{"id":1411,"date":"2019-06-13T23:20:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T23:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?p=1411"},"modified":"2019-06-13T23:20:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T23:20:48","slug":"road-trip-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/13\/road-trip-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Trip!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Alice and I made our way to Denver to spend some time with Kaitlin and Adam and to pick up the Holden Ute and drive it back to Seattle.  We&#8217;d been looking forward to this &#8211; Alice mostly as she got to attend Kate&#8217;s Kindergarten class graduation and me mostly because I finally get to drive the Ute and take a special road trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190602_175735968_iOS-e1560464488138-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190602_175735968_iOS-e1560464488138-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190602_175735968_iOS-e1560464488138-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190602_175735968_iOS-e1560464488138-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> We had fun hanging out with Adam and Kate. Denver always seems to have something happening.  In this case it was the Chalk Art festival downtown.  This was a much bigger event than I expected and some of the artwork was very impressive &#8211; even more so as they had to repair the works each afternoon following the inevitable rain shower and thunder storm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190602_180315157_iOS-e1560464576949-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1413\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1413\" class=\"wp-image-1413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190602_180315157_iOS-e1560464576949-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190602_180315157_iOS-e1560464576949-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Artists at work while storm clouds gather<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190602_180407677_iOS-e1560464727504-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1414\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1414\" class=\"wp-image-1414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190602_180407677_iOS-e1560464727504-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190602_180407677_iOS-e1560464727504-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>3-D chalk art was amazing<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I also managed to catch up a couple of former colleagues from myDIALS &#8211; always great to share stories and hear what people are up to now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190602_133437000_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190602_133437000_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190602_133437000_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190602_133437000_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Catching up with Mark and Jeff from myDIALS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ute was ready and it truly was a very impressive job from Randy and John.  Below are some before\/after photos to show the amount of work that went into the conversion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1017\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190129_172944375_iOS-1017x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1416\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1416\" class=\"wp-image-1416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190129_172944375_iOS-1017x1024.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190129_172944375_iOS-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190129_172944375_iOS-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190129_172944375_iOS-768x773.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1017px) 100vw, 1017px\" \/><figcaption>Engine out ready for transplant<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190129_165937086_iOS-e1548879393810-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1231\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/30\/australia-day-in-denver\/20190129_165937086_ios\/\" class=\"wp-image-1231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190129_165937086_iOS-e1548879393810-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190129_165937086_iOS-e1548879393810-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Still right hand drive and manual <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190305_144856000_iOS-e1560465242891-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1418\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1418\" class=\"wp-image-1418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190305_144856000_iOS-e1560465242891-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190305_144856000_iOS-e1560465242891-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190305_144856000_iOS-e1560465242891-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190305_144856000_iOS-e1560465242891-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Conversion underway<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190613_212125196_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1419\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1419\" class=\"wp-image-1419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190613_212125196_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190613_212125196_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190613_212125196_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Now left hand drive and automatic<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190613_212546228_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1420\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1420\" class=\"wp-image-1420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190613_212546228_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190613_212546228_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190613_212546228_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Engine in and looking great<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190530_174521093_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1421\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1421\" class=\"wp-image-1421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190530_174521093_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190530_174521093_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190530_174521093_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The great team of John and Randy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After a long weekend and a couple of quick runs to Wyoming and Rocky Mountain Park to ensure everything was working fine, Alice and I took off on our road trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"759\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190604_172933341_iOS-1024x759.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190604_172933341_iOS-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190604_172933341_iOS-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190604_172933341_iOS-768x570.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The first stop was Albuquerque New Mexico, via Taos and Sante Fe.  This is a nice drive and we stopped at Taos to enjoy lunch and check out a mission.  Albuquerque is always fun and we stayed near old town so we could look around there.  We also managed to have some great Mexican food and of course a good sampling of margaritas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190604_191925048_iOS-e1560465796945-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1424\" class=\"wp-image-1424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190604_191925048_iOS-e1560465796945-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190604_191925048_iOS-e1560465796945-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>St Francisco de Aisi Church<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_165715248_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1426\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1426\" class=\"wp-image-1426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_165715248_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_165715248_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_165715248_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>St Joseph as San Fidel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_143810167_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_143810167_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_143810167_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_143810167_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>San Felipe de Neri Church in old town Albuquerque<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From Albuquerque we traveled along the historic Route 66 across New Mexico and Arizona.  I love the many stops and quaint \/ historic \/ weird artifacts that dot the landscape along the way. Alice got her wish to stay overnight in the Wigwam Motel.  I&#8217;ve done this trip before and enjoy visiting Seligman, the birthplace of the Route 66 revival.  