Mom said so....

My mom and many others always ask me about where I've been lately or what's the favorite place I've been... and I have trouble racking my brain when they do. I know when I'm at a unique or beautiful place I'm thinking, "wow, this is great that I'm seeing this." But I'm realizing that in my old age, my memories are mixing together.

Moms has said more than once that I "should really keep a journal" so this is my attempt at it. Now she can decide on a where my favorite park should be.

I've tried a blog before, but it didn't turn out too good (I swore too much). Actually I did it for the wrong reason, to entertain. But this time it's purely personal. I need to record my travels, and using a camera just isn't doing it.

I started this job almost 2 years ago now and my first trip was to Lava Beds National Monument. (I'll explain what "this job" actually is throughout my posts) Since then I've been to around 50 National Parks/Monuments/Recreation Areas/Parkways. I've gotten our truck stuck on a mountainside in Sequoia National Park and I almost hit a car on the National Mall. Driven through a couple of ice storms and have seen more Joshua trees than all of you combined. I've probably personally driven 25,000 miles in the truck, never once falling asleep at the wheel.

So I'm gonna try to update this on a daily basis when I'm on the road. I'm outta Denver about 2 weeks a month (girlfriend loves it). Entries may be long or they may be short; they may be interesting or they may be totally boring; but like I said this is personal.