Tag: travel
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Silver Canyon: The James Bond of Westerns (Stop #2: Utah)
The second significant stop on my first foray into western lands was Hildale, Utah. Never heard of it? I hadn’t either, but it’s where I could find the cheapest hotel for visiting Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks. It is a town smaller than the pinprick you’d get on your thumb by trying to pin…
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Bless Me, Ultima: A Chicano Classic (Stop #1: New Mexico)
My first major stop on my road trip was Albuquerque, New Mexico. Before that I’d stayed a night in San Antonio, but only to make the twenty-six hour drive from Florida to New Mexico semi-bearable. With bloodshot eyes and aching limbs, I drove into Albuquerque around seven in the evening, checked into my hotel, and…