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Monthly Archives: March 2024
[Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Oct 10, 2023] Once upon a time the 6 of us lived in LA and ran every Saturday together to train for the LA marathon. Four of us knew each other from business school, and the other 2 were Olivia’s friends that eventually became ours, too. Over the years, a few of us have moved away, so when an opportunity to get together arises, we don’t pass… Read More
[Gary/Porter, IN, Sep 12, 2023] Indiana Dunes National Park is one of the youngest. It got upgraded from a National Lakeshore in 2019 to become the nation’s 61st national park. It runs for about 20 miles along the southern shore of Lake Michigan, in northwestern Indiana. The closest big city is Chicago, IL. If you’re coming from there, be aware that Chicago is on Central time, while Indiana Dunes is on Eastern… Read More
[Deerfield, IL, Sep 10-11, 2023] I finally had a couple of much needed slower days. My personal trip was winding down and I had work trip to Champaign, IL coming up. I filled the distance- and time- gap with a visit to my friend Krisi’s house in Deerfield, IL, a Chicago suburb that was a 4.5-hour drive from St. Louis. This also conveniently put me within a couple of hours of both… Read More
[St Louis, MO, Sep 9, 2023] And just like that, the Colorado part of this giant trip was over. After our very busy day finishing up Mesa Verde, driving to Great Sand Dunes and then to Colorado Springs, we spent a much-needed low-key day at my friend May’s. We went to the Garden of the Gods, which I’d been to before and always love coming back to. The next day, Ash and… Read More
[Mesa Verde National Park & Great Sand Dunes National Park, Sep 7 ,2023] I had really meant for Thursday to just be a travel day, but the cliff dwelling tour schedule at Mesa Verde had once again thrown a little wrench in my plans. There was one more cliff dwelling on the tour schedule, Square House. But it only ran once a day Thursday through Sunday. The limit was 10 people, which… Read More
