sleep. The next day we headed back to Texas where our move was STILL waiting on us and, after five months, a pandemic, and back issues we can say we are FINALLY moved in to our new home. Now time to plan our next adventure!</span><br />
<br /></span>
<br />TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comLas Vegas, NV, USA36.1699412 -115.139829635.7602007 -115.7852766 36.579681699999995 -114.4943826tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-42439390585950981862019-10-18T16:22:00.001-05:002023-07-30T12:16:52.754-06:00Cataloochee Valley, North Carolina<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span>The last leg of our journey through the Smoky Mountains took us east back towards Asheville, N.C., and through the <a href="https://visitncsmokies.com/attractions/cataloochee-valley/" target="_blank">Cataloochee Valley</a>.</span><br />
<span><br /></span>
<span><br /></span>
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsYM_qTS4U8i10IExDDNQJFGVlAi4kMXKwvXErSAs_Qkp3jV_SC23bRACOpO1cn6P6RTu0aiYD4TPBYwT29Fj7CUXPFYMM-O0Fu3sr79eKQGytVRfdC57V6kt1WrmbQBk6qvmuCb0e-Q/s1600/TKP_7503.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsYM_qTS4U8i10IExDDNQJFGVlAi4kMXKwvXErSAs_Qkp3jV_SC23bRACOpO1cn6P6RTu0aiYD4TPBYwT29Fj7CUXPFYMM-O0Fu3sr79eKQGytVRfdC57V6kt1WrmbQBk6qvmuCb0e-Q/s640/TKP_7503.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Love anything Bigfoot like this awesome sculpture at one of the entrances to a home near the valley</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br />
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0A9r1U5qPmvRIWLZAXHUn4suP1aEViENlhqovKR9dNuYRIfaV-3s7QcDBczwBjhF844v5uKb3inMFfLfqfVXKut9s32lO-wez9x5Uos1mLAgqLibNmxtDn_uNVpH99SM-9rDjDwQ5CA/s1600/TKP_7507.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0A9r1U5qPmvRIWLZAXHUn4suP1aEViENlhqovKR9dNuYRIfaV-3s7QcDBczwBjhF844v5uKb3inMFfLfqfVXKut9s32lO-wez9x5Uos1mLAgqLibNmxtDn_uNVpH99SM-9rDjDwQ5CA/s640/TKP_7507.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Entrance sign to the Cataloochee Valley</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br />
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRR9a6Ajbcv2J9F_kzlGiBY0rytGBmaAPbQfQ5i0DAxqe-aVbO-WoeugpbEdpEtLpfDk8_EIqQEACrof1yrdXAzZlD3HoseslTpwSmyMXajR6-k1oaMiKpZt9z5cokgzqxV2wI97mo5rc/s1600/TKP_7512.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRR9a6Ajbcv2J9F_kzlGiBY0rytGBmaAPbQfQ5i0DAxqe-aVbO-WoeugpbEdpEtLpfDk8_EIqQEACrof1yrdXAzZlD3HoseslTpwSmyMXajR6-k1oaMiKpZt9z5cokgzqxV2wI97mo5rc/s640/TKP_7512.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Information sign about the valley</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br />
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7o5B_EqDrP26yABRw-tITqNDZRMGAc68V0_cwoK3h7DcYPFK58ont4rSHk3UeUHWNhCg6eNMs-ATmGnDDTbFgEWpxjeO94SihdAxcc8P9NEvUk2f2f05-f9rs1HI_yY6cYABL6lgqwA/s1600/TKP_7513.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7o5B_EqDrP26yABRw-tITqNDZRMGAc68V0_cwoK3h7DcYPFK58ont4rSHk3UeUHWNhCg6eNMs-ATmGnDDTbFgEWpxjeO94SihdAxcc8P9NEvUk2f2f05-f9rs1HI_yY6cYABL6lgqwA/s640/TKP_7513.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">TK's parents stretching their legs at one of the valley's overlooks</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span>
<span><br /></span>
<span>The entrance to the Cataloochee Valley is almost non-existent! It is a winding, gravel road that has some steep drop offs with no guard rails. The road is narrow, so drivers may be required to stop or back up their vehicles to allow oncoming motorists to pass....something we had to do several times!</span><br />
<span><br /></span>
