Big Bend National Park
Guadalupe National Park
Carlsbad National Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve
Mesa Verde National Park
Petrified Forrest National Park
To see all the pictures and videos we took without captions, click HERE and enjoy!
I will show only the highlights of our latest Distant Adventures Road Trip as it takes a great deal of time sorting through each photo or video, up loading it to the Blog and what not so if you would like to see everything we took, please click on the link above to enjoy all of the photos and videos we took.
We made it to Big Bend but only after a 2 day delay due to our truck needing a new radiator and 2 new thermostats.
Big Bend is distinct in that it is the only National Park to have an entire mountain range with in Park boundaries. Big Bend also, like many other parks, has 3 biospheres, that being River, Desert and Mountain.
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| And Yes, Arlene & I walked back up to the entrance. All 800 feet of it! |
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| The Semaphores at Bernal, New Mexico. |
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| Our ride on the San Luis & Rio Grande Scenic Railroad over La Veta Pass |
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| Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve |
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| Riding the Cumbres & Toltec Narrow Gauge Railroad |
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| Visiting with Friends in Pagosa Springs, Colorado |
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| That's Gizmo the Super Therapy Dog! |
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| Arrived Durango, Colorado for our ride on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad |
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| The Tour Guide at SoundTraxx |
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| SoundTraxx manufactures sound boards for HO Scale Locomotives |
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| Continuing our ride of the Durango & Silverton RR |
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| Great BBQ Food and they make all their own desserts from scratch in Silverton, Colorado |
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| The Snow Cap. Best burgers and hot dogs Ever! |
These next pictures illustrate why you should have someone on the ground watching to make sure your clearances are good. We pulled into a Terrible Herbts Gas Station to discover the pump we pulled up to didn't work. Luckily for me, Arlene went to the pump up from where we pulled in and as I began to pull forward, I see this look on Arlene's face as if to say "STOP"! Sure enough, the clearance was only 11'6" as you see in the photo (our minimum clearance is 14'! YIKES!). The only thing that happened was the beam from the overhead started to push in on the Fantastic Vent cover.
After re-situating ourself so we could fill out a TA(Traffic Accident) report (more on this to follow), I was able to pop out the dent and re-install the Fantastic vent cover. No Harm, No Foul as Chick Hearns use to always say.
A traffic report is something you should always fill out. It protects you from the other party/s from saying something that just didn't happen. Along with the TA report, take LOTS of pictures should the other party/s claim more damage than what actually occurred.
Lesson's learned:
Always be aware of your overhead clearances. Take nothing for granted.
Have someone on the ground watching for you. Had Arlene not been where she was, it could have been a lot worse.
And last but not least, looking back, I was in a hurry and went into a standard gas station. The clearances at these stations are or could be very limiting for something like a 5th wheel. Next time, I'll go out of my way to find a Truck stop where I know the clearances can accommodate us. I may have to wait, but that's easy!
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