So, here is the plan. We are off to spend time in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona with a brief excursion into Southwestern Colorado. And who knows what else might open up? Our original plan called for us to go via Atlanta, Birmingham and Jackson into Texas but weather concerns emerged and we are doing the I-95 to I-10 route. We have a general itinerary to visit 13 Texas parks, 12 New Mexico and six Arizona parks, all new for us and, possibly two in Colorado. On the way back we will pick up the last one in OK and the last one in Arkansas. We have postponed the two remaining in Georgia and one in MS that were planned at first. There are three or five more that we could do with cooperative weather and time and energy. We’ll see. We will also revisit several of the parks that we have been to and enjoyed. Chief among them is White Sands in New Mexico. Our goal for 2022 is to get to at least 350 parks. So adding 45 for this year makes this trip the biggest part of that effort with 35 possible on this journey.
Daily posting for this trip will begin on Monday. Again the delay is to compensate for the times we are without service. This trip three days may not be enough! Once in Texas we will be joined somewhere by the Harmans for a part of the trip and that will be added fun. Besides the National Park units, we have some other historic sites, a few state parks, some interesting towns and ghost towns to explore. And the trip always unfolds more opportunities than expected. Our camping will be Harvest Hosts, Boondockers Welcome, state parks, National Parks, some BLM and a few commercial campgrounds. Maybe a rest stop or two. Ice cream will be sought out, and we have a couple of restaurants to look forward to as well.
I am excited to explore some of the old west places etched in my mind by countless cowboy movies and scores of books. The history of this area is fascinating. Hope you can ride with us across the Western Range.
Two Lane Touring- winding through the trees of Vermont, sort of not the way to Texas!