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Road Trip 2015

2015 Road Trip

Road Trip 2015 Itinerary
My husband's 20-year high school reunion is coming up this summer. Instead of our typical vacation to some tropical island, we decided to make a road trip out of it as we drive to Washington State in July. Our 2015 Road Trip will consist of over 5,000 miles! Ok, so we ...
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Odessa Meteor Crater | Not what you expect

Odessa Meteor Crater; Where space met Texas over 60,000 years ago
On our way back from Guadalupe Mountains National Park we decided to stop at Odessa Meteor Crater outside of Odessa, Texas. You may remember that during our 2015 Road Trip that we tried to stop but it was already closed. Thankfully this time we made sure to get there shortly after ...
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Hiking in Arches National Park, Utah

Hiking in Arches National Park, Utah
Oh man, I can't even describe how beautiful Arches National Park is! Actually, Utah, in general, is just magnificent! We stopped here on our two-week road trip and it was breathtaking. Down the road from it is Canyonlands National Park, which unfortunately we didn't get a chance to stop at ...
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Clown Motel and Tonopah Cemetery, Nevada

Clown Motel & Tonopah Cemetery Nevada
My husband isn't a fan of clowns and by not a fan I mean hates them with a passion and won't go near them. So when we decided to go on our road trip, my Mom (thanks Mom) saw a link for a clown motel that was along the way! ...
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Chloride Ghost & Mining Town, Arizona

Chloride Ghost & Mining Town, Arizona
When I planned our road trip on roadtrippers.com this offbeat attraction popped up along our route and I knew we just had to stop! The old Chloride ghost town was easy to find. It's located just 4 miles off of Hwy 93 in the old historic town of Chloride, Arizona ...
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Flintstone’s Bedrock City, Arizona

Flintstone's Bedrock City, Arizona
We stumbled upon this cute little attraction on our way to the Grand Canyon. It actually popped up on our roadtrippers map when I had planned our road trip, as a nearby attraction; so I added it as a stop. It's called Flintstone's Bedrock City not to be confused with ...
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Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
My grandparents took me to the Grand Canyon National Park when I was little. I vaguely remember it. My husband has also been to the Grand Canyon before as a kid. It's funny how we remember it be much bigger, but I guess everything looks bigger when you are a ...
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DarnTough

Hoover Dam, Nevada

Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam which sits on the Arizona and Nevada border is about 30 miles southeast from Las Vegas and does NOT have a street address.  GPS coordinates are N 36.016222, W -114.737245 The Bureau of Reclamation has conducted tours through the Hoover Dam and powerplant since 1937. The Dam is now ...
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Petrified Forest National Park

Route 66 in Petrified Forest National Park
If you are planning a trip through Arizona, stop by Petrified Forest National Park. You can drive the entire length of the park, which is 28 miles, (including stopping at overlooks) in about 2-3 hours. If you just want to drive through, plan on just about an hour. If you ...
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Wigwam Village Hotel, Arizona Rt 66

Wigwam Village Motel, Holbrook Arizona
One of the stops I wanted to make was at the Wigwam Village Hotel on old Route 66 in Arizona. I had seen pictures on pinterest for several years (as well as Facebook) and knew someday I wanted to make it out there to take a picture. It wasn't what ...
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Hiking Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico

Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico
We made a last-minute pit stop, after leaving our hotel to continue our road trip, at Carlsbad Caverns National Park. It would have been amazing to take the entire day and hike the trails, but my husband was a party pooper and said no, just the cave. I assumed we ...
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Stonehenge Replica, Odessa Texas

Stonehenge Replica, Odessa Texas
The Stonehenge Replica is located on the campus of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin in Odessa, Texas. Twenty (20) stone blocks appear to replicate the original Stonehenge in England. While the size and shapes of the blocks are very similar to the original Stonehenge, the Stonehenge Replica ...
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Hitting the open roads in July

Road Trip Texas 2016
I am so excited for July to get here! We (my husband and I) are taking a month-long road trip, touring the western United States!!! We will be hitting the open roads in July! Sure it's a lot of driving, but we are stopping at all the places I have ...
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