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Taking a road-trip between Albuquerque and Vegas

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Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park and Sand Hollow State Park in southwest Utah have off roaming. They are not far from Vegas.

Google Utah State Parks with off roading.

We went there in 2019 on a road trip to Yellowstone. It’s definitely worth a visit if you are in the area.

It is 5 museums in 1 building; firearms, western art, natural history, Indians, and Buffalo Bill’s life if I recall correctly.

We had spent the night in Billings, drove to Cody for the day, went back to Billings and took the Beartooth highway to Yellowstone the next day.

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I would suggest flying to London, stay there for a few days and take the Eurostar train to Paris.

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Another couple, my wife and I got back last week from a 3 week trip to England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Paris. We flew to London for two nights, then took the train to Paris for 3, then back to London for a a bus tour.

It was our first time to those countries. There are castles all over. Is there a particular one you want to see? I’m not familiar with King & Conqueror.

On the bus tour we went to Warwick Castle; saw a jousting batch and predator bird show there. Saw a military tattoo (military bands performing) in Edinburgh Castle. Cardiff had a castle but we didn’t go in that one because there was a concert. And we toured the Tower of London on our own.

We saw many signs for other castles as we rode through the country.

Before going I thought I could easily adapt to driving on the left; I don’t think that now. If there is a specific castle you want to see figuring out how to get to it may take some planning.

Natural Bridge State Park is just north of Roanoke. It's a short walk to the bridge and then there is about a mile walk along a small river to a small water fall. It was a nice walk in the fall, may be a little hot now.

A worker at the state park recommended Niko's Grille in Lexington for lunch. It was the best Ruben sandwich I've had. And the hummus was very good as well and I'm not a big fan of that. The Greek salad was a little disappointing.

If you go to Lexington you can take Hwy 60 to Buena Vista and then Hwy 501 to Lynchburg. It's a two lane mountain road that goes over the Blue Ridge. If you go that route you might want to take a little detour to Woodruffs Cafe and Pies at 3297 Elon Road, Monroe, VA. It's a little north of Lynchburg.

Just east of Appomattox is Farmville. They have an area with renovated tobacco warehouse that is now Green Front Furniture. It's 17 buildings full of stuff. It's near the river and there is a restaurant nearby; Charley's Waterfront Cafe. You can sit outside on the deck next to the river or eat inside.

The High Bridge Trail State Park passes through Farmville. It's an old railroad bed and you can walk it or rent a bike.

Patrick Henry's Red Hill home is near Brookneal, which is south of Lynchburg. Petersburg National Battlefield is near Petersburg, south of Richmond.

The Pride of the Yankees
The Natural
Hoosiers
Old Yeller
Singing in the Rain
On the Town
The Alamo

The NC zoo is in Asheboro which is about 40 minutes south of Greensboro.

NC Weekend show about Greensboro
This is a link to a PBS show about Greensboro. About 6 minutes in it features activities kids might like.

There are other NC Weekend episodes on line about Greensboro.

Where is your starting point? Where are you going in Montana?

#1492
Never heard of it.

how many have you visited?
33, keep track of them in the NP app. It has the NP and all the other types of parks; monuments, seashores, battlefields, etc. Not National Forest though. Most of those we visited in the past 12 years since I retired.
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Get the app that looks like this if you don't have it.

which are your favorites?
Yellowstone, Redwoods and Bryce

what has been your favorite hike or activity?
Walking through the Redwoods and looking for wildlife in Yellowstone. We’re in our 70s so we’re not doing long hikes.

what parks are next on your list?
The ones in Washington state.

what's the park you've visited that most people haven't? Probably Lassen. I would have said Joshua Tree but recently saw a list of most visited and it was # 10.

“A Northern California road trip to redwoods, Lassen, lava and Yosemite is very high on our list. We loved sequoia but were in a hurry to get east…”
We visited N CA the past two years. Lassen was an unexpected surprise in 2024. It was mid-June and they had just opened the road for through traffic (entrance to entrance) the day we were there. There was still a lot of snow.

The Dixie wildfire in 2021 ago killed everything east of the main road.

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We were driving from Klamath Falls, OR toward Lassen and stopped in Laval Beds National Monument to do a little hike. We had just started and this guy walked across our path. We watched him about 10 minutes and then turned around.

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A couple of pictures of the wildfire damage in Lassen. That's burned trees as far as you can see in the 2nd one.

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This was taken 6/21/24.

Moonrise Kingdom

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Overview: The year is 1965, and the residents of New Penzance, an island off the coast of New England, inhabit a community that seems untouched by some of the bad things going on in the rest of the world. Twelve-year-olds Sam and Suzy have fallen in love and decide to run away. But a violent storm is approaching the island, forcing a group of quirky adults to mobilize a search party and find the youths before calamity strikes.

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Quirky is an understatement.
Cast includes:
Bill Murray
Bruce Willis
Harvey Keitel
Frances McDormand