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My favorites… (post 1)

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I’ve been asked where my favorite spots were on the trip, and that’s very difficult to answer. Everything – and I really do mean everything – was just awesome to see. I thought there would be more hiccups on the trip, and that really never happened (thankfully!). To close out these posts, I’m going to post my favorite images from the spots I visited – and trust me, this was really hard to do – but the process of going through all of the photos (almost 6,000 of them) has been a blast because it’s really allowed me to relive everything.

I’m not sure exactly how many posts this is going to take, because I’m limited on post length, but I’ll post them in order of the trip over the course of a couple blog entries.

Nashville, Tennessee:

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Memphis, Tennessee:

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New Orleans, Louisiana:

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My nephews (Gavin & Gage – Bay City, Texas):

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Pecos, Texas:

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Austin, Texas:

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Albuquerque, New Mexico:

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Tent Rocks National Monument:

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Santa Fe, New Mexico (Sopapilla at Tomasita’s):

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Monument Valley, Utah:

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Mexican Hat Rock, Utah:

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Horseshoe Bend, Arizona:

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Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona:

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Mexican Hat Rock…

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For the life of me I can’t remember whether Mexican Hat Rock came between the Valley of the Gods and Monument Valley or after Monument Valley (so if anybody checking this out can help me out, it’d be greatly appreciated, and if it helps, I was traveling West through Utah at this point) – but that really doesn’t matter, this formation is great no matter where exactly it is… jclroadtrip-349

This was the first time that I saw a formation that I remember saying to myself How in the world is that thing standing and not falling over??? It was easily viewable and accessible from the main highway and I’m still amazed by the thing!

Starting off with a pic from my summer road trip…

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Many of you know that I had the chance to take a six week road trip through the United States this summer. I’m truly not sure that it could have gone better, and I’m in the process of working my way through the 6,000+ images I took during my time on the road. Figuring out how to go about posting them is daunting, to say the least, but I knew that I needed for this one to be first. jclroadtrip-377webAt this point in my trip, most of my days had been filled with visiting cities – and don’t get me wrong, there was nothing wrong with that. I had had a rough, HOT night in Farmington, New Mexico the night before this and decided I needed a detour through the Four Corners area and then Monument Valley before heading to the Grand Canyon as I had originally planned.

If you have ever done this drive through Utah, then you know what I mean when I say that you are on sensory overload the whole time. Everything – and I mean everything, everywhere you look is just the most beautiful thing ever. I needed this day – and I needed it bad.

So I got to this stretch and was just in awe. With a little help from Google, I also found the exact mile mark to get this image, because if you’re a Forrest Gump fan like I am, then you know that this is the point where he finally decided he’d had enough and turned around. By no means had I had enough at this point – in fact, it truly felt as though my trip was just beginning…