Patio Open Space - Museum of Contemporary Art December 1-15, 2025 On my second day in Cleveland (11/24), the weather had turned to an early, winter-like environment. Night temps were in the low to mid 20s, days high 20s and low 30s. For the next several days, there were snow showers mixed with mostly overcast skies. We had 3” snow Thanksgiving Eve and light accumulations on other days. The general forecast for the next ten days was similar.   On Sunday 11/30, I stayed moved f

Three for One, by Dennis Jones Sunday, November 23 – Monday, December 1, 2025   I was up Friday morning (October 21) at 4:30 having Raisin Bran and a glass of milk. There was a damp chill in the air. It had rained a little overnight. I left Chatfield State Park (Denver) at 5:30 AM. I drove through heavy traffic for the first hour. Chatfield is towards the southern end of Denver, and I needed to go to I-76, north of Denver, a distance of about forty miles. After that, traffic

San Rafael Swell, I-70 in Utah November 10-21, 2025 I left Zion Monday morning, heading to Denver. There is some great scenery on the drive, especially a canyon west of Salina, UT, where I-70 rises through Salina Canyon and Fishlake National Forest. There is also an amazing section of road through the San Rafael Swell . Overall, I-70 through this part of Utah  is an engineering and construction marvel. I enjoyed this drive a great deal.  I stopped at several rest areas to tak

Orion above The Watchman on a Bright Moon Night November 2-10, 2025 I arrived at Zion National Park on Sunday, November 1. It was a beautiful day. I went for a  bike ride up Zion Canyon that afternoon, but I kept it short, only doing one loop. It is about two miles from Watchman Campground to the entrance of the canyon road. From there, it is six miles to the end of the road. It stops when the canyon becomes too narrow. There is a walking trail from that point that goes anoth

Goblins! October 27-29, 2025 I drove from Moab to Goblin Valley on Monday and stayed in the campground two nights. Ad their brochure mentions a couple times, the landscape is other worldly. The Goblins were formed by a similar process of land formation by sedimentation in an ancient inland sea, eventual uplift, and erosion all taking place over a time period of about 140-170 million years. It's a unique environment. Kids love running around and climbing on the Goblins. It's a

October 23-27, 2025 I arrived at Needles In Canyonlands in the evening on Thursday, October 23. It took about two hours to drive from Moab. I had a reservation for one night in B21. I was surprised to see a day open at all when I had checked about two weeks ago. There are only thirteen reservable campsites, and it just so happened there was one site open on one day. In general, it’s all booked. When I have checked back again to see if anything else had opened up, there was ne

Manti-LaSal Mountains from Devil's Garden Campground, Arches National Park October 19-23, 2025 I arrived at sunset to Arches National Park on Sunday evening. It took me about thirty minutes to park my van in my campsite. The driveway had an awkward pitch, more so than any other site in the campground. There are 53 campsites. I finally figured out the best way to park, on a diagonal across the sloped driveway, so that with the levelers I carry with me, I could park so the bed