Brewed Journey

Dawn at Santa Rosa Lake State Park We made it to New Mexico.

We are on our way home after spending a couple of days with my mother in Cedar Rapids.

No pictures today.

This interesting rig was in our campground last night.

We spent today climbing the East and West Bluff at Devil’s Lake State Park.

We have been bouncing back and forth at Madison urban campgrounds, taking advantage of all the great restaurants and music venues.

We are settled into our routine in the Madison, Wisconsin area for the summer.

Not the kind of lottery that makes a fellow rich in Trump meme bitcoin.

I’ve blogged about this area of the Mississippi River between Dubuque and Bellevue, Iowa on several previous occasions.

We are winding down our multi-day stay in Cedar Rapids.

There is a lake here, but it isn’t viewable from our campsite.

The drive from Oklahoma into Kansas was mostly on two lane highways and without any breakdowns or unpleasant surprises.

Canton Lake is a Corps of Engineers dam project about ten minutes from the sad little town of Canton, Oklahoma.

We had a rough travel day to this campground east of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Our first night of the trip was spent at Elephant Butte Lake State Park in New Mexico.

Tucson's summer is well under way with highs hitting the low 100's on a regular basis.

About 15 years ago, I stumbled upon a songwriter named Sam Baker who had released an album called "Cotton."

This was the last of our longer hikes in the Silver City, New Mexico area.

This trail was very close to our RV park in Silver City, so we hiked it several times.

A few miles north of Pinos Altos, New Mexico, the Little Cherry Creek trail begins.

After our hike at Catwalk Recreational Area, we were both hungry, so we drove up to the Alma Grill for lunch.

A few miles northeast of Glenwood, NM is the Catwalk Recreational Area.

Sunrise, Pinos Altos We were up at dawn to tackle our steepest trail of the trip: Signal Peak, a 4.7 mile trail with elevation change of 1700 feet.

Gomez Peak is a four mile hike just outside of Silver City, NM with 780 feet of elevation gain.

We got up early and drove to the Dragonfly Trailhead.