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All the cool things that I do and contemplate

  • What I’m doing here
  • America – Turns out it has a lot of stuff in it
    • First leg – DC to NOLA
      • The bikes
      • First stop – South Dakota!
      • My first powerlifting meet
      • Kentucky, here we come – on to Lexington
      • Louisville – Into the maelstrom
      • The long, winding road to Nashville
      • When a man is tired of Nashville, he is tired of life
      • Car super-speed boost to New Orleans
    • New Orleans
      • NOLA Food
      • NOLA Tours and Sights
      • NOLA Drinks
    • Second leg – New Orleans to Salt Lake City
      • Lafayette, LA
      • Dallas
      • Oklahoma City
      • Colorado Springs and Denver
    • The City of the Saline Loch
      • Food in Salt Lake City
      • Drinks in Salt Lake City
      • Sights in Salt Lake City
      • Skiing in Salt Lake City
    • Third leg – Vegas and desert
    • El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles
      • Rowland Heights
      • Hollywood
      • Santa Monica
      • Filipinotown
      • Little Tokyo
      • Venice
      • San Diego
    • Fourth Leg – East through Southwest
      • To the Grand Canyon … and before!
      • Flagstaff – Not just a nickname for your manliness
      • Meteor Crater
      • I see a brown desert and I want it painted rainbow
      • Ice cave and around
      • Albuquerque
  • Scotland!
    • Edinburgh
    • Taking that midnight boat to Shetland
    • Shetland. Sure, there are ponies. But are there neolithic ruins?
    • Orkney – Weird name
    • To the mainland – journey to Blair Atholl
    • Woods, heaths, lochs and glens
    • Luss and the Highland Games
    • Destination Doune
    • ‘Tis but flesh wound!
    • Stirling: Not just a kind of silver if you spell it different
    • Glasgow
  • Dominican Republic
    • Miami
    • Santo Domingo
    • Interlude: You got a pretty mouth
    • Costanza
    • Santiago de los Caballeros
    • Jamao al Norte
    • Puerto Plata
  • Sicily, You’re Shaking My Confidence Daily
    • Ostia
    • Palermo
    • Segesta and Salemi
    • Selinunte and Sciacca
    • Montellegro and Realmonte
    • Agrigento
    • Villa Romana del Casale
    • Caltagirone
    • Wineries and the First Agriturismo
    • Ragusa
    • Modica
    • Scicli
    • Across Southeastern Sicily
    • Noto
    • Syracuse
    • Catania
  • The Land of Ice and Fire
    • Reykjavik – Hard to spell, easy to love
    • Akureyri
    • Lili-Hrutur
    • Golden Circle and Southern Coast
    • Laugavegur Trail
    • Westfjords
  • Puerto Rico – La Isla del Encanto
    • Saint John
      • En el Pueblo
      • Comida y bebida
      • Cosas que hacer
    • Vieques
    • El Yunque
    • Aguadilla
    • Guanica
  • Deflowering the Caribbean
    • Saint Croix
    • Saint John
    • St. Thomas
  • Thinking my thoughts
  • Contact

One-Stop Entertainment Extravaganza

All the cool things that I do and contemplate

  • What I’m doing here
  • America – Turns out it has a lot of stuff in it
    • First leg – DC to NOLA
      • The bikes
      • First stop – South Dakota!
      • My first powerlifting meet
      • Kentucky, here we come – on to Lexington
      • Louisville – Into the maelstrom
      • The long, winding road to Nashville
      • When a man is tired of Nashville, he is tired of life
      • Car super-speed boost to New Orleans
    • New Orleans
      • NOLA Food
      • NOLA Tours and Sights
      • NOLA Drinks
    • Second leg – New Orleans to Salt Lake City
      • Lafayette, LA
      • Dallas
      • Oklahoma City
      • Colorado Springs and Denver
    • The City of the Saline Loch
      • Food in Salt Lake City
      • Drinks in Salt Lake City
      • Sights in Salt Lake City
      • Skiing in Salt Lake City
    • Third leg – Vegas and desert
    • El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles
      • Rowland Heights
      • Hollywood
      • Santa Monica
      • Filipinotown
      • Little Tokyo
      • Venice
      • San Diego
    • Fourth Leg – East through Southwest
      • To the Grand Canyon … and before!
      • Flagstaff – Not just a nickname for your manliness
      • Meteor Crater
      • I see a brown desert and I want it painted rainbow
      • Ice cave and around
      • Albuquerque
  • Scotland!
    • Edinburgh
    • Taking that midnight boat to Shetland
    • Shetland. Sure, there are ponies. But are there neolithic ruins?
    • Orkney – Weird name
    • To the mainland – journey to Blair Atholl
    • Woods, heaths, lochs and glens
    • Luss and the Highland Games
    • Destination Doune
    • ‘Tis but flesh wound!
    • Stirling: Not just a kind of silver if you spell it different
    • Glasgow
  • Dominican Republic
    • Miami
    • Santo Domingo
    • Interlude: You got a pretty mouth
    • Costanza
    • Santiago de los Caballeros
    • Jamao al Norte
    • Puerto Plata
  • Sicily, You’re Shaking My Confidence Daily
    • Ostia
    • Palermo
    • Segesta and Salemi
    • Selinunte and Sciacca
    • Montellegro and Realmonte
    • Agrigento
    • Villa Romana del Casale
    • Caltagirone
    • Wineries and the First Agriturismo
    • Ragusa
    • Modica
    • Scicli
    • Across Southeastern Sicily
    • Noto
    • Syracuse
    • Catania
  • The Land of Ice and Fire
    • Reykjavik – Hard to spell, easy to love
    • Akureyri
    • Lili-Hrutur
    • Golden Circle and Southern Coast
    • Laugavegur Trail
    • Westfjords
  • Puerto Rico – La Isla del Encanto
    • Saint John
      • En el Pueblo
      • Comida y bebida
      • Cosas que hacer
    • Vieques
    • El Yunque
    • Aguadilla
    • Guanica
  • Deflowering the Caribbean
    • Saint Croix
    • Saint John
    • St. Thomas
  • Thinking my thoughts
  • Contact

Fourth Leg – East through Southwest

Back East I went then, beating on back towards Albuquerque. Some of the most interesting experiences, and definitely some of the most astounding nature, was in this part of the trip.

Grand Canyon

Flagstaff

Meteor Crater National Landmark

Petrified Forest National Park

Ice Cave

Albuquerque

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