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Quick hide the car keys, He won't know which one to take first

Drew it would be great if I can use your photos and words from the trip for Connected mag. Hope all goes well.

Yeah, he migrates for miles and hangs around in garages. Usually can be seen tinkering with motors. Don't let him near a curry, as he goes into a frenzy!
But be kind to him and look after him, they are a rare breed.

Gas for GOSH wrote:Drew it would be great if I can use your photos and words from the trip for Connected mag. Hope all goes well.

Absolutely,I have a bit of time at the moment,so I need to do some resizing and I will post up here soon

Day one was interesting we didnt even get out of our state with out the Colorado State Patrol,pulling me over for 75 in a 65, he was cool ,gave me a 4 pt tic, and if I pay 135.00 bucks I can knock it down to 2 points.

It didnt keep me from doing a buck on the long stretches of straight desert hiway.

We stayed in and old western town Durango, pre prohibition town,had a pharmacy then after prohibition turned in to a bar ,we had a nice meal there and Dave posed with one of the local cuties.

Day 2,we traveled from Durango to Page Arizona.Native American Navajo territory,the Lower Antelope Canyon is one of 5 canyons like this.

I did the upper canyon on the last trip and I the lower is a better option, it is a crack in the ground and you climb down in it,and the canyon is like this Rock candy looking stuff for 1/4 mile, I would guess 50 feet deep or so the bottom is only 3 or 4 inches wide and is just one incredible place I would go back again ,and again,the pics do it no justice.

I must note that several people over the years have lost their live here due to flas flods,some time ago a French group of 7 lost their lives after insisting to se the canyon,the Native guide saw a storm.
20 miles to the south and warned them, but they went anyway to their peril.


The guide told me to look up the flash flood of the canyon ,and this is exactly where we were.

I have so many pics of this place,to many to post, but the Natives have given the shapes clever little names like shake,smiling shark,etc.

Day 3 we traveled 550 miles across the desert,we only have 1400 miles under our belt at this time.

And we found another lonesome hiway,so lonesome Dave was able to sit right in the middle of the hiway,after that he took and nap and I put the cruise control on 100 mph and cruised for abo0ut 100 miles not ever seeing a car either way till Mono Lake the entrance to Yosemite Nat. park;


We made it to Bodie California,a very cool ghost town,and back in the 1800,s was one the roughest towns in the country.
Many prospectors lost their lives also.

The founder Bodie discovered gold ,only to die a few days later,bringing in supplies, a blizzard. hit,and he froze to death,after that the mine produced over 100 million in gold and had a population of 8000 folks,then a fire in the late 40s, reduced the town to just 10% of the buildings,again very rough territory.

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The cars here ,they can be fixed right? Yall have some good welders over there I AM sure somebody could make it work ,just a few parts and it is a whole car again,Dave ran and ad on Craigs list,.lol

Day 3 we made it through Yosemite a little faster than we thought,but we needed a little break before we head to San Francisco,and John Muir Woods,where the giant Redwoods reside ,


Yosemite has Half Dome as well as El Capitan(Spanish spelling),we have seen enough rocks at this point if you know what I mean,but I did manage to get a decent shot of half dome with the 20 X OPTICAL zoom.
Enough to see 4 people en route to the summit.
In my honest opinion Rocky Mountain National park in Colorado has the similar scenery.

Fantastic stuff Drew, I think this will have to go on my bucket list. I can retire in 10 years (I hope) so I should start saving now.

OOOh I've been to Bodie.

and I had to rescue my wifes vintage silver bracelet from the chemical toilet in Yosemite after the clasp broke.

I had to get my arm down the hole wrapped in bin bags and use a T shirt as a gas mask...never again...

bracelet lived in a water bottle filled with disinfectant for the rest of the tip
surprisingly clean when eventually emptied out

Trip looks great...fantastic canyon and rock formations

I take it we will see the cars

1) driving through a redwood
2) balanced on a leaning redwood
3) next to the biggest and oldest redwood



happy memories

have a good time


Dave

Dave, your writing skills are priceless! I can picture that whole bin bags and T shirt experience.

Another fantastic thread Drew.
Amazing scenery that I hope one day to see for myself.
Thanks for taking the time to share it with us all

Very much jealous