<span>The Cataloochee Valley is nestled among some of the most rugged mountains in the southeastern United States. Surrounded by 6000 foot peaks, this isolated valley was one of the largest and most prosperous settlements in what is now the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Some 1,200 people lived in this lovely mountain valley in 1910. Most made their living by farming, including commercial apple growing, but an early tourism industry developed in Cataloochee with some families boarding fishermen and other tourists who wished to vacation in the mountains.</span><br />
<span><br /></span>
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHuAd0iKCTv4UMETbmLyHJxM3073BIaRiM4bnxM6kueHMNDRNa5zpUTuvhyphenhyphen80M-vmSwhp8tdN1Rdjf8blIOmKB-hX5MKyWWG4j1Vo5ISnRl608RJtqY76z7AW2qTnIQljRK5AvqwpYYOk/s1600/TKP_7517.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHuAd0iKCTv4UMETbmLyHJxM3073BIaRiM4bnxM6kueHMNDRNa5zpUTuvhyphenhyphen80M-vmSwhp8tdN1Rdjf8blIOmKB-hX5MKyWWG4j1Vo5ISnRl608RJtqY76z7AW2qTnIQljRK5AvqwpYYOk/s640/TKP_7517.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Caldwell place barn</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br />
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSGe5wvlPqLZusvqtB-jyAYuGqXY6usDHZQ5TytgfCtHSxqNlZQ61s0ZnkUOJK4KVUnFd5MT2M6qCbjFzjFBPfGzEIrsiqGDmeT4omVUiAmCyovCgvFP-xT6XB_E1QhJ_EqOsZQ7Xjas/s1600/TKP_7518.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSGe5wvlPqLZusvqtB-jyAYuGqXY6usDHZQ5TytgfCtHSxqNlZQ61s0ZnkUOJK4KVUnFd5MT2M6qCbjFzjFBPfGzEIrsiqGDmeT4omVUiAmCyovCgvFP-xT6XB_E1QhJ_EqOsZQ7Xjas/s640/TKP_7518.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">You have to cross this creek to get up to the Caldwell home</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br />
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7uN3o9qm0umILAp8ZSH5B5uydjN2pI0nropvp_dM9hd8yPJKVlBhyphenhyphenIN6_KHGLFRFBqYitpLhPfvGwipHI9GZv1keV3ThlOoGSnwlhKVi4Qo-Aaeg-lFMWtjPQFXQcmVt8AmN-5YWoXA/s1600/TKP_7520.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7uN3o9qm0umILAp8ZSH5B5uydjN2pI0nropvp_dM9hd8yPJKVlBhyphenhyphenIN6_KHGLFRFBqYitpLhPfvGwipHI9GZv1keV3ThlOoGSnwlhKVi4Qo-Aaeg-lFMWtjPQFXQcmVt8AmN-5YWoXA/s640/TKP_7520.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The old Caldwell home</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span>
<span><br /></span>
<span>A variety of historic buildings have been preserved int he valley. Structures include a church, a school, and several homes and outbuildings. This is the best place in the park to see historic frame buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.</span><br />
<span><br /></span>
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRK6hrcC5IJWXgRVTxtZHdRWF9wvm_Y2qcyOkhTEjQ78Uy3C__hZnR-HAubeCGRsP7U-NVE3SKbZcvIbp9DsEW_7yrJffBN4v0uuzgrRWqzoGvoddww32XnCtVFnvpzuZnXHcoO227rj8/s1600/TKP_7545.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRK6hrcC5IJWXgRVTxtZHdRWF9wvm_Y2qcyOkhTEjQ78Uy3C__hZnR-HAubeCGRsP7U-NVE3SKbZcvIbp9DsEW_7yrJffBN4v0uuzgrRWqzoGvoddww32XnCtVFnvpzuZnXHcoO227rj8/s640/TKP_7545.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The valley's old school house</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br />
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBymA5wyHc6uZHl1TFBRy6hwkJ30KraPJtAIOZD8BKHPXsx9AsL5ZLB_a7oRCCAOb4IgxjsDZsYCzNAZ7NR4IKgh7isVvwVP82iHTf8-1a4bScePxbhWKho7Df-SbXAYqg-ZXiiNzW-8Q/s1600/TKP_7548.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBymA5wyHc6uZHl1TFBRy6hwkJ30KraPJtAIOZD8BKHPXsx9AsL5ZLB_a7oRCCAOb4IgxjsDZsYCzNAZ7NR4IKgh7isVvwVP82iHTf8-1a4bScePxbhWKho7Df-SbXAYqg-ZXiiNzW-8Q/s640/TKP_7548.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Inside the Cataloochee Valley school house</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br />
