The Valley of Fire

I drove on the I-15 Interstate on day 122. This was one of those times where there was little option but to use the "slab" as I have heard it referred to. I crossed into a new state, Nevada and I could notice the difference immediately due to the mass of casinos near the city of Mesquite. I had...

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Mormons, the Snow Canyon and 18,000 miles

For the first time in as long as I can remember, I didn’t have a National Park to go see today. I have got used to riding to such parks and adopting a tourist approach of following the signposts and stopping at most of the designated overlooks. I couldn’t do that on day 121 and I found that quite refreshing.I...

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Zion, Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head and a Cooperative Goat

I didn’t know what to think of Zion at first.After abandoning the route I had intended to take to get to Zion, I arrived later than I would have hoped and just went straight to the hotel that one of my readers, James, had suggested.I was there for a day and a half and the sight that greeted me when...

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