Our first venture in the new car, driving 18 days and seeing a bit of America. Briefly: Out to California and back, avoiding the direct US-66 (I-44, I-40) route that we'd done so often in the 1990's. Of note: Hays, KS, Pagosa Springs, Mesa Verde, Ute and Navajo reservations, Lake Powell, Wahweap, Glen Canyon Dam, Kanab, Paria (Pahreah), Moqui Cave, Bryce Canyon, Laughlin, Joshua Tree, Saguaro Nat'l Park, White Sands Missile Museum, Guadalupe Mountains, Carlsbad Caverns, Hot Springs, Branson. Plus miscellaneous tourist stops, many side roads, some towns, some people, some sights.

Select a date and subject from the list below to begin reading and/or perusing the pictures from our trip

09/30/17: StL to Hays, KS
Home, I-70

(27 pictures)

10/01/17: Day 2: Hays, KS to Salida, CO
Colorful Colorado, US-40, US-50, Royal Gorge

(34 pictures)

10/02/17: Day 3: Salida, CO to Pagosa Springs
Great Sand Dune Nat'l Park, Pagosa Springs

(32 pictures)

10/03/17: Day 4: Pagosa Springs to Page/Wahweap, AZ
Mesa Verde National Park, Navajo National Monument, Expensive lodging

(54 pictures)

10/04/17: Day 5: Page/Wahweap to Kanab via the Vermillion Cliffs
Lake Powell, Glen Canyon Dam, Vermillion Cliffs Highway, Navajo Bridge

(38 pictures)

10/05/17: Day 6: Into Paria, and on to Kanab, and Bryce Canyon
US-89, Pahreah, Moqui Cave, Dixie National Forest, Red Canyon, Bryce Canyon

(55 pictures)

10/06/17: Day 7: A Bryce Canyon day, then down to Laughlin, NV
Bryce Canyon,

(48 pictures)

10/07/17: Day 8: A day of recovery in Laughlin
Laughlin, NV

(10 pictures)

10/08/17: Day 9: Leaving Laughlin and getting to Colton, CA (outer L.A.)
Laughlin River Lodge, Pisgah Volcano, I-40, I-15

(19 pictures)

10/09/17: A day in Colton
Olive Dell, Colton, CA

(3 pictures)

10/10/17: Day 11: Heading back to home through Joshua Tree Nat'l Park
Hadley's, Joshua Tree National Park, Blythe, CA

(25 pictures)

10/11/17: Day 12: Desert scenery across Arizona
I-10, I-8, The Space Age Cafe, Saguaro National Park, Gates Pass, Tucson,

(50 pictures)

10/12/17: Day 13: From Tucson, AZ to Las Cruces, NM and a stop at the White Sands Missile Testing Range Museum
New Mexico Desert, I-10, White Sands Missile Testing Range Museum, Las Cruces Pass, US-70

(52 pictures)

10/13/17: Day 14: Into Texas, across the Guadalupe mountains, into New Mexico, and almost back to Texas
Guadalupe Mountains, Carlsbad Caverns, Shale Lodge in Hobbs, NM.

(42 pictures)

10/14/17: Day 15: Crossing much of Texas on old highways and new Interstates, looping around Dallas and Fort Worth, and ending up in Greenville Texas.
Wind Turbines, Skeletons

(27 pictures)

10/15/17: Day 16: A Sunday drive from east Dallas exurbs to Hot Springs, Arkansas

(29 pictures)

10/16/17: Day 17: Driving over the Ozark mountains from Hot Springs, AR to Branson, MO

(29 pictures)

10/17/17: Day 18: Branson to Home
Ruth and Paul Henning Conservation Area

(17 pictures)

11/06/17: An overview map of our trip

(1 pictures)

01/27/18: Caught! Texas Ronald Reagan Turnpike

(1 pictures)