BUCKET LIST TRIP JOURNAL

- drive out (Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona) -

Day 1.1 - Pikes Peak cog railway

Day 1.2 - ride up & the top

Day 1.3 - descent, Hooper UFO tower

Day 2.1 - sand dunes, Antonito

Day 2.2 - Cumbres & Toltec train

Day 2.3 - more train

Day 2.4 - half way, Cumbres Pass

Day 2.5 - descent

Day 3.1 - Los Alamos, history

Day 3.2 - Bradbury museum, cars

Day 3.3 - Manhattan NP, town

Day 3.4 - overlook, Santa Fe cathedral

Day 3.5 - Loretto chapel

Day 3.6 - plaza, shopping

Day 4.1 - Madrid, drive

Day 4.2 - Roswell, museum

Day 4.3 - street fair

Day 5.1 - drive, Lincoln

Day 5.2 - Smokey Bear

Day 5.3 - drive

Day 6.1 - Painted Desert, historic inn

Day 6.2 - geology, Route 66, pueblo

Day 6.3 - petrified forest

Day 6.4 - Meteor Crater, Sedona

Day 7.1 - vortexes, Grand Canyon

Day 7.2 - watchtower, overlooks

Day 7.3 - museum, ruins, overlooks

Day 7.4 - visitor center

Day 7.5 - drive, Williams (route 66)

Day 8.1 - Oatman

Day 8.2 - drive

Days 9 - 11 - California


- drive back (Nevada, Utah, Colorado) -

Day 12.1 - Harvey House, 66 museum

Day 12.2 - drive, Vegas

Day 12.3 - Paris Hotel

Day 12.4 - Vegas evening

Day 13.1 - Hoover Dam tour

Day 13.2 - tour, visitor center

Day 13.3 - exhibits

Day 13.4 - views, Nelson

Day 13.5 - Nelson, Colorado River

Day 13.6 - Lake Mead Rec area

Day 13.7 - Virgin River, St George

Day 14.1 - Zion visitor, museum

Day 14.2 - Zion-Mt. Carmel highway

Day 14.3 - Hatch, Red Canyon

Day 14.4 - Bryce Canyon

Day 14.5 - more Bryce

Day 15.1 - petrified park

Day 15.2 - Escalante, Boulder Mnt

Day 15.3 - Capitol Reef, Gifford house

Day 15.4 - Capitol gorge hike

Day 15.5 - hike

Day 15.6 - fruit, school, petroglyphs

Day 16.1 - bison, capitols, Glen Canyon

Day 16.2 - Navajo, goats, horses

Day 16.3 - Mesa Verde, museum

Day 16.4 - overlooks, diorama

Day 16.5 - museum, drive

Day 17.1 - Durango-Silverton train

Day 17.2 - more ride up

Day 17.3 - Silverton

Day 17.4 - ride down

Day 17.5 - Durango

Day 18.1 - drive to Silverton, photos

Day 18.2 - mine tour

Day 18.3 - mine tour, trams movie

Day 18.4 - Million Dollar highway

Day 18.5 - Ouray

Day 19.1 - Black Canyon of Gunnison

Day 19.2 - overlooks, drive back

Day 19.3 - coke ovens, Rocky Mnts