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| Joshua Tree National Park, California |
While I enjoy all kinds of vacations, there's just something about a road trip that's special to me. Being in control of the vehicle, being able to stop where and whenever you like, and watching the scenery change as you drive this great country of ours is so thrilling to me. I recently put 3500 miles on my Toyota Matrix travelling from my home in Colorado to the Channel Islands nearVentura California. Along the way, I was able to visit many National Parks and Monuments, the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, cool towns (like Sedona, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas), and was able to catch up with family and friends I haven't seen in years. Here are a few photos from my trip. If anyone's interested in learning more about my itinerary and the routes I took, send me an email. The entire adventure took me two weeks.
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| Kiva at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado |
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| Here I am inside an old dwelling, Wupatki National Monument, Arizona |
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| Montezuma's Castle National Monument, (cliff dwelling) Arizona |
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| Elephant Feet, Navajo Nation, Arizona |
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| Norma Jean's crypt, Westwood Cemetery, Los Angeles |
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| Sea cave kayaking, Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park, California |
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| Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California |
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| Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park, California |
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| Red Rocks Park outside of Las Vegas |
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| Does this really need a caption? |
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| Super campground just west of Las Vegas--Red Rocks |
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| Tarantula seen while walking the dogs in Vegas |
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| My cousin's dog Simon in the pool, Las Vegas, Nevada |
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| Lehman Cave, Great Basin National Park, Nevada |
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| Pine nuts collected (yummy!) in Great Basin National Park |
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| "Shoe tree" at the terminus of Highway 50, "The Loneliest Road in America," |
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| Fall foliage, Great Basin National Park, Nevada |
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| Capitol Reef National Park, Utah |
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| Colorado National Monument, Colorado |
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| Elephant seals (over 300) on a beach near San Simeon, California |
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| Joshua Tree National Park, California |
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| At the science museum in Los Angeles, California |
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| Lizard on Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands |
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| Pelican (?) skeleton on a Santa Cruz Island beach |
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| Enjoying the boat ride back to Ventura, California, after exploring Santa Cruz. |
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