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One Night in Durango

February 28, 2021 By Val Weston 3 Comments

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I was riding my BMW F700GS across the country along with my dear man on his Yamaha FJ-09. We left from our home (at the time) in Dayton, Nevada with various destinations in Georgia, Tennessee, and … [Read more...] about One Night in Durango

Filed Under: Featured, Travel Tagged With: adventure travel, colorado, manhattan, saloon, taco

Rethinking Adventure Food with Fishpeople Seafood

July 15, 2014 By Val Weston 4 Comments

A few weeks before I set out out on the Pacific Northwest Tour, I got a treat. The folks at Fishpeople Seafood contacted me to see if I'd be interested in trying out their products and sharing my … [Read more...] about Rethinking Adventure Food with Fishpeople Seafood

Filed Under: Outdoors, Uncategorized Tagged With: backpacking, camping, car-camping, colorado, dinosaur national monument, fishpeople seafood, gear, great sand dunes, pacific northwest tour, pnwtour, Reviews, road trip, The Pacific Northwest Tour (2014), utah

The Pacific Northwest Tour – Week 3

June 3, 2014 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

Three weeks into the Pacific Northwest tour and I've collected Fred and George in Denver for Stage 2... the actual Pacific Northwest part. What I've been up to... 1 final day in Great Sand … [Read more...] about The Pacific Northwest Tour – Week 3

Filed Under: Outdoors, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: colorado, denver, dinosaur national monument, geocaching, goal zero, great sand dunes, pacific northwest tour, road trip, salt lake city, The Pacific Northwest Tour (2014), utah

Comfort

May 30, 2014 By Val Weston 2 Comments

If you've been following along the Pacific Northwest Tour, particularly on Facebook, you know that I just spent eight solo adventure days of camping, hiking, photographing, and relaxing at the … [Read more...] about Comfort

Filed Under: Outdoors, Uncategorized Tagged With: colorado, great sand dunes, only dirt roads, road trip, The Pacific Northwest Tour (2014)

The Pacific Northwest Tour: Week 2

May 27, 2014 By Val Weston 2 Comments

Two weeks into the Pacific Northwest tour and I'm still in the southwest. After Overland Expo, I ventured to Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve where I've been hanging out for the last … [Read more...] about The Pacific Northwest Tour: Week 2

Filed Under: Outdoors, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: colorado, great sand dunes, great sand dunes national park, pacific northwest tour, road trip, The Pacific Northwest Tour (2014)

Self Reliance

May 23, 2014 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

A lot of folks think I'm nuts for taking off on 16 days of solo travel and adventure. For some it seems daunting and/or dangerous, for others it seems lonely. As for the lonely part, it's a … [Read more...] about Self Reliance

Filed Under: Outdoors, Uncategorized Tagged With: colorado, great sand dunes, pacific northwest tour, ralph waldo emerson, road trip, The Pacific Northwest Tour (2014)

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