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNnaKFCnU0pHVqyclZgTBPJscNrH0PmKzuj8mwFGRP3OKKN8kIE9oXbBSIaKtwfVP9LOjDNKDpH54tHssGPBTgFYB8pzkxTIz1N761LElWy9qg504eT6-6xm4QDqqul13Ya_9yRge_08/s1600/TKP_7564.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNnaKFCnU0pHVqyclZgTBPJscNrH0PmKzuj8mwFGRP3OKKN8kIE9oXbBSIaKtwfVP9LOjDNKDpH54tHssGPBTgFYB8pzkxTIz1N761LElWy9qg504eT6-6xm4QDqqul13Ya_9yRge_08/s640/TKP_7564.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Methodist church</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br />
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62YKRG8rb1oa4Qe27CZc8CFbOwpSZQ63C-0-v5Sqf8t0frxtE0-3OPtegSdBUJsDgZMUvWjGR8hnNYgW5HRSS6a_4hVf_cySggfSbasLh-FiB1SJ5lzSEt9EytJDvXOYXrJBXL6dZ4pQ/s1600/TKP_7572.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62YKRG8rb1oa4Qe27CZc8CFbOwpSZQ63C-0-v5Sqf8t0frxtE0-3OPtegSdBUJsDgZMUvWjGR8hnNYgW5HRSS6a_4hVf_cySggfSbasLh-FiB1SJ5lzSEt9EytJDvXOYXrJBXL6dZ4pQ/s640/TKP_7572.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Inside the old Methodist Church</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span>
<span><br /></span>
<span>Bear, elk and turkey roam freely in this valley so you are advised to keep your distance from the animals. Although we saw no bears we did see numerous elk and turkey near the valley's old school house.</span><br />
<span><br /></span>
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGwojFblPndqIkj33HCe1VPf7GsChij5kZVatiGImEn9yr5gEiA3v1BicUHAMcogu7hYGZGZqKsxVa63Ow2ztYHD-L4Ip2GYlKXH2o64ShFVhL3n5Zjp43pcPxBpLG_KTUrQJ3CZKc1o/s1600/TKP_7542.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGwojFblPndqIkj33HCe1VPf7GsChij5kZVatiGImEn9yr5gEiA3v1BicUHAMcogu7hYGZGZqKsxVa63Ow2ztYHD-L4Ip2GYlKXH2o64ShFVhL3n5Zjp43pcPxBpLG_KTUrQJ3CZKc1o/s640/TKP_7542.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Herd of elk resting in the shade near the old school house</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span>
</span><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<br /></div>
TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comCataloochee, NC 28785, USA35.6401005 -83.080144110.118066000000002 -124.3887381 61.162135000000006 -41.7715501tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362935282683610591.post-79076355167968558502019-10-17T15:49:00.001-05:002023-07-30T12:17:09.389-06:00Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, Tennessee<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span>From Gatlinburg, Tennessee, we made our way to our VRBO rental in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosby,_Tennessee" target="_blank">Cosby, Tennessee</a>.</span><br />
<span><br /></span>
</span><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.75em;">
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Cosby</span> is a small town located 40 minutes outside of Gatlinburg and right on the edge of the National Park. Cosby has a few attractions and places to stop that need to be on the bucket list for any frequent visitor to the Smokies. Quiet and peaceful, Cosby will surprise you with everything it has to offer.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.75em; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.75em;">
