A little geography lesson for today courtesy of several Wikipedia pages and Gina: Mesas and buttes are pretty much just different names for very similar things. Both have steep sides and flat tops. Geographers tend to differentiate between the two based on a ratio of top size to height: “a mesa has a top that [...]
We were supposed to spend the night in Albuquerque and roll on the following day. After seeing how close Petroglyph National Monument was we decided to get some stamps and see some rock art. Good idea. Great place to see some very cool petroglyphs (given the name, you would hope so!), but beware of the [...]
The trip from Pennsylvania to Arizona took us many, many, many hours and included 3 storms. Why can’t we get good weather on the road? Oklahoma was a new state for us, and we aren’t in any hurry to go back. Everything was going so well until we ended on the toll road that bypasses [...]
Well, we’re just over a week away from our departure for what will hopefully be the Southwest trip of a lifetime. After we’re done in the Wave on Tuesday we’ve got a tour of Antelope Canyon on Wednesday and then we’re off to camp in the Grand Canyon. We’ll then go up and see Monument [...]
The time has come to retire my old Garmin GPS V. I came to this conclusion mostly due to its recent tendency to lock up completely, but the allure of new gadgetry is always hard to ignore. The replacement unit will be a Garmin eTrex Legend HCx. Apparently the ‘HCx’ means High-sensitivity Color xtra cool. [...]
We just got our notice that we won the lottery for admission into Coyote Buttes most restricted area: The Wave. Yay! Now the planning can begin.
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