Summer of 2010 we took two weeks to travel to and from Elise (my brother Peter's daughter) and Luke's wedding . On the way out to Colorado, we stopped and hiked in the Red Rock Country around Sedona, drove through Petrified Forest National Park, took a drive down into Canyon del Muertos and Canyon de Chelly andcamped at Spider Rock Campground, camped and hiked at Chaco Culture National Historic Park, soaked in the hot water at The Springs Resort in Pagosa Springs, then attended the wedding, which was beautiful. Then we drove through Estes Park, camped and hiked in Rocky Mountain National Park, soaked again in Hot Sulphur Springs, drove south through Aspen and Durango to Mesa Verde National Park, where we camped and hiked some more. At Mesa Verde, Canyon del Muertos, Canyon de Chelly, and Chaco Canyon we saw awe-inspiring cliff dwellings of the ancestral puebloan peoples who lived in the Four Corners region. Click here to read about the ancestral puebloans, and click here to read about the solar calendar and solar and lunar alignment of the buildings at Chaco Canyon. It was a wonderful 4387-mile trip.
During March and April 2011 we spent 17 days on the big island of Hawai'i. We backpacked into remote Waimanu Valley and camped there for three nights, stayed at budget hostels, breathed some of the cleanest air on the planet on the easternmost point of the island, ate yummy food, swam in the ocean, snorkeled, ate too much Tropical Dreams ice cream, drove to the top of Mouna Kea (over 13000') where some of the world's best observatories peruse the heavens through clear skies, and got to spend 8 nights in a very fine 2-bedroom condo in Hali'i Kai.
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