Gnome, Gnome on the road, where there's deer, antelope and toads...

[100acrehuphalump]

So begins the journey...tomorrow and for the next two months. I'm hoping to make it somewhere into eastern Arkansas to find a decent campsite, then over to Fayetteville to visit with an old friend. Monday I'll be driving across Oklahoma ( hopefully without tornadic activity ) and I'll try to make it to Palo Duro Canyon SP, just south of Amarillo. I stayed there last year. Beautiful canyon, big too. Tuesday will hopefully see me in New Mexico and maybe eastern Arizona where I'll drop down onto the Mogollon Rim road, and finally on Thursday morning I'll be pulling into Mormon Lake for the Overland Expo. Beyond that, intrepid exploration. I will keep everyone posted and share my journey with you. To all of you traveling, be safe.
Dan

 

[billharr]

Enjoy your trip. Take lots of pictures we love pictures

 

[takesiteasy]

Safe travels. Looking forward to your reports.

 

[100acrehuphalump]

Thanks y'all, I will!

 

[GroovyDad]

I'm from New Mexico and my advice is don't go through NM without getting a green chile cheesburger! The Owl cafe, which is right off I-40 in Albuquerque is an easy stop.

Enjoy the rest of your trip...

 

[Happyjax]

Have a safe and fun trip Dan. I 2nd Bills request. Pictures pictures pictures!

 

[100acrehuphalump]

Night before last I stayed at the Village Creek State Park in eastern Arkansas. Here is a picture of Dunn Lake. It was raining lots so I was not venturing out among the skeeter filled forest. It was my first official night of camping in the Hawk. I passed this funny sign in Arkansas. I stayed last night at a friends in Fayetteville Ar. and I ate something not so agreeable leaving me feeling less than whole. Nonetheless, I drove an additional 10 hours and am currently staying at a rest stop about 50 miles east of Amarillo Texas. I'm beat and don't feel well.

 

[billharr]

Dan we need some Expo pictures. I see a few on face book and expo. Sure looks wet with a little mud.

Link to facebook photos

From Expeditionporta.

 

[100acrehuphalump]

Howdy everyone! Been gone a bit too long. I went out west for 2.5 months and visited all kinds of wonderful places. In Moab Utah my flip phone died, so the I got a deal on a new iPhone6 and then got re addicted to Facebook. It was so much easier to upload all of my pix there and not on here or American Adventurist. All told I could upload 50 pix in five minutes on FB whereas here and AAV it takes me five minutes to load one picture. I will make an attempt to share with Yall many of the places I visited. I took over 2000 pix and many videos.
These are from blue hole state park NM

 

[100acrehuphalump]

And some more

 

[100acrehuphalump]

And

 

[billharr]

Dan good to see a post, PM sent.


Bill

 

[100acrehuphalump]

Thanks Bill, onward ho...to a brief respit from the highway and a quick side run through the Painted Desert NP where I renewed my NP annual pass

 

[100acrehuphalump]

And

 

[100acrehuphalump]

Tis a bummer I can only load two pix at a time

 

[100acrehuphalump]

After stopping at the Painted Desert I continued my journey over to the Mogollon Rim in Arizona near Payson

 

[100acrehuphalump]

Ah the life

 

[100acrehuphalump]

It's pronounced Muggy Yawn

 

[100acrehuphalump]

The Rim has become something of a new found joyful obsession

 

[100acrehuphalump]

Amazing place this muggy yawn