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    Stop 96: Moving Through Michigan

    July 27, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    We left Wisconsin and headed into Michigan — state #25 — via the Upper Peninsula, or U.P. as most folks call it… arriving in the Munising area for yet another look at Lake Superior, this time on the southern shores, which offer stunning sandstone cliffs, sand dunes, and waterfalls —

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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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    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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    JenRanAdventures Year in Review… Just Wow!

    December 27, 2018 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    What a year we have had — traveling thousands of miles while visiting 12 of the 48 contiguous United States in the western region of the country! In 2018, we spent about a month exploring, biking, and hiking in Arizona, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota,

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    North Cascades Diablo Lake

    Stop 30: North Cascades National Park… and More!

    May 30, 2018 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    Oh, the fun we had on this stop of the trip, including two forays into the mountains of North Cascades National Park, #13 on our list of national parks explored on this adventure — and one of the least visited of all the national parks. This isolated park in northern

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