Author: Dart and Map

• Zion

  

  A few years ago, I won a contest to Zion from A to Zion. Since the server this blog was on was not working, I never did finish posting about the trip.

  Dart and Map

  October 17, 2017

  Jenn, National Parks, Nature, St. George, Utah, Zion National Park

• Red Rock, Rocky Mountain NP

  (Originally Posted on October 27, 2014) Sunday. Our second and final day in Colorado. So many things that we wanted to do.. so many things we did not do. Two days is NOT enough. For sure! We did not get out of the house until pretty late. After eating breakfast, which is something I usually…

  Dart and Map

  July 25, 2017

  Colorado, Dream Lake, Estes, Jenn, Nymph Lake, Outdoors, Red Rock Amphitheater, Travel, Uncategorized

• First Stop. Denver

  (originally published October 20, 2014) I won a trip to Utah from the St. George Tourism site AtoZion. It included a flight from Denver, CO to St. George, UT. Brian, my boyfriend, and I had previously discussed going to Colorado anyway, since we both have friends there and love it, so we took the prize.!!…

  Dart and Map

  July 18, 2017

  Boulder, Colorado, Comedy, Jenn, Mt. Evans

• We’ve been gone a long time…

  Sara and Jenn want to give a HUGE shout out to KEN LAWS. He got our site back up and running after years of it just not working. Thank you to the ends of the earth, Ken!!!!

  Dart and Map

  July 17, 2017

  California, Jenn, Los Angeles, Sara

• Salton Sea, Take 2, Bananas & Salvation Mountain

  The first time I went to Salton Sea, I assumed it was some tiny little body of water, so figured it would be a cinch to find Bombay Beach. Sara and I got there and found a closed visitor’s center and a very smelly run down shack. This time, I made sure to actually research…

  Dart and Map

  April 27, 2014

  Bananas, California, Jenn, Salton Sea

  Bombay Beach, California, Comedy, International Banana Museum, Lucinda Williams, Pappy and Harriets, Pioneertown, Salton Sea, Salvation Mountain, Travel

• Old Mine. Whorehouse. Trains. Flat Tires. Sounds Like Goldfield!

  Once we pick a direction in which to travel, we Google everything from Los Angeles to the destination to find interesting places in which to stop.  This time, our search led us to Goldfield, Arizona. Starving, as we always are, we high-tailed it to the ghost town’s restaurant, Mammoth Steakhouse & Saloon and ate our…

  Dart and Map

  September 24, 2013

  Arizona, Ghost Towns, Goldfield, History, Jenn

• Bananas and Other Missed Opportunities

  Plans are few and far between on the road, as are reservations when Jenn and I travel, and traveling solo was no different for me. As I made my way from East to West across the states I pretty much stayed where I wound up by day’s end that had a vacancy and a cheap…

  Dart and Map

  June 23, 2013

  Atlanta, Chattanooga, Georgia, Nashville, Sara, Tennessee

  bacon, banana, bars, BBQ, Big Banana Car, country music, Cowboy Bar, Kacey Musgraves, Music City, roadtrip, Travel, whiskey

• Virginia Is For Sliders

  I thought Virginia was for lovers, but since I was traveling solo this trip, and my last relationship was in the rearview along with the rest of the roadkill, I was just passing through, so there was no lovin’ as I drove through the state, heading back to the West coast to join back up…

  Dart and Map

  May 17, 2013

  History, Sara, Virginia

  Blue Ridge Mountains, Confederacy, Cork Street Tavern, Crazy, George Washington, History, Patsy Cline, Presidents, roadtrip, sliders, Stonewall Jackson, Virginia

• King Me

  On a recent cross country road trip I grew giddy when I discovered I’d be passing through a must see city on my list, Memphis, and was sure to stop to see its local treasure, the hallowed home of Elvis. It was even apropos that my visit to Graceland would fall on Easter weekend to…

  Dart and Map

  April 10, 2013

  History, Memphis, Sara, Tennessee, Uncategorized

  barbecue, BBQ, blue suede shoes, classic cars, Elvis, Elvis Presley, gold records, Graceland, Jungle Room, Lisa Marie, Marlowe’s, Memphis barbecue, pink cadillac, Priscilla Presley, roadtrip, rock n’ roll, Sara, the King, Travel

• Tombstone: The Town Too COOL to Die

  Last year, Sara and I went to the Travel and Adventure Show in Long Beach. There were booths with Tourism Bureaus and tour companies. They encourage travel to their cities and countries. Of course, we want(ed) to go everywhere, but that day, Arizona won. We set off a few days later without any agenda. At…

  Dart and Map

  February 15, 2013

  Arizona, Jenn, Tombstone

  Arizona, Doc Holliday, Jenn, OK Corral, Pew Pew, Tombstone, Wyatt Earp