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El Gringo Spectacular!
Jimmy Buffett once sang, "The very best navigators don't know where they're going 'til they get there."
So, when the opportunity to use the Expeditions West Earthroamer XV-JP came up, and my wife was going to be out of town for a few days, I was forced to ditch the office for a few days and head North from Flagstaff with my three year old daughter for a bit of father/daughter adventure!
With no real plan, just a map of Southern Utah and four days, I packed the fridge with Spongebob Squarepants yogurt, applesauce, and pasta....plus a six pack of Red Stripe beer for daddy...locked the carseat into the passenger side of the Earthroamer, (ER), and we headed North out of Flagstaff on a chilly Thursday morning.
Over the Navajo reservation we spotted lots of hogans and cows; heading to our first destination...the dinosaur tracks of Moenave. 150 to 180 million years ago, this part of Arizona was apparently forest, and the imprints of Dilophosaurus abound in the limestone. An interesting point of some of these prints is that some have stride lengths of about 16 feet; evidence of running dinosaurs.
Teah enjoyed growling and walking like a dinosaur, and was fascinated by footprints larger than she was, as well as well preserved intact and broken dinosaur eggs...of course, the coprolite gave a giggle when daddy explained it was dinosaur poop....
Eggs.
...and, of course...dino droppings....
From Moenave we continued into Southern Utah, and one of my favorite places, Valley of the Gods, for our first night of "camping." Notice the quotes...because the XV-JP truly spoils you. Nothing like a nice heater, 25 gallons of running fresh water, a queen sized bed and an interior toilet to make roughing it not so rough!
A nice warm, comfortable place to have some breakfast while dad was packing up.
Next: We get on a boat!
-H- :smiley_drive:
So, when the opportunity to use the Expeditions West Earthroamer XV-JP came up, and my wife was going to be out of town for a few days, I was forced to ditch the office for a few days and head North from Flagstaff with my three year old daughter for a bit of father/daughter adventure!
With no real plan, just a map of Southern Utah and four days, I packed the fridge with Spongebob Squarepants yogurt, applesauce, and pasta....plus a six pack of Red Stripe beer for daddy...locked the carseat into the passenger side of the Earthroamer, (ER), and we headed North out of Flagstaff on a chilly Thursday morning.
Over the Navajo reservation we spotted lots of hogans and cows; heading to our first destination...the dinosaur tracks of Moenave. 150 to 180 million years ago, this part of Arizona was apparently forest, and the imprints of Dilophosaurus abound in the limestone. An interesting point of some of these prints is that some have stride lengths of about 16 feet; evidence of running dinosaurs.
Teah enjoyed growling and walking like a dinosaur, and was fascinated by footprints larger than she was, as well as well preserved intact and broken dinosaur eggs...of course, the coprolite gave a giggle when daddy explained it was dinosaur poop....
Eggs.
...and, of course...dino droppings....
From Moenave we continued into Southern Utah, and one of my favorite places, Valley of the Gods, for our first night of "camping." Notice the quotes...because the XV-JP truly spoils you. Nothing like a nice heater, 25 gallons of running fresh water, a queen sized bed and an interior toilet to make roughing it not so rough!
A nice warm, comfortable place to have some breakfast while dad was packing up.
Next: We get on a boat!
-H- :smiley_drive:
