Photo Blog with Waterfalls, Hiking, Outdoors, and other Adventures
Loading in Knoxville (Maryville) went well. I have a hotel booked in Huntsville, Alabama that I’m stopping at for the night. In retrospect I could have driven straight through (I didn’t realize how close I really was to my destination in Mississippi) but it was much more relaxing this way and safer on the unfamiliar … Read more
Stopped briefly in Lexington, Kentucky last night to sleep at a hotel. Saw this genius driving around while on Facetime just talking away when they should have been driving. Any semi drivers reading this are probably laughing like “yup, idiots everywhere”. Good times, stay safe out there people. Next morning I visited Knoxville, Tennessee briefly … Read more
Starting off a short trip spanning my Thanksgiving break to haul some things down to my mother in Mississippi, visit family, and then explore new states on the way back. As is very common with any furniture or residence moves for my mom, the weather chooses to make things a bit interesting. Exhibit A: a … Read more
End of trip, total distance 5,183 miles across 13 states in 23 days. A quick car wash and full tank of gas and it’s back to normal life and dreaming up the next expedition. Nothing too exciting in this post – I’m mainly creating it to drop a pin on my geomap. Click the link … Read more
The heat today was a problem; not only that, a few of the other spots I checked out had dried-up streams meaning no waterfalls meaning nothing to share. Fall colors are fading. And I was running out of time quickly so I couldn’t reasonably stay down south to explore the Ozarks further on this trip. … Read more
Not much to see here – just a quick pit stop at the Oklahoma border sign as I was leaving Fort Smith. Another angle. Main reason for this post is to put a pin in my Geomap feature of the site, another reason is just because. Lat = 35.4012413 , Long = -94.4458847 — Show … Read more
Spent the remainder of my afternoon driving NM-55/NM-337 heading north toward Tijeras. As the sun started to fade I checked the map and found some dispersed campsites in the Cibola National Forest off FR462 at the Coyote trail head which leads to Chamisoso Canyon Road. Overall this road is well graded but a few spots … Read more
Did some more driving around and OHV exploration just for the sake of seeing new things. We’ve always known there are some trails at the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument but never had a vehicle that suited for these kinds of adventures. Long story short that didn’t matter because these trails are a bit confusing on … Read more
Heading west from Grants, New Mexico on I-40 and absolutely loving the scenery as the sun fades on the day. Huge red sandstone cliffs are to the north of the interstate and I didn’t know at the time but this is the southern terminus of the Colorado Plateau. Most of this area is also Navajo … Read more
Camp for tonight is at the Jemez Falls campground in the Jemez National Recreation Area. This is part of the Santa Fe National Forest in the Jemez Mountains, and borders on the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Being a Sunday night, camp is only about half full (if that). According to the posted signs there might … Read more