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    Crooked River

    Stop 118: Georgia (Briefly) on Our Minds

    December 19, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    With apologies to Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell, who wrote the 1930 song Georgia On My Mind (which is also the official state song), we briefly had Georgia on our minds during a short stop in state #43 as we continued traveling down the east coast toward a month in

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    Cash Lake, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

    Stop 114: Quick Forays into Maryland and Virginia

    November 21, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    Trying to make tracks down further south before the frigid temperatures and icy weather hit, we made quick stops in Maryland and Virginia… on our way to the Carolinas. We plan to come back and spend more time in Virginia during Spring 2020, near the end of this 2.5-year road

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    Lake Maria State Park

    Stop 93: First Foray Into the Land of 10,000+ Lakes

    June 11, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    We started our adventures in Minnesota, the 23rd state on our quest to see the continental 48 during this 2.5-year road trip, in the southwest part of the state in Rochester — better known for being the home of the Mayo Clinic than anything else. Fun facts: The state is

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    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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    Zion National Park

    The Prequel: Zion National Park, Mojave National Preserve

    November 17, 2017 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    While the real #JenRanAdventures does not begin officially until January 10, 2018, we decided to take a long weekend trip to Zion National Park, Utah, and the Mojave National Preserve, California. Zion National Park, located in southwest Utah, near Springdale, is a 146,000+ acre preserve established in 1919. The park

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