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The Cruise--Details

I didn't include more details in the prior "The Cruise" post for two reasons. 1)  I didn't think anyone would be interested; and 2)  This trip didn't include much of the normal topics:  good beer, good coffee or John-style travel. But there are details, which may be useful to some people contemplating how such a trip is put together. On the first day of the trip, we drove three hours to pick up my mother in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  At 85, she isn't comfortable driving for long distances and hadn't flown for many years. We then drove 3 1/2 more hours to Chicago, where we checked into the Wyndham, where you can get a room that includes the cost of parking for up to 12 days.   We were up early on the hotel shuttle to O'Hare, where we then boarded the a non-stop American Airlines flight to New Orleans. Here, we checked into a Hampton Inn near the port.  My mother was pretty tired, so Julia and I went out for a Cajun dinner and live music.   Rememberi...
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I was up early on February 4th, making coffee and toasting a couple of Hatch Chile bagels.

Julia was sleeping in, and Callie, who is not allowed in the bedroom at home, was taking full advantage of the vacation situation.


After breakfast, we headed to the Petroglyph National Monument.  One advantage to unseasonably cold weather was the lack of crowds; we had the trails to ourselves at the Volcanoes Day Use Area.


There were a scattering of folks on the man loop trail near the Visitors' Center, but not many.  

 

Dozens of petroglyphs were visible along the trail.  Our phone cameras didn't do them justice.

 

After hiking we stopped for lunch at Lava Rock Brewing Company.  I had a lava burger, which was an open-faced cheeseburger smothered with red chile with an egg and fried onion ring on top.  I was so hungry that I honestly don't recall the beer.


 

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