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This page is our own companion guide to the journey — a place where we share the backstory, the seasons, sample safari itineraries, practical insights, and the moments that have made Tanzania such an important part of our lives. Click the post image for the complete entry
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A 190-mile Vermilion Cliffs Loop
This would be quite a road trip, but our sources said that visiting the Vermilion Cliffs would be worth it. Before we begin a description
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Alone Together at a Famous Landscape
Just musing here, but this blog post is meant to be a gentle affirmation favoring proper touristing. So far on this trip, it’s been nice people all the way down. Maybe it is that the high season of bad behavior has not fully arrived, and also, Marcy and I tend
A missing piece from the Monument Valley story
Hello friends, A quick note about the Monument Valley story I just published — some subscribers may have received the post without the opening image. That image is really the heart of the story: the long road on US Highway 163, stretching toward the buttes of Monument Valley, the very
The Most Crowded Empty Road in the West
“I’m pretty tired. I think I’ll go home now.” – Forrest Gump, upon arriving in Monument Valley. In my mind, this is the most iconic scene of the American West. From a high viewpoint, the pavement stretches toward a vanishing point, with distant red buttes rising from the desert floor.
