Just 5 photos each today and tomorrow, but since we’re typing this tomorrow, it is 5 photos each from yesterday and today. Got it? It is fun, at least for us, to see how differently we shoot, standing next to each other with similar, but not identical equipment, but certainly not similar perspectives. (susan here: Since we wanted to see the sunrise we were up early. Last night we agreed the one who woke up first would get up and wake the other one up. I woke at 4am and prodded Paul to get up. It sounds fiendishly early but we crashed last night about 8pm. We are not yet…

Just 5 photos each, today and tomorrow, but since we’re typing this tomorrow, it is 5 photos each from yesterday and today. Got it? It is fun, at least for us, to see how differently we shoot, standing next to each other with similar, but not identical equipment, but certainly not similar perspectives. Susan Paul

April 1, 2026 — Day 8 Undisclosed Location Yes, the Grand Canyon! We’re here for 3 sleeps. This is why we kept up Beast Mode when we had put in 3 or 4 days without incident. We had expected to be in Tonto National Forest, or maybe the Painted Desert, but one of us just said, “Hey, the Grand Canyon.” Super lucky to get a campsite. And here’s the maps and data from yesterday’s entry. Daily: 330 miles Total: 2,672 miles Driving miles/Day: 382 miles/day  Overall miles/Day: 382 miles

March 31, 2026 — Day 7 Junkyard on 66 Brewery, Grants, NM — Undisclosed Location Over breakfast we watched many trains go by, we finally had a chance to count one. 105 cars plus 2 or 3 locomotives. But how long is a train car? Most of the train cars you see today are articulating well cars. It turns out the come in 3, 4, and 5 car bundles. You can see this as they ride, you sell 3 containers close together and then a gap, then 3 and a gap, then 4 and a gap. We had never noticed that before. The top container can be longer than the…