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“Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world”
Page, AZ & The Grand Canyon We arrived in Page later in the afternoon and checked into our hotel. Page is located on the shores of Lake Powell, which was created by the Glen Canyon Dam. Our first order of… Read More ›
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“This wasn’t a strange place, it was a new one.”
Arches National Park and Monument Valley Well, OK…Moab was a little strange…. I planned a rest day for us in Moab. It was the largest town on the loop we were doing. The timing for it worked well since we’d… Read More ›
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“Always take the scenic route.”
Bryce Canyon National Park & Scenic Byway 12 Hatch is located about 30 miles away from Bryce Canyon, our first stop for the day. There is a town called Bryce Canyon City literally on Bryce Canyon’s doorstep, but I thought… Read More ›
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“And just like that, we’re on our way to everywhere.”
Zion National Park Mike has wanted to visit the Grand Canyon since he was a kid. I had always envisioned our “someday” trip to the Grand Canyon as a long, wandering sort of road trip that ended when it ended…an… Read More ›
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Muscatine, IA to Burlington, IA – 53 Miles
…The sun will rise and set regardless. What we choose to do with the light while it’s here is up to us. Journey wisely. -Alexandra Elle Our last day was somewhat of an anti-climatic ending for our week of… Read More ›
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Port Byron, IL to Muscatine, IA – 50.5 Miles
…”We all have roadblocks. We all have challenges”. -Tamron Hall We originally planned to finish the trip self-contained after Nicky left us. We’d only asked Jim if he would help us get back to Savanna the day after Labor Day,… Read More ›
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Savanna, IL to Port Byron, IL – 47.4 Miles
…”You got to go down a lot of wrong roads to find the right one.” – Bob Parsons Jim has volunteered to lend a hand as our new “hag” …only we decided he should be called a sag “stag” since… Read More ›
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Galena, IL to Savanna, IL – 32 Miles
…”It is the unknown around the corner that turns my wheels” -Heinz Stucke Our Labor Day weekend “time out” was supposed to officially start today. The plan was to leave Galena in the morning, drive about two hours to our… Read More ›
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Cassville, WI to Galena, IL – 43.5 Miles
…”It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them”. -Ernest Hemingway Whoever wrote the classic “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” obviously… Read More ›
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Prairie du Chien, WI to Cassville, WI – 39.8 Miles
…”After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.” -Nelson Mandela Around where the Wisconsin River joins the Mississippi, just a few miles South of Prairie du… Read More ›