After the disastrous blog attempts for the Scotland trip, it's tempting to just say the heck with it. But.... since I've given myself free license on the blog to be politically incorrect, grammatically incorrect, inaccurate, and other fun things, it seems like a good way to fill gaps in time as we wander aimlessly about the wastelands of the western United States.
So, we'll give it another shot.
This trip is not particularly adventurous, (or at least it's not planned to be that way). Generally, we leave later this week with the first exciting stop being the International Quilt Study and Museum in Lincoln Nebraska, (I describe it as "exciting", as after all, it is in Lincoln NB and everything is relative).
From there, it's to Ogallala NB (not near as exciting). Leadville CO (just because I've never been there before), through Salt Lake City and northern Nevada (no other way to get to where we're going), and finally coming to rest in the Steens Mountain Wilderness Area in southeast Oregon where we link up with Jess, Scott and Blaine (and Talulah) for a week of camping and hiking.
I was thinking of leaving a bit earlier for a stop over at Burning Man which is underway as we speak and only slightly off-route...
...but Val kinda' put the ka'baash on that idea.
So anyway, after the camping trip we run part way down the west coast then over to the east slope of the Sierra Nevadas, down to Death Valley and Grand Canyon (North Rim), and the general Southwest.
The tentative plan looks sorta like:
We'll see what actually happens. (But for sure, Burning Man will NOT get added to the agenda. Sigh.)
Next Post probably about 3 Sep.
Brad & Val
This trip is not particularly adventurous, (or at least it's not planned to be that way). Generally, we leave later this week with the first exciting stop being the International Quilt Study and Museum in Lincoln Nebraska, (I describe it as "exciting", as after all, it is in Lincoln NB and everything is relative).
From there, it's to Ogallala NB (not near as exciting). Leadville CO (just because I've never been there before), through Salt Lake City and northern Nevada (no other way to get to where we're going), and finally coming to rest in the Steens Mountain Wilderness Area in southeast Oregon where we link up with Jess, Scott and Blaine (and Talulah) for a week of camping and hiking.
I was thinking of leaving a bit earlier for a stop over at Burning Man which is underway as we speak and only slightly off-route...
...but Val kinda' put the ka'baash on that idea.
So anyway, after the camping trip we run part way down the west coast then over to the east slope of the Sierra Nevadas, down to Death Valley and Grand Canyon (North Rim), and the general Southwest.
The tentative plan looks sorta like:
We'll see what actually happens. (But for sure, Burning Man will NOT get added to the agenda. Sigh.)
Next Post probably about 3 Sep.
Brad & Val
