When I went on my southwestern road trip in 2009, I didn’t plan much out. I did that intentionally because I figured I’d find gems like this. On a rainy, dreary day (I didn’t know Arizona had those!) when I was on my way to the north rim of the Grand Canyon, I bumbled across...
Horseshoe Bend is the name for a horseshoe-shaped meander of the Colorado River located near the town of Page, Arizona, in the United States. The bend is locally known as “King Bend.” It is located five miles (8.7 km) downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, about...
Today’s adventure was one of those times – those many, many times – on my Western road trip when I was driving around on my own and got kinda-sorta lost and ended up in Utah. I mean it’s a big state, I’m sure it happens all the time, right? What threw me off was that...
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I recently took a semi-roadtrip to Arizona and New Mexico. I kinda cheated in that I flew out there, but I drove about 1,600 miles in six days, seeing random sites in both states. Unfortunately for me, it rained most of my trip (in the desert! During a typically non-rainy season!). This phenomenon is commonly...
