Winter Trip Wrap Up - Data and Summary

As we close out our 33-day winter adventure in the Bebopabago, it's time for some data. Miles Driven: 4,711 milesAverage miles/day: 143Average miles/day minus four days and 1,200 round trip miles in and out of Texas: 107States outside of Texas: (4) NM, AZ, CA, NV Time Driving: 105 hoursAvg Speed:...

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New Mexico - Part II

We're making our way back home and spent the final couple of days in New Mexico. We visited Silver City, NM. The large strip mines to the SW and SE of Silver City are quite large scars on the land, but the town area is very nice. We even climbed the narrow road up to Pinos Alto at over 7,000 feet in...

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Prospecting for Rocks

We spent day 28 (3/10) of our trip at the Lost Dutchman State Park east of Phoenix, and on the western edge of the Superstition Mountains. It's named after a fabled lost gold mine (story link). We weren't searching for gold, like some modern day Yosemite Sam, but enjoying the weather and scenery. We...

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Bebop's Travel Tails - A Rest Day

Dad said today would be a slow day, or rest day. It seemed like a normal dog day to me. We left our overnight boondocking site and only drove about 80 miles. We had to buy some gas for the Bebopabago and dad seemed excited to find some for $4.39/gallon. He likes to point out that we have saved over...

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Bebop's Hiking Tails - Valley of Fire

I finally got to hike on some trails again. We drove to Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada. On our way, we had to stop for gas in a small town. The gas station was called Area 51 Alien Travel Center & Brothel. We just filled up with gas and moved on. The vehicle line to get into the park was long....

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Valley of Death

On day 21 (3/3) we entered the Valley of Death, most commonly called Death Valley. We entered from the west and arrived at the Crowley Overlook adjacent to Rainbow Canyon. We were at 4,000 feet elevation and looked out to see some 11,000 foot mountains with snow on them - not the picture of Death Valley...

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