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Day 12 – Grand Tetons to Yellowstone
This has been the most uneventful day. The most exciting thing I seen today was a bird of prey grab a fish out of the water, I think it might of been Osprey. I ended up spending the night at the Colter Bay campsite and woke early to get to the Jenny Lake…
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Day 11 – More Grand Tetons
I had decided to extend my stay in the Grand Tetons. I kept discovering locations that would make good sunrise and sunset shots. Also I wanted to see if I could get some good Milky Way shots over the Tetons. For the most part the shots I was hoping for didn’t turn out but I…
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Day 10 – Hanging around the Tetons
I awoke this morning to a chilling 37 degrees, Sleeping in my car at the Gros Ventre campground for about 4 hours, it was too cold to sleep with just a blanket and the sleeping bag was under a bunch of other stuff and not worth the hassle for another hour of sleep. After putting…
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Day 9 – Aspen to Grand Tetons
The Score: Miles=???? PB&J=2 McDonald’s Iced Tea=12 I started the morning with a trip back up to the Maroon Bells. They are very beautiful in the morning with the light coming in. Aspen is a smallish town from what I have seen of it. I am not sure how big it really is but…
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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…