Ash & Joe

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Joe 5/17/23 Joe 5/17/23

The Pacific Northwest

The Upper Left

How many Americans ever get to go to the far Upper Left of the continental U.S.?

How many of us will stand at Cape Flattery looking past the rocky cliffs pummeled by Pacific crests, pondering how far we are from the rest of the continental U.S.?

That bracing view, that feeling of the whole world wanting to rush in on endless waves.

Ashleigh 5/11/19 Ashleigh 5/11/19

Crater Lake National Park

In southern Oregon there is a lake that is a crater, and it is the deepest of all the lakes in the US. The crisp blue color is in a league of it’s own, holding up next to any of the best sunsets you’ve seen. The fact that there are no rivers or inlets attached or flowing to it, makes for some of the purest water in the world – it is a clarity that goes undisputed. It is a landscape that Life painted – one that Gaia made for you. Welcome to Crater Lake.

Joe 2/2/19 Joe 2/2/19

Apache Trail to White Sands

The Apache Trail Scenic Byway is a decently maintained dirt road that leads from Apache Junction, Arizona (a suburb of Phoenix) to the Theodore Roosevelt Dam.

Traversable though it may be for most vehicles – including our 23-foot 4x4 dually van – the winding curving crumbling clinging to plunging mountainsides can be harrowing nevertheless.