Travel

By Glen Bruels

The Road Home

This is part of a series called National Park/Monument Slam 2018 Since I had to wait two weeks for my post-surgery checkup, we decided to work our way slowly, taking in two last national parks (Capitol Reef in UT and Great Basin in NV). Due to my incapacitated arm, Deb had to do all the…

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By Glen Bruels

Waiting for surgery — Breckenridge, Chama, Great Sand Dunes National Park, and the UFO Watchtower!

This is part of a series called National Park/Monument Slam 2018 After surgery was scheduled, we had basically a week to kill.  Luckily, we were staying with friends in Breckenridge, CO (which would also the comfortable place I would recover post-surgery).  But a week was too long to sit around.  Consequently, we slightly modified our…

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By Glen Bruels

Colorado National Monument

This is part of a series called National Park/Monument Slam 2018 The drive from Kemmerer, WY to Grand Junction, CO is a beautiful, windy two lane road that takes you through some beautiful scenery and some pretty exciting mountain passes.  Our destination was Colorado National Monument.  I hadn’t been there since I was in college…

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