A2Z and Back Again

By -magnum108
Posted on July 10, 2022
Posted in Hiking, National Parks
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Oh Yosemite – An Epic Backpacking Adventure

Those of you who read my blog know my friend Jeff has gotten me interested and enjoying backpacking again. After our memorable down and back to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, I took a break, it’s a little hot here for summer backpacking. Then this winter, Jeff come up with the idea for our

By -magnum108
Posted on May 31, 2022June 6, 2022
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon, Hiking, National Parks
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Grand Canyon National Park – The Return

After Craig’s down and up trip last spring, we decided it was time for Jennifer to revisit and experience one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. It had been over 25 years since she was last there. The boys were little, and as you can probably guess, there was not much “looking over

By -magnum108
Posted on December 17, 2021
Posted in Touring, UK

Fall in the UK Part 7: London

Amazing how fast time can go by. Hard to believe we had been in the UK almost 3 weeks. After our wonderful and busy time in Yorkshire, it was time to start getting ready to head home. As we have done in previous visits, we stayed in London a couple days to wind down, get

By -magnum108
Posted on December 15, 2021
Posted in Trains, UK

Fall in the UK Part 6: Goathland

Warning Part 2: We enjoyed our time in Yorkshire immensely and thus once again this a longer than normal post. Our Yorkshire exploration continued as we headed east to the Moors. After a fine time in the Dales, we were looking forward to expanding our time into the Moors. The area is one of

By -magnum108
Posted on December 11, 2021December 11, 2021
Posted in Fall Colors, Hiking, UK

Fall in the UK Part 5: Grassington

Warning: We enjoyed our time in Yorkshire immensely and thus this a longer than normal post. 🙂 After a week of work, getting reacclimated to driving on the left side of the road, and just our general adjustment to the time change, we were ready to start exploring. So off we went to Yorkshire. Yorkshire

By -magnum108
Posted on December 2, 2021
Posted in Touring

Fall in the UK Part 4: Salisbury

This was our third visit to Salisbury in recent years. It was also, once again, the impetus for our visit to the UK. As before, Craig had a week of work meetings and Jennifer spent the week walking, touring, and taking advantage of the nice weather. Salisbury is most famously known for its 13th century

By -magnum108
Posted on November 21, 2021November 20, 2021
Posted in Dinning, Fall Colors, UK

Fall in the UK Part 3: Oxfordshire

After our day at Warner Brothers Studios we had a day and a half before we had to in in Salisbury, so we decided to spend it in Oxfordshire near where we used to live. We did not have big plans, just a relaxing weekend to enjoy the area and some down time. We stayed

By -magnum108
Posted on November 19, 2021November 19, 2021
Posted in UK

Fall in the UK Part 2: Harry Potter Studios

Like many people of our generation, our kids grew up with the Harry Potter books and movies. Thus, by defacto, so did we. The Harry Potter movies were filmed at locations throughout the UK, but all the studio work was done at the Warner Brothers Studios just north of London in Watford. The studio has

By -magnum108
Posted on November 13, 2021
Posted in UK

Fall in the UK Part 1: Prelude

We were fortunate to have an opportunity to visit the UK this past month and we decided to take advantage of it. Our last few visits over the years have taken us to Devon, Cornwall, Wales and the Cotswolds. This time we decided to head north to visit the moors and dales of beautiful Yorkshire.

By -magnum108
Posted on November 3, 2021
Posted in Fall Colors, Hiking, National Parks, Touring, Utah

Southern Utah Part 5: Bryce Canyon National Park

Bryce Canyon is one of the more remote national parks in southwest Utah and one of the “Big-5”. It is nestled in the red rocks and canyons of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. It’s not really a canyon, but a series of “amphitheaters” of eroded sandstone and hoodoos. We had heard so many wonderful things about the

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