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Like most of the Smokies, the Cherokee had made this area their home early in the life of their massive civilization. European settlers soon were making trips into the area that would be Cosby and established settlements and forts. </span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicozqI0uln0yDSR-T_EhYqt85RwQ3cFRHWH3ANSyR1u9EinhHU5HqulYQM7twtlSgGpdNqWEybLB8pC39soToxZ2uRc0qR6_xkHVV9ctc8vDaUCmBTRXUkVDves16fnBv6aU2A0QAuM7s/s1600/TKP_7500.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicozqI0uln0yDSR-T_EhYqt85RwQ3cFRHWH3ANSyR1u9EinhHU5HqulYQM7twtlSgGpdNqWEybLB8pC39soToxZ2uRc0qR6_xkHVV9ctc8vDaUCmBTRXUkVDves16fnBv6aU2A0QAuM7s/s640/TKP_7500.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We stayed in this quiet, clean, cabin we found on VRBO while in Cosby, TN</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br />
</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-n-hpoxekVhtT9itSlggNj9QkAzgAgS2tP6fiHbNQ-GcenMqnQaUjPBHd85sIwMCHnRn6RM27NY5fD2lofWENTv71fCGBIaJJ6t4YCeEIRkuQWWfd9OcfK3-90H48J7QRaDXmPn91rsQ/s1600/TKP_7502.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-n-hpoxekVhtT9itSlggNj9QkAzgAgS2tP6fiHbNQ-GcenMqnQaUjPBHd85sIwMCHnRn6RM27NY5fD2lofWENTv71fCGBIaJJ6t4YCeEIRkuQWWfd9OcfK3-90H48J7QRaDXmPn91rsQ/s640/TKP_7502.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The fun jeep we rented to drive during our Smokies tour!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.75em;">
<span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.75em;">
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Cosby</span><span> </span><span>is famous for the moonshining that took place in the early 20th</span><span> </span><span>century. To East Tennesseans, Cosby has been known as “The Moonshine Captial of the World.” The farmers of the area grew corn and to supplement their income they began to turn some of that corn into moonshine. The moonshine industry grew due to the fact that the coves and valleys of the mountains helped to hide the moonshiners and their stills.</span></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVT1GJwJZ3agAmiPJR4mxiL4wOcmZk21sJp2ACphxreigEwqeSU-KJylst4Q2Q2INU-NAndBFvm_T6IOTZXLlVm-Q3y4AvbrOnWZy0-Wdc3zOi4kmivXLB4bAps1I6VAM5xGdi5w5FCio/s1600/TKP_7491.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVT1GJwJZ3agAmiPJR4mxiL4wOcmZk21sJp2ACphxreigEwqeSU-KJylst4Q2Q2INU-NAndBFvm_T6IOTZXLlVm-Q3y4AvbrOnWZy0-Wdc3zOi4kmivXLB4bAps1I6VAM5xGdi5w5FCio/s640/TKP_7491.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">A little night time photography from the porch of the cabin we rented in Cosby, TN </span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.75em;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.75em;">
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">After checking into our VRBO and getting some rest we traveled back to Gatlinburg and through the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail. The </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">name derived from a “roaring” mountain stream, the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail twists and turns for six-miles, forming a one-way looping scenic drive through the Great Smoky Mountains. The narrow roadway only allows cars—trucks, trailers and RVs cannot fit on this road.</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span>
</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRnB0Wym79FWFSv6WwyK_B4d2GCWLsRTxGFpNnn0BX01PnbjJfNMBY0pTYPR4XA3_Jfx8xrSvMG_vOTM5OgTcurhYRkjnp-MztlRPF7zj0gLbXJ9zsCgKCO3F-wkk2UeX470jt-PkI7g/s1600/TKP_7470.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRnB0Wym79FWFSv6WwyK_B4d2GCWLsRTxGFpNnn0BX01PnbjJfNMBY0pTYPR4XA3_Jfx8xrSvMG_vOTM5OgTcurhYRkjnp-MztlRPF7zj0gLbXJ9zsCgKCO3F-wkk2UeX470jt-PkI7g/s640/TKP_7470.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span>
<span><br /></span>
</span><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit;">
