
It has been a little over a month since I last posted a blog simply because I’m enjoying the time of my life fulfilling my dreams.
The photos displayed in this blog post and the next couple to follow identify my destinations across the U. S. from Grand Isle north of Burlington VT, to Cape Disappointment State Park in Washington State along with everything in between.
The newest addition to my travel arsenal is the Yakima Rooftop tent and annex which has been quite the conversation piece everywhere I have traveled. Many are intrigued with its design questioning me about the comfortability of my sleep and is there enough room.
My Yakima Rooftop tent is a two-person tent with plenty of room for me, and although my Yakima Cargo carrier prevents me from completely setting up the rain fly, on the cargo side so far I have not had any issues with rainwater entering the tent.
The annex has a beaded end that slides into the groves under the platform of the tent with two screen windows. The area is large enough for my chair, and a table allowing me to cook food and a place to sit for writing, reading and some great afternoon naps.

As the summer heat increase, I tried camping at elevations above six and seven thousand feet, but I have implemented a new travel rule which is staying north of U.S. interstate 90 towards the Canadian border to ensure cooler temperatures during the day and comfortable nighttime sleeping among the trees.
Because of the smoke from the wildfires, in Colorados, I sped through fairly quickly, but I will be returning for the sheer visual beauty at elevations above 10,000 feet for day hikes, backpacking and mountain biking.
My first stop in Colorado was the Great Sand Dunes located in southeast Colorado, west of Colorado Springs.
The magnificent sand dunes reminded me of my approach to the City of Rocks Campgrounds in New Mexico where your destination is visible from a great distance across a vast scenic vista.
I would recommend arriving early at the visitors center to plan a one or two days touring the park’s seven life zones of the magnificent sand dunes. There is an alpine tundra, subalpine, mountain forest, dunefields, sand sheet grassland, salt-encrusted plain or sabkha and of streamsides and wetlands.
The park’s campgrounds called Pinon Flats are situated in an area allowing for incredible views of the valley towards the sand dunes. So plan your visit as soon as possible. 🙂
glad you are enjoying it all )
Fantastic!! Good for you! I completely relate to fulfilling childhood dreams. Oh man…go do it all! Congratulations.☺️
Life to the fullest! Clink.
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What a wonderful journey. I’m sure the tent is a conversation starter. 🙂
It has been an incredible conversation starter.
Hey Marty…. really enjoyed meeting you today in Hood River! Looking forward to reading your blog. Hope to cross paths again sometime.
Let me know if you’ll be in the area much longer maybe we can meet up again!
Pat
We have been curious about the tents that go on top of cars. Just seems nice to be able to pack up and go quickly! Hope you enjoy the rest of your trip!
The rooftop tent is incredible but, I’m planning a move to a Van build out or RV for more room and a permanent writing location. 😀👌🏾
This is so inspirational
Thank you Holy. 😀🤙🏾👏🏾
It’s great you’ve taken time away & manage to bring a fresh perspective to your writing. Great content & pictures. Happy travels!
Thanks, I have new content coming on a regular basis. 🙂