Have you ever thought to yourself (or to anyone else) that you’d like to be able to go on a scenic mountain hike without having to spend a bunch of time in the car to get there and back? If you said / thought Yes, … Continue reading Royal Arch and Flagstaff Mountain (March 2011)
The date is finally set for my Refractive Lens Exchange surgery. Assuming I pass one final evaluation at the end of this week, I will get my bionic eyeballs on July 31st. Now that I know that, I can finally begin planning my summer trip. And I’ve decided to go to Michigan in mid-August. My plans include four museums (including two railroad museums), two national lakeshores, two state parks, one rock arch, one historic fort, and far too much fudge. And I will report it all to you here, on Voyages With Parkinson’s!
As for the rest of the year, I’ve decided to drop my earlier idea of going to New England for the foliage. Instead, I will take my annual Colorado trip at the end of September / beginning of October. I can only hope the aspens will be as stunning as they were two years ago.
At the end of my previous ThrowBack Thursday (TBT) post, I said that the destination for my next TBT will likely be Eldorado Canyon State Park near Boulder, Colorado. Due to a lack of unforeseen circumstances, I was right. So, let’s head back to July … Continue reading Eldorado Canyon State Park (July 2009)
Today we fire up the Way-the-Hell-Back Machine so’s it can take us back to July 2009. And yes, I do mean “fire up”. That’s right…the Way-the-Hell-Back Machine runs on coal. The idea of a coal-fired time machine may seem odd at first, but it makes … Continue reading Roxborough State Park (July 2009)
If you’ve been reading this blog from its beginning, you should already know that the area around Fruita, Colorado is one of my favorite places on Earth. At least two previous ThrowBack Thursdays (one and two) have been dedicated to the area. Today we go … Continue reading N. Fruita Desert & Mt. Sanitas (Spring 2011)
Welcome, ghost town fans! For this week’s ThrowBack Thursday, we visit Silver Creek, Colorado. Silver Creek was a short-lived mining camp near Georgetown, and it’s definitely one of Colorado’s lesser known ghost towns. In researching for today’s post, I consulted the two Colorado ghost town … Continue reading Silver Creek, Colorado (Sept 2011 and July 2012)
If you’ve ever been to downtown Golden, Colorado, the picture above probably seems familiar. If you’ve ever lived in the area, you probably know that you’re looking at Castle Rock, and that it projects off a “corner” of South Table Mountain. Yes, I know there … Continue reading Golden’s Castle Rock (January 2012)
Today begins much like yesterday. Once again, I am planning to spend the day at a Nevada state park that I know virtually nothing about. This time, it’s Cathedral Gorge. I know I read a description of the place, and that it was a late … Continue reading Nevada 2024 Trip Report (Day 7)
Day 6: Leaving Las Vegas Now I’ll have to watch that movie again when I get home. But yes, on this day I am leaving the big city for the smaller towns and more remote desert parks and such. I am beginning with Valley o’ … Continue reading Nevada 2024 Trip Report (Day 6)
What would you do if you could travel through time? Would you go back and kill Hitler? Would you go into the future to bring back a cure for Parkinson’s? Me? I’d bring people to witness hikes I went on several years ago. And I … Continue reading Green and North Table Mountains (March 2012)
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