Archive for March, 2006

Day 14 (March 31): Bluff, Utah to Cortez, Colorado

Friday, March 31st, 2006

We left Bluff this morning at about 9:15AM. That’s our earliest start after camping out so far. It was tough getting started too — we woke up to frost on the inside of the rainfly of the tent.
The road we were taking (highway 163) started out heading mostly east along the San […]

Day 13 (March 30): Kayenta, Utah to Bluff, Utah

Friday, March 31st, 2006

Up until yesterday, I was looking forward to riding through Monument Valley. Probably the most breathtaking scenery we’ll encounter the entire trip. This morning, I was a tiny bit anxious about the 40 or so miles to Mexican Hat, Utah because while we were sightseeing yesterday, I discovered that the road has […]

Dreamcatchers from Arizona

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

For quite a while now, Pat and I have been wondering what souvenir we might want to collect from each of the states we travel though. We wanted something quintessential to each state. The question is what is that one thing that best captures each state? We were looking through a display of […]

Day 12: Monument Valley

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

We spent some of the rest day today exploring Monument Valley. We drove (it’s a rest day, after all) to the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park Visitor Center and even though it was extremely windy and rained off and on all day, we were able to get some great photos and do some […]

Day 12: Rest Day in Kayenta, Arizona

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

Yesterday, we made our way from the Navajo National Monument to Kayenta, Arizona. A 30-mile ride. Though it was sprinkling most of the way, it was a nice ride because the first 9 miles were downhill for the most part. After I got back onto Highway 160, I had a moderate tailwind so […]