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    Month: May 2019

    Iowa cornfields

    Stop 92: Surprising Finds in the Hawkeye State

    May 31, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    We hit Iowa (state #22 on our travel across the U.S.) almost immediately after leaving Nebraska City, Nebraska, as we crossed the Missouri River into a sea of flooded fields and farmland. In fact, the roads had just been partially reopened (after repairs from flooding); even the interstate was affected.

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    Arbor Day Farm

    Stop 91: Visiting the Birthplace of Arbor Day

    May 28, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    On our way through more of the Midwest, leaving Kansas on our way to Iowa, we had to make a several day stop in Nebraska City, home of Arbor Day Farm and the Arbor Day Foundation… which Ran has supported for decades, and which, as tree-lovers, we both had to

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    Flooding in Kansas

    Stop 90: Wet, Verdant, and Flooded Kansas

    May 24, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    We spent about two weeks driving through Kansas — the Sunflower State — and of those two weeks, we had about two days without rain! Most of the time, it was cool and rainy, though toward the end it was hot and muggy. We are seeing crazy (and wet) weather

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    Garden of the Gods

    Stop 89: Crazy Rocks and Ancient Trees of Colorado

    May 13, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    After several weeks of completing a long, clockwise visit through the state, we concluded our tour of Colorado with a visit to the Colorado Springs area — at the eastern foot of the Rocky Mountains and near the 14,115-foot Pikes Peak in Pike National Forest. We had planned to visit

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    Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

    Stop 88: Wildlife and Rescued Donkeys

    May 8, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    This stop was mainly about being close to the Denver airport so that we could take a weekend trip back to San Diego to celebrate the life of Jen’s mom… which was a beautiful and moving time with family and friends… and all of mom’s flowers and shrubs were in

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    Rocky Mountain National Park

    Stop 87: Truly a Rocky Mountain High

    May 6, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    We left Grand Junction on the Western Slope, and headed back up toward the great Rocky Mountains, with a quick stop in Glenwood Springs so that Ran could visit an old friend who lives in the area. The Western Slope of Colorado contains everything west of the Continental Divide in

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