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July Escape Day 1: Dodge to Pueblo

I begun a week-long escape from July in Joklahoma with an eleven-hour haul from Bartlesville to Pueblo, Colorado. I took the Dodge City route, but having suffered through the tourist trap there before, today I made only a brief stop … Continue reading

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Collier Bluff at Tyler Bend

I awoke Sunday at 6:30 am to a car horn pealing out, over and over again, somewhere in the parking lots at the Ozark Folk Center cabins.  Someone had bungled their car alarm, I suppose, and I had to grin … Continue reading

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Rush and Buffalo Point

Once I was out of bed on Saturday I checked to confirm that my videos from Friday had finished uploading to YouTube while I slept, so I could insert them in the blog post and publish it.  Then I prepared … Continue reading

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Pedestal Rocks and King’s Bluff

I awoke Friday morning to hear wind rushing through the air conditioner at the La Quinta as a gusty heavy rainstorm pummeled the area.  It had stopped by the time I finished breakfast and a check of the forecast told … Continue reading

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Misty Mount Magazine

I started my day with breakfast at the La Quinta and hit the road, arriving in the Benefield Picnic Area on the southeast tip of Mount Magazine by 8:30 am.  It was overcast and I ascended into wispy clouds to … Continue reading

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