Places

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Alabama

• Alabama, a God-forsaken state

Alaska

Arizona

• Bisbee
  • Bisbee’s St. Elmo Bar
  • Bisbee, we like you
  • Tasty eats in Bisbee
• Tucson
  • A rattlesnake tries to eat us in Tucson
  • Mexican food in Arizona — it’s a good thing
  • Sonoran style hot dogs
  • Catalina State Park — take one
  • Catalina State Park — take two
  • Driving the Catalina Highway
  • Biking the Catalina Highway
  • The Wilderness of Rock
  • Tucson’s Buffet Bar and Crock Pot
  • Biosphere 2
• Phoenix
  • Lost Dutchman State Park
  • Characters at Lost Dutchman State Park
  • Driving the Apache Trail
  • Feasting in Phoenix
  • Phoenix’s Four Peaks Brewery
  • Spring training in Arizona

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  Lake Havasu’s Crack in the Mountain

• Katherine Landing
• Yuma — there and back again
• Grand Canyon National Park
  • Seeing the Grand Canyon like a tourist
  • The North Rim of the Grand Canyon’s Rough Rider Saloon
  • Partial eclipse on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon
• Sedona
  • Driving from Flagstaff to Sedona
  • Sedona’s Devil’s Bridge Trail
• Monument Valley’s closed campground
• The Glen Canyon dam
• Lee’s Ferry and Cathedral Wash

Arkansas

• Bentonville’s Crystal Bridges Museum

California

• Camping in CA? Avoid the State Parks whenever possible.
• Bathing in Tecopa
• Death Valley National Park
  • Finding a decent drink in Death Valley
  • Avoiding the “crowds”
  • Artist’s Drive
  • Desolation Canyon
  • Mosaic Canyon
  • Eureka
  • Golden Canyon/Gower Gulch
  • The south entrance
  • The pupfish
  • An ode to Death Valley
  • A failed flasher’s guide
  • Death Valley in black and white
  • Death Valley crazies
  • Our second goodbye to Death Valley
  • Our third goodbye to Death Valley

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  Joshua Tree National Park

  • Textures of Joshua Tree National Park
  • Fortynine Palms Oasis
  • A tour of a cactus garden
• The ruins of the Salton Sea
• The desert life makeover
• Julian, CA
• San Diego
  • Agua Caliente County Park
  • Loving San Diego County
  • Likes: long walks on the beach
  • San Diego fish tacos and Mexican food
  • The #1 thing to do in San Diego
  • Highlights from San Diego
• Los Angeles
  • The LA Observatory
  • Climbing to the Hollywood sign
  • Eating our way through LA
• Malibu
  • The M.A.S.H. trail
• Joe Jost’s Tavern in Long Beach
• Carpenteria
  • Island Brewing Company

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  Jalama Beach

  • Beach, burger, beer
• Solvang
• Big Sur
  • Andrew Molera State Park
  • Great drives: Route 1 through Big Sur
  • The Henry Miller Library
  • Sebastian’s Store in San Simeon
  • “At the end of the west is insanity (a rant inspired by our visit to the Hearst Castle)
• Papi’s in Paso Robles
• The Lost Coast
  • Hiking to the Punta Gorda Lighthouse
• The Redwoods
• Great drives: Highway 101/Route 1
• Tacos in Sonoma: get them from the truck
• Yosemite
  • The best view in Yosemite
  • Ansel Adams ruined Yosemite

Colorado

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  Durango

  • Paul loves Durango, Lisa loves Durango
  • Driving the San Juan Skyway and the Million Dollar Highway — Durango to Corez, the long way
• Mesa Verde National Park
  • Mesa Verde National Park, 20 years later
  • Mesa Verde’s palaces
• Dinosaur, CO
• Colorado National Monument
• Eating pizza in Aspen
• Independence Pass
• Crested Butte and its bikes
• Colorado mountain towns
• Denver’s original Chipotle Mexican Grill
• Black Canyon National Park

Florida

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  St. Joseph Peninsula State Park

• Gulf Shore converts
• The Indian Pass Raw Bar

Georgia

• Savannah
  • Pinkie Masters

Idaho

• Boise
  • How did Boise become one of my favorite towns?
  • The Modern Hotel and Bar
  • The Idaho drive: Ketchum to Boise via Stanley, Boise to McCall and back again
• Visiting Hemingway’s grave in Ketchum
• Craters of the Moon National Monument
• Lake Pend Orielle

Illinois

• Chicago
  • The Dinner/Diner Grill
  • Black Rock Pub
  • Our favorite Chicago restaurants
  • Chicago isn’t home anymore

Indiana

• Terre Haute
  • Welcome to crow-opolis
  • Brunch with the nuns
• Indianapolis
  • The Indianapolis Museum of Art (awesome and free)

Kansas

• Kansas City BBQ at Oklahoma Joe’s
• Our last night on the road: St. Francis, KS

