So my bride, Sioux and I are heading down in our Ram 2500/Hawk to the Overland Expo for a couple of days starting May 15th. Then we're going to scoot up to Portland (over 3 days) for me to give a seminar. But THEN we've cleared two wonderful weeks (May 23 to June 6) to leisurely mozey back to Durango.
So it is a blank canvas, folks, and I'm looking for your collective wisdom. We haven't been to Yellowstone in 30 years so that is on the agenda. And while we love the red rock Utah canyon country it is close enough to Durango we already spend a lot of time there.
At 60 and (mostly) healthy we're up for most anything. But since Sioux and I are traveling solo we're not looking for super serious, isolated, "set Sioux's teeth on edge" 4-wheeling. (Even though the Ram has a winch and recovery gear so bring on the average 4-WD road as long as it doesn't rattle our fillings for days on end.)
Sioux is an obsessed bird watcher so this will have high priority. But also day hiking, nature watching (did I mention birds?), scenery and just fun and funky towns and obscure sights in general. (You know, the "road less traveled" sorta thing!)
We'll mostly be boondocking (really don't care for organized campgrounds) but since it is also our 40th anniversary trip I'll probably spring for a few nice B & B's. Plus of course some gourmet dining and good road food in general. (Mostly lunches since I'm not big on finding a camp in the dark.)
Any and all suggestions/ comments/ suggestions welcome and thanks in advance.
Steve
So it is a blank canvas, folks, and I'm looking for your collective wisdom. We haven't been to Yellowstone in 30 years so that is on the agenda. And while we love the red rock Utah canyon country it is close enough to Durango we already spend a lot of time there.
At 60 and (mostly) healthy we're up for most anything. But since Sioux and I are traveling solo we're not looking for super serious, isolated, "set Sioux's teeth on edge" 4-wheeling. (Even though the Ram has a winch and recovery gear so bring on the average 4-WD road as long as it doesn't rattle our fillings for days on end.)
Sioux is an obsessed bird watcher so this will have high priority. But also day hiking, nature watching (did I mention birds?), scenery and just fun and funky towns and obscure sights in general. (You know, the "road less traveled" sorta thing!)
We'll mostly be boondocking (really don't care for organized campgrounds) but since it is also our 40th anniversary trip I'll probably spring for a few nice B & B's. Plus of course some gourmet dining and good road food in general. (Mostly lunches since I'm not big on finding a camp in the dark.)
Any and all suggestions/ comments/ suggestions welcome and thanks in advance.
Steve