Category: 2010 Chasing the Sun Trip
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Day 8 – Arches National Park to Aspen
The Score: Miles=3023.6 PB&J=2 McDonald’s Iced Tea=10 I left Monument Valley about 10 p.m. in order to make it to Canyonlands National Park for sunrise. I turned onto the road that has The Needles visitors center and slept in my car on the side of the road. I slept about four hours. It was…
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Day 7 – Monument Valley
The Score: Miles=2506.2 PB&J=2 McDonald’s Iced Tea=10 I woke at twilight in order to get setup for the rising sun. I was astounded by how massive and breathtaking the huge monolithic monuments are. I shot for nearly an hour close to “The View Hotel” which is located here at the top of a rim…
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Day 6 – Telluride to Monument Valley
The Score: Miles=2492 PB&J=2 McDonald’s Iced Tea=10 Greeting everyone from Monument Valley. I wish I could say it is beautiful but I haven’t see it yet since it was dark when I got here. The trip here was real nice though, there was a storm brewing (in fact it is raining here now) which…
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Day 5 – The Million Dollar Highway
The Score: PB&J=2 McDonald’s Iced Tea=9 Car Trouble. I had a very wonderful day going to and exploring Silverton, Colorado. I spent nearly 5 hours there exploring the small town. When leaving Silverton however my check engine light came on and I ended up driving to Montrose, CO and there had the Autozone people…
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Day 4 (Part 2) – Durango , Colorado
The Score: PB&J=1 McDonald’s Iced Tea = 8 Well I am now in Durango, Colorado. I really like the town it’s does a very nice job mixing both new and old elements together to make a cohesive whole which is overall satisfactory. I saw some very beautiful country today coming through the San Juan…
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Day 4 – Great Sand Dunes
The Score: PB&J=0 McDonald’s Iced Tea = 7 Well I am here at McDonald’s again so I can access some free wifi. I am in a town called Alamosa. I should be photographing the dunes this morning but a Ranger stopped by my car last night and said I would have to leave the…
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Day 3 – Colorado Springs Balloon Classic and Garden of the Gods
The Score: PB&J=0 McDonald’s Iced Tea = 6 Today was a big day. The Colorado Springs Balloon Classic kicked off with a massive balloon ascent. Breaking down my camp took longer then expected so I got there about 15 minutes late. I got a few shots but not the ones I had pre-envisioned. They are…
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Day 2 – Welcome to Colorado Springs
Well it is the end of day two. I am here in Colorado Springs at the Garden of the Gods Campground just outside the Garden of the Gods. I wasn’t sure I would like being in a campground inside the city but it is pretty nice. The facilities are clean, they have two pools, one…
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Day 1 – The Long Drive Out West
It’s end of day 1, or really the wee hours of day 2 actually. I am a few miles from the Texas State line in a rest stop in Oklahoma. It’s been a pretty good trip so far. I found that my bike on the roof lowers my gas mileage by about 4 miles per…