Chain of Craters Road is a 19-mile winding paved road through the East Rift and coastal area of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The original road, built in 1928, connected Crater Rim Drive to Makaopuhi Crater. The road was lengthened to reach the tiny town of Kalapana in 1959. The...
My slow migration to the Las Vegas area was interrupted with the ever present duty of trying to keep a puppy entertained as I travel. He is only content to sit in the passenger seat once he is good and worn out, so I try to find places I can...
Going-to-the-Sun Road is the only road that crosses Glacier National Park going over the Continental Divide at Logan Pass. It was completed in 1932. The road, both a National Historic Landmark and a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, spans 53 miles (85 km) across the width of the park. The road is...
The Trail Blazer’s transmission gave out on Imelda last weekend and with a repair cost in the $4,000 range it was decided to simply replace the aging truck with a newer SUV. Imelda had been talking about getting something with 4WD ever since coming to Colorado, with the snow and...
Today is day #4 of driving and only now can I see Arizona on the horizon… actually 60 miles up the road. I have not moved too far on any given day these past few days; only about 120-140 miles per day. This relaxed pace has allowed me the luxury...
Today we rolled out of Henderson and towards Hoover Dam, stopped 1 mile short of the Arizona border at the Hacienda Hotel & Casino. Not only did they have ample parking for trucks and RVs, it was quiet and warm enough to get a helluva-night’s sleep. We woke to...
