Winslow is a perfect example of a fun day or two that only would take place on a road trip. It really is basking in the former glory of being a main stopover on Route 66. It was made famous by The Eagles in their song Take it Easy.
Put this on your bucket list for unique experiences. You can drive from Santa Fe to Albuquerque in about an hour on I-25 or take NM 14 and do it in an hour and a half. However, nobody does the NM 14 drive in just 90 minutes, because that is The Turquoise Trail, a National Scenic Byway.
Santa Fe (pop just over 85,000) is a special, unique, wonderful city unlike any other I have visited. Founded by the Spanish in the early 1600s, it is located in the Southern Rocky Mountains about 7,000 feet high. That makes it the highest and oldest capital in the U.S. It is the second oldest city in the country.
This blog has nothing to do with travel, but is so important that Allyn Jaffrey Shulman needed to write it and get the information out to as many people as possible.
We had a fun several days in Colorado, the ninth state of this summer’s road trip. It seems like every place you turn, beauty smacks you right in the face.
Mount Rushmore was the entire reason that we included South Dakota in our road trip. It is more awesome, in person, than I ever imagined. Equally magnificent is Custer State Park, whose granite spires totally blew us away.
Spearfish Canyon is definitely scenic. The narrow 1,00-foot limestone walls, strong-flowing adjacent creek, countless trees, and three waterfalls make for quite a drive. And you will learn an interesting factoid.
What a great day it was visiting the United States’ first national monument and learning/visiting about both The Sundance Kid and Wild Bill Hickcok.
We didn’t expect much beauty heading east towards South Dakota. We were wrong. There were so may colors along the way that we just posted a few photos rather than have some big geological discussion.
The Grand Tetons are another great example of a national park with beautiful mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers, wildflowers and skies.
