The Curious Adventures of the Cat in the Camper Van
Our motorhome travelling adventures around the world with a cat called Jigsaw
Heading further East through South Dakota, to Sioux Falls, and apologising to North Dakota on the way, we stopped at a not to missed monument. Known as 'Dignity' its a 50ft tall roadside sculpture design to showcase the the light, the beauty and the promise of indigenous peoples who still thrive off the land today.… Continue reading A town named Sue…
Rocky Mountains National Park is one of the gems of the park system and it gets very busy so going slightly pre season was fun in a number of ways. Having had the winter weather through though, it was more snowy than we anticipated. Being back in nature and forests didn't disappoint though. Our first… Continue reading The Rock, the Bad and no Ugly
Black Canyon of The Gunnison was the next major stop in Colorado. From Ouray, through the functional Montrose, getting to the canyon was a sight to behold. It's a very different canyon, primarily due to the age of the rock it's formed of, much older than Canyonlands etc. Laid down between 1.4 and 1.8 billion… Continue reading Rocking in Colorado
The ‘US Four Corners’ have been misplaced! Seriously, the four corners landmark is genuinely in the wrong place according to GPS but it hasn’t stopped the Navajo charging $8 per person to visit. The ‘Four Corners’ is the intersection of the states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona and having built an underwhelming monument… Continue reading Colourful Colorado
Canyonlands National Park (no. 4 of the 5) was next although we actually stayed at Deadhorse Point State Park next door. It was Easter Week so busier than normal although the US, trying to be 'inclusive', now call it Spring Break. Upside down logic me thinks! It was great though, to get away from the… Continue reading Utah Rocks…. again!
Heading into Utah for a park fest, which doesn't involve music, we knew our O Level Geography and Geology wasn't going to cut it in understanding the landscape around us. We did our best! We did however, have a magical experience and came away with an appreciation of the differences between each of the places.… Continue reading Utah Rocks
Sometimes we just get overwhelmed, so I apologise now for our inability to select just a few pics for this bit. The International Museum of Folk Art is just outside Santa Fe and it blew us away from the moment we stepped inside. So many diverse cultures are represented, it is the largest collection of… Continue reading Folk Art and Rock Art
We woke up to a snowy landscape so Jigsaw the Snowshoe cat was in her element. Thankfully though, we had sun to melt it as we were on the move. Still pretty cold at such high elevations but we didn't fancy being stuck! Our last day in Colorado, for now, we headed to a small… Continue reading The Art in Everyday Life
Starting to head back to the big ticket places in Northern Arizona, Utah and Colorado for spring, we were in all kinds of places. Initially a fair bit of time on I49 passing the 'Slim Chickins' 'Chuck - E- Cheese' and 'Chick-fil-A' outlets (all junk food eateries) we skirted through Missouri, briefly, via a one… Continue reading Clicking our Heals
Needing a rest we left N’Orlins, and headed back towards the swamps. Back along The Great River Road we stopped at the stunning Oak Alley Plantation House for a walk and a browse in the gift shop where they had 'Slap Ya Mama' sauce, among others, before continuing along the Mississippi. The area we were… Continue reading Amazing Arkansas
The Curious Adventures of the Cat in the Camper Van 