Many many years ago as a relatively new hire at J&J we had a business trip excursion to Rush Street. Long story short = I ended up refusing to pay for a $100 drink and had to brawl my out. Police were called, I was cuffed and lame threats were trotted out. My prior service in the USMC counted for something that night …. the police officer let me off with a wry smile.
Should have shouted a holler sooner, bro. Just got back from long weekend in Cave Creek. I stay in last hood before Tonto National Forest. Took the wife and kids up Black Mountain, Camelback, and A Mountain. Watched the Sooners roll the Sun Devils
One of my co-workers raves about Yellowstone snowmobile tours.
Great pics, but I read that the owners of the Walter White House are not overly happy with people throwing pizzas at their roof!Carlsbad Cavern. Didn’t see the bats come out. Next time. Not quite next door, but would be worth timing with the twice yearly public visit to Trinity site. And you could always go by Walter White’s house in Albuquerque and throw a pizza on the roof.
Just got home from my second trip to The Wave. Stayed in Kanab Utah and it is about a 40 mile drive to the trailhead with the last 10 miles on a dirt road. Permit hike with only 64 allowed a day but I got lucky and went in October and last week. Swung by Zion both times. I love that park but it is crazy busy may to September. Did Angels Landing in May 2023. But Bryce is still the best. About 1 hour north of Zion. My favorite NP. My son and daughter live in Salt Lake and it is a great place to launch many NP visits. Lots of snow and ice last Thursday on the drive back from Kanab. Did some cool ice hikes Friday north of Salt Lake City. Going back in a few weeks and just ordered my micro spikes as that is the only way to do those hikes.I’m a big fan of Medicine Bow, Wyoming. About a two hour drive from Denver International. If you can stomach some potentially harsh conditions, you could tag that on to the Penn State dual at Wyoming next year, if it happens. Pics below are from first week in July. 30s at day break. For a big summer trip, time it around the rodeo in Cheyenne to get the full western experience. Thats maybe two hours east of Medicine Bow.
Cheynne puts you about four hours from Custer, Black Hills, Rushmore. As many bison (THEY ARE NOT BUFFALO) as you ever want to see. If you post your number I can text you an awesome stampede video. Spearfish, SD is also awesome place. You just go and find a river running through a canyon and make a day of it.
If you went in and out of Denver, easy enough to rack on Rocky Mountain NP. Estes Park is the known side and is overrun. I go in that way because it’s cool to drive across the park on my way to Grand Lake. Grand Lake is super relaxed and it’s easy enough to go back across the park, for me anyway.
Anywhere in Utah is awesome. Moab is the coolest place in the United States, for my money. Red rock out the yin yang. Ride the river, climb, via Ferrata, off road. Not yet commercialized, but it is on its way, unfortunately. If you went there from Denver you cross the high country and all the ski towns, if you have any interest there. Moab will be triple digits hot in the summer. From the other direction, only two hours to Zion from Vegas and another two to Bryce Canyon. Zion woll be overrun with tourists. Throw a dart at a map of southern Utah and you will hit a winner
Carlsbad Caverns to Big Bend is incredible, but you gotta want that one. It gets pretty remote out there. We swam the Rio Grande last year. It’s about a 12 hour drive for me and I would leave tonight if my wife wanted to go again, for some perspective on it. But I love the remoteness. Your phone won’t work, no gas for 100 miles, etc. Carlsbad Caverns was hard to grasp the enormity of the underground space. It seemed never ending. I can post some pictures of these places later.
I’m flying to Redding this summer and going to Redwoods and Lassen Volcanic. First time, Lassen supposed to be relatively uninhabited all year. Can’t wait! United just opened a flight from Denver to Redding, so you could get there in one hop, assuming you are coming from east coast.
Did you guys take the ride across the Rio Grande into Mexico? If anyone knows the song Gringo Honeymoom by Robert Earl Keen, it’s about that day trip.Big Bend. We secured the border and marked our territory. Did not purchase any Mexican tchotchkes.
Not a Buffalo? To most Americans it's a Buffalo. What do you call a Buffalo Nickel? A Bison Nickel? Come on now, it's a Buffalo. How about "Buffalo Bill"? What did he shoot?I’m a big fan of Medicine Bow, Wyoming. About a two hour drive from Denver International. If you can stomach some potentially harsh conditions, you could tag that on to the Penn State dual at Wyoming next year, if it happens. Pics below are from first week in July. 30s at day break. For a big summer trip, time it around the rodeo in Cheyenne to get the full western experience. Thats maybe two hours east of Medicine Bow.
Cheynne puts you about four hours from Custer, Black Hills, Rushmore. As many bison (THEY ARE NOT BUFFALO) as you ever want to see. If you post your number I can text you an awesome stampede video. Spearfish, SD is also awesome place. You just go and find a river running through a canyon and make a day of it.
If you went in and out of Denver, easy enough to rack on Rocky Mountain NP. Estes Park is the known side and is overrun. I go in that way because it’s cool to drive across the park on my way to Grand Lake. Grand Lake is super relaxed and it’s easy enough to go back across the park, for me anyway.
Anywhere in Utah is awesome. Moab is the coolest place in the United States, for my money. Red rock out the yin yang. Ride the river, climb, via Ferrata, off road. Not yet commercialized, but it is on its way, unfortunately. If you went there from Denver you cross the high country and all the ski towns, if you have any interest there. Moab will be triple digits hot in the summer. From the other direction, only two hours to Zion from Vegas and another two to Bryce Canyon. Zion woll be overrun with tourists. Throw a dart at a map of southern Utah and you will hit a winner
Carlsbad Caverns to Big Bend is incredible, but you gotta want that one. It gets pretty remote out there. We swam the Rio Grande last year. It’s about a 12 hour drive for me and I would leave tonight if my wife wanted to go again, for some perspective on it. But I love the remoteness. Your phone won’t work, no gas for 100 miles, etc. Carlsbad Caverns was hard to grasp the enormity of the underground space. It seemed never ending. I can post some pictures of these places later.
I’m flying to Redding this summer and going to Redwoods and Lassen Volcanic. First time, Lassen supposed to be relatively uninhabited all year. Can’t wait! United just opened a flight from Denver to Redding, so you could get there in one hop, assuming you are coming from east coast.
Denali is amazing. Take a helicopter to a glacier they land on it and let you get out and walk around it's unbelievable. The drive from Seward to Denali is beautiful. Make sure you buy bear spray they're definitely not playing around. Not like the 600lb black bear in NJ these bastards are huge. We saw a few that were definitely 1,000 lbs.
Walked across in a couple of places where there was nothing in the other side. Didn’t have our passports with us to go to Borquillas or may have done that. There is one spot on the river that is fed by a hot spring. It was pretty much USA spring break there. 50 gringos splashing in the river while cows wandered through the brush on the Mexico bank.
Nice, thanks! We’re doing that drive. Staying in Talkeetna. And definitely getting bear spray!
