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    Month: April 2019

    Colorado National Monument

    Stop 86: We Had a Grand Time in Grand Junction

    April 26, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    Grand Junction, also known as River City, is located at the confluence of the Colorado and Gunnison rivers, in northwestern Colorado, in an area known as the Western Slope. (While the area is indeed pretty grand, the name actually comes from when the Upper Colorado River was Named the Grand

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    Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

    Stop 85: Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

    April 22, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    We left Cortez and headed north to Montrose, with a focus on our 36th national park: Black Canyon of the Gunnison. The south entrance to the park, which is the only one that remains open in the winter, is located about 15 miles east of Montrose. (The park closes most

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    Cortez, Colorado

    Stop 84: The Allure of the Anasazi Around Cortez

    April 18, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    This leg of the adventure is all about learning and experiencing the culture of the Anasazi — the “ancient ones” who dominated the Colorado Plateau for hundreds and hundreds of years — during a stop in the southwestern corner of Colorado. The trip from Alamosa to Cortez was a long

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    Sangre de Cristo Range

    Stop 83: Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

    April 15, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    We hit Alamosa, Colorado, with a sole purpose: visiting the 34th national park on this nationwide adventure… Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, located in the southern part of the state, tucked into the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the San Luis Valley. The name is a bit confusing;

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    John Martin Reservoir State Park, Colorado

    Stop 82: Southeastern Colorado Experiences

    April 11, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    While we have nothing against the previous states we have traveled thus far in 2019, both Jen and Ran had April circled on the calendar for a reason — spending five weeks in the 20th state we have visited on this amazing adventure — Colorado. We started our travels in

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    Keystone State Park, Oklahoma

    Stop 81: We’re OK with Oklahoma!

    April 8, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    Oklahoma… the Sooner State… and the 19th state we have visited on our journey. What’s a Sooner? That’s what we wanted to know! Sooners were settlers who got a jump-start on land claims during a land run in the late 1800s; beyond that, too hard to explain… just Google it

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    Rocky Falls, Missouri

    Stop 80: Meandering Around Missouri

    April 1, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    We left Arkansas, but not the Ozarks, as we traveled into southern Missouri, state #18 on this 48-state adventure. Known as the “Show Me State,” Missouri is known for its grassy plains to the north and the forests of the Ozarks to the south. We have been amazed to see

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