Kentucky

• The Breaks Interstate Park
• Driving in Kentucky

Louisiana

• New Orleans
  • The battle of the Po’ Boy
  • Touristing it up at Cafe du Monde
  • Avoiding death and STDs on Bourbon Street
  • Shotgun houses

Massachusetts

• The best way to get to downtown Boston from Logan Airport

Michigan

• Detroit
  • Exploring Detroit
  • Detroit is Dead. Long Live Detroit!
  • The Coney Dog

Missouri

Montana

• Glacier National Park
  • Moose’s Saloon vs. Glacier’s Swiss Lounge
  • Writing Haiku in Glacier
  • Feedback from the Glacier crew
• Trying to find the library in Gardiner
• Montana, you crazy

Nevada

• Las Vegas
  • How to walk in Las Vegas
  • The definitive guide to slot machine winning
  • Happy hour deals
• Rhyolite, the ghost town
• Reno

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  Driving the loneliest road in America

• Baker: the campground with a bar
• Great Basin National Park
• Cross-country bikers and meteors
• The Utah-Nevada Border Inn

New Hampshire

New Mexico

• Getting snowed on in New Mexico
• Haboobs
• Oliver Lee State Park and the Dog Canyon trail
• White Sands National Monument
• My second tangle with a deadly animal
• Great drives: Gila National Forest

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  City of Rocks State Park

• Rockhound State Park
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• New Mexico True
• Roswell’s Big D’s Downtown Dive
• Albuquerque

New York

• The Tavern in Eagle Bay
• Fall in the Adirondacks
• barVino in North Creek
• Great drives: Route 86
• Stalking the mighty rodent: my rat hunting trip
• Taughannock Falls State Park
• Lucifer Falls at Robert Treman State Park

North Carolina

Ohio

• Dear Ohio: it’s not you, it’s us
• Exploring Ohio’s coast
• The Lake Erie islands
• Cleveland and the West Side Market
• Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Oklahoma

• Black Mesa State Park
• A few days on the prairie
• Driving into spring

Oregon

• Oregon Trail: grueling speed
• Portland
  • Lisa’s take, Paul’s take
• Looking for a Pacific City Dory
• The wonderful Oregon coast

South Carolina

• Bojangles Fried Chicken
• Charleston
  • Charleston and its islands
  • Picking strawberries at Boone Hall Farms
  • Fast and French/Gaulart et Maliclet Cafe
  • Low-country classics at Seewee Restaurant
  • Charleston houses
  • America’s only tea plantation

Tennessee

• A night in Knoxville
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park and traffic jam

Texas

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  Guadalupe National Park

  • Guadalupe National Park — in March
  • Guadalupe National Park — in May
• Crawfish in Texas
• Getting screwed by Texas
• Sam Houston National Forest
• Giant bugs in Texas
• Everyone hates what we think about Austin

Utah

• Goosenecks State Park
• Zion National Park
  • Transcript of Edward Abbey’s Zion ranger program
  • Zion South Campground mayoral address
  • Freezing in southern Utah
• Great drives: Bryce Canyon National Park to Capitol Reef National Park

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  There’s plenty of great stuff around Bryce Canyon, too

• Enjoying Utah state liquor stores
• Goblin Valley State Park
• Canyonlands National Park
  • Canyonlands National Park and John Wesley Powell
• Capitol Reef National Park
• Arches National Park
• Desert sky blue
• A Green River photo tour
  • Green River’s Ray’s Tavern
• Provo scars us
• Salt Lake City
  • Salt Lake City’s Uinta Brewing Co.
• Whenever possible, take the scenic route
• Vernal’s Tacos el Gordo
• Dinosaur National Monument

Vermont

• Burlington’s Three Needs
• Mexican food in Vermont

Virginia

Washington

• The Grand Coulee dam
• Mt. Rainier National Park
  • Caffeinated Mt. Rainier
  • Mt. Rainier, with sound effects
  • Peaceful Mt. Rainier
• Seattle
  • A Seattle ramble
  • Seattle’s The Walrus and the Carpenter
  • Seattle kills the plastic bag
  • Playing house in Seattle
  • The VW vans of Seattle
  • Seattle’s Dick’s burgers
• The Seattle-Bainbridge Island ferry
• Twilight in Forks
• Olympic National Park
  • Olympic National Park’s trail of terror
• Willapa Bay Oysters

West Virginia

• Pies and Pints in Charleston

Wisconsin

• Bonfires and Muskies in northern Wisconsin
• Northern Wisconsin waterfalls
• Northern Wisconsin sunsets
• Freezing along Lake Superior
• The Concrete Park
• Milwaukee’s Red Rock Saloon
• Eating and drinking it up in Madison
• The best Mexican food of the trip (really!): Taqueria Sandoval in Eau Claire

Wyoming

• Kelly, WY
• Grand Teton National Park
  • Grand Teton showers

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  Yellowstone National Park

  • Yellowstone National Park — photo edition
  • Human wildlife in Yellowstone
  • Spring wildlife in the Tetons and Yellowstone

Canada

England

• London