Collaborative travel journal for lovers of the American West! (page 23 of 41)

It’s good, anyway. Perfectly crispy. But apparently, the Fry Bread food truck isn’t there anymore. You’ll find it elsewhere!

Hi Christine, We also stayed in Cameron, but at the RV park across the street, and we splurged on a reasonably priced Navajo necklace. We also stayed in Tuba City at the Quality Inn Navajo Nation, still at the campground, but more luxurious. We tried Navajo fry bread, but it wasn’t anything special. Noëlle

Gunnison river bank (West Elk Mountains, CO)

Beaver



Gray Wolf (this photo is a scoop—there are no wolves in Colorado, so the DOW is investigating after seeing this picture) DOW: Department of Wildlife



Mink

Never starved to death in 3 trips. .

In the US, the opposite would’ve been surprising! 😉

Well, I’ve been away from the forum for a while and this amazing journal has started. I needed some time to catch up, but here I am. Most of my favorite spots have already been posted, except for one: Sequoia National Park. During my first road trip last summer, I was in awe of these giants that put us tiny humans in our place. A magical moment.

hi everyone one of the spots I loved!!

Hello Jean-Luc, Did you take that photo of the wolf, and where?? Between the face mask and the tail, there’s hardly any doubt...

Wow, over 12,000 views in 12 days—our shared journal (69 participants) is a "little" hit! Thanks to everyone, first to the contributors but also to the readers. If you're one of the silent readers, don’t hesitate to jump in—you’re more than welcome. Don’t be intimidated by the stunning photos from some (a very special shout-out to Jean Luc, who makes us dream) or the experience—or even expertise—of others, who, despite having crisscrossed the West far and wide, still discover new things, as these lands seem like endless reservoirs of surprises and beauty.

We’ve all expressed our love for the American West through photos. Here’s another one, and I’ll add a few words to explain why I chose it. First, here it is: This photo was taken on the day we arrived in San Francisco, at Embarcadero. The weather was gorgeous, we were tired, but so happy, so ALIVE, a bit like those young people.



ALIVE

My husband and I came to the American West in May 2016 under special circumstances. In November 2014, we had to embark on a long journey through hospitals, between chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Death was looming over us; my husband was fighting for his life, and I was giving him all the energy and love I could muster. In those moments, thinking about future trips for the two of us was one of my coping mechanisms. In the end, we had science and luck on our side... but we were drained, exhausted, like we’d been hollowed out.

We needed to get back out there, to start again, and the American West felt like the obvious choice: a fountain of youth and a return to childhood (the mythology of the West), wide-open spaces, and nearly infinite horizons... So of course, we saw everything through rose-tinted glasses—and that’s a good thing!

NEW CHALLENGE!

I still have a few left in my bag! So I’m throwing out a new challenge: STRIPES. Of all kinds!

I could’ve started with this photo, but I’ve already used it...

(Capitol Reef)

So I’ll add this one instead:

It was taken in SF, but it’s typical of American urban landscapes!

GO!

Oh, I’ve got stripes 😏 Back in 2016 during a visit to the stunning Badlands park, near Wall, in Colorado.





Then in 2018 when I passed through Mexican Hat—I only knew the hat from photos and wasn’t expecting the scenery around it. I loved that mountain in the background of the hat!

3 scratches in Santa Barbara...

Hi there, I’m the author of all the photos I post... These last three were taken along the Gunnison River, as mentioned at the start of the post

Loup Gris (this image is a scoop—there are no wolves in Colorado, the DOW is investigating after this photo) DOW: Department of Wildlife



Congrats, your photo is amazing!!!

The striped challenge—hard to spot, but after some searching, here are three: Coyote Buttes South, Antelope Canyon, and on the road to Grand Mesa National Forest.

As part of the stripe series

In the same spirit (at Page)

Hi Fabienne. At Zion N.P.

I'm continuing the ping-pong game

More scratches

(in San Francisco)

and I still have scratches on the bottom of my foot!

Stripes/streaks in the Vermillion Cliffs area



Philippe