We went out west by ourselves in 2007. Mom and dad were in the process of building a house so we loaded up the H2 and headed for Santa Fe, Sedona, and The Grand Canyon. On the way out that year, we drove through Kansas and happened to go through Greensburg, Kansas which basically was destroyed by a tornado while we were out on vacation. We had really poor weather in 2007 and it was hard to get any really great pictures. We started off in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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The Ore House, one of our vacation favorites. Dined here in 2007 and 2005. |
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The Miracle Staircase |
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The oldest church building in the United States. |
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The outside of the oldest church building in the United States. |
From Santa Fe, we continued west on I40 and over into the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forrest in eastern Arizona.
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Some petrified logs. |
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A petrified log with a concrete support assist. |
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The Painted Desert National Park. |
We continued on west on I40 to Williams, Arizona where we stayed a few days at the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel. From there we rode the train up to the South Rim, took the H2 over to the Grand Canyon Skywalk, and rode the motorcycle down to Sedona.
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The Eagle of the Canyon, can you find the sleeping dog? |
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The Grand Canyon Skywalk. |
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The entertainment on the GC Railway. |
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Sedona, Az |
Heading back home, we stopped at the Meteor Crater that is west and south of Flagstaff Arizona and Canyon de Chelly National Monument in North Eastern Arizona.
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Meteor Crater |
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Looking back towards Flagstaff Arizona from Meteor Crater. |
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Canyon de Chelley National Monument |
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Closed toursit trap by Mesa Verde National Park. |
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Chimney Rock outside of Durango, Colorado. |
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Wolf Creek Pass Colorado. |
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Always fun driving a vehicle with a trailer on ice. |
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Kansas. |
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Used a lot of fuel on the trip. |
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Sometimes gas mileage is not so good. |
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Other times it is quite good. |
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On average though, pretty bad. |