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The drive along <a href="https://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/roaringfork.htm" target="_blank">Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail</a> begins at the Noah “Bud” Ogle farmstead, where you can take a walking tour of the historic buildings and pick up a tour map of the roadway sights. The trailhead for Rainbow Falls can be found just beyond the farmstead, a moderate hike to a stunning waterfall. It’s a 5.4-mile roundtrip hike to Rainbow Falls (it’s less than 3 miles one way!) and your reward is the 80-foot high waterfall, the tallest single-drop waterfall in the national park.</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit;">
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiru8jvhablnqbm4HUmAht9wy_oYbbSAyRtPcw3HOacu4OeSN21UC4hSnHN7QBcD3MQPsV8VDXiIuZ2n5joZQG5cwMRyJLGVrikBVkAEROwaiAAjL1dZk4VqZ1v7MaPHXJ4_SqG8oibPoM/s1600/TKP_7479.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiru8jvhablnqbm4HUmAht9wy_oYbbSAyRtPcw3HOacu4OeSN21UC4hSnHN7QBcD3MQPsV8VDXiIuZ2n5joZQG5cwMRyJLGVrikBVkAEROwaiAAjL1dZk4VqZ1v7MaPHXJ4_SqG8oibPoM/s640/TKP_7479.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The Ephraim Bales Place, another cabin within the Smoky Mountains</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit;">
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit;">
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNA5aU5Typ7W7bLQOjo2C9RqeU1-SU3TIKriGDaVHnc_3skne82E9zfOeYARpNTjBwXdb0R8ftKpy4I0avMWx4QgfRb6RjwYvK2cud1eAHWoKg1YJCFFgdyyaCtJvxJJN0Ycn4tzBN4Vg/s1600/TKP_7472.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNA5aU5Typ7W7bLQOjo2C9RqeU1-SU3TIKriGDaVHnc_3skne82E9zfOeYARpNTjBwXdb0R8ftKpy4I0avMWx4QgfRb6RjwYvK2cud1eAHWoKg1YJCFFgdyyaCtJvxJJN0Ycn4tzBN4Vg/s640/TKP_7472.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit;">
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit;">
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit;">
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">The Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail also provides access to the Trillium Gap Trail. Hike the Trillium Gap Trail to reach Grotto Falls, the only place in the Smoky Mountains where you can stand behind the falls as the water cascades to the pool. If hiking to a waterfall is not your thing, the Place of a Thousand Drips can be reached by car. It’s one of two waterfalls in the park accessible by car—find it at stop 15, near the end of the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail.</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit;">
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX6944I7eLhzY-P6vWbW8a4hJaJ-9qKFlnuBk87q8mydxjaPBUN-SEOgMmpsk8gG4tvTiKpvC7hrz1iIzMzA1KYi4Pek8ECYhNDg3Q4LlaxRby5uKK4h2Yc_WzGWIry5eE0_5nLJIdpHM/s1600/TKP_7484.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1068" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX6944I7eLhzY-P6vWbW8a4hJaJ-9qKFlnuBk87q8mydxjaPBUN-SEOgMmpsk8gG4tvTiKpvC7hrz1iIzMzA1KYi4Pek8ECYhNDg3Q4LlaxRby5uKK4h2Yc_WzGWIry5eE0_5nLJIdpHM/s640/TKP_7484.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Small waterfall seen from the car along the Roaring Forks Motor Nature Trail</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit;">
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span>
<span>The next day we made our way towards Asheville, NC, via way of the Catloochee Valley.</span><br />
<span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>TK and Gmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156869367223696127noreply@blogger.comCataloochee, NC 28785, USA35.6401005 -83.080144110.118066000000002 -124.3887381 61.162135000000006 -41.7715501