Here we had breakfast at the Roadkill Cafe and was surprised to see both an Aussie flag and New Zealand flag taking pride of place (?) between the restrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_172316674_iOS-e1560465997405-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1427\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1427\" class=\"wp-image-1427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_172316674_iOS-e1560465997405-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_172316674_iOS-e1560465997405-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"954\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_182258794_iOS-1024x954.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1428\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1428\" class=\"wp-image-1428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_182258794_iOS-1024x954.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_182258794_iOS-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_182258794_iOS-768x715.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_182258794_iOS.jpg 1901w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"807\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_201026276_iOS-1024x807.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1429\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1429\" class=\"wp-image-1429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_201026276_iOS-1024x807.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_201026276_iOS-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_201026276_iOS-768x605.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"778\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_203634620_iOS-778x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1430\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1430\" class=\"wp-image-1430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_203634620_iOS-778x1024.jpg 778w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_203634620_iOS-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_203634620_iOS-768x1010.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_203634620_iOS.jpg 1515w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><figcaption>Still some artifacts from Route 66 heyday<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_221545894_iOS-1-e1560466170875-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1432\" class=\"wp-image-1432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_221545894_iOS-1-e1560466170875-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190605_221545894_iOS-1-e1560466170875-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>We got to sleep in a wigwam<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190606_162825926_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1433\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1433\" class=\"wp-image-1433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190606_162825926_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190606_162825926_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190606_162825926_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Snowcap Diner is famous<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190606_160838719_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190606_160838719_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190606_160838719_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190606_160838719_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Aussie and New Zealand flags and some road signs &#8211; autographed!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We entered California and headed south to go through Joshua Tree National Park before staying in Palm Springs for a couple nights.  It was hot here &#8211; above 100F &#8211; for early June.  The air conditioning in the Ute worked like a charm and the temperature gauge never moved &#8211; thank you Randy! We stayed in a funky, historic hotel and enjoyed the pool, a local festival and the aerial tramway &#8211; it was 40F colder at the top than at the bottom, which was a great relief.  At the hotel we were told we should smell the trees at the top and sure enough, they smelled like butterscotch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"855\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190606_185207204_iOS-855x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1435\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1435\" class=\"wp-image-1435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190606_185207204_iOS-855x1024.jpg 855w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190606_185207204_iOS-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190606_185207204_iOS-768x920.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190606_185207204_iOS.jpg 1852w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190606_203130085_iOS-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1436\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1436\" class=\"wp-image-1436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190606_203130085_iOS-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190606_203130085_iOS-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>The road stretched to the horizon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190606_220149118_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190606_220149118_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190606_220149118_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190606_220149118_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Alice loved the Joshua trees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607_004227790_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1438\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1438\" class=\"wp-image-1438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607_004227790_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607_004227790_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607_004227790_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>This was a cool hotel..<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607_153555883_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1439\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1439\" class=\"wp-image-1439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607_153555883_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607_153555883_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607_153555883_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>with a nice pool area<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607_220449784_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1441\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1441\" class=\"wp-image-1441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607_220449784_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607_220449784_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607_220449784_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Aerial Tramway<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607_214441194_iOS-e1560466584270-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1442\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1442\" class=\"wp-image-1442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607_214441194_iOS-e1560466584270-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607_214441194_iOS-e1560466584270-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Sniffing the trees<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607_213029256_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607_213029256_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607_213029256_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607_213029256_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>View from the top shows Palm Springs and the fault line<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From Palm Springs we headed to the coast and up Highway 1 to San Simeon where we visited Hearst Castle.  This is an amazing place full of artwork from all over the world, all with a rich history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190609_165914348_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190609_165914348_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190609_165914348_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190609_165914348_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Hearst Castle is simply huge and amazing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190609_164842557_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1445\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1445\" class=\"wp-image-1445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190609_164842557_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190609_164842557_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190609_164842557_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190609_171559105_iOS-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1446\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1446\" class=\"wp-image-1446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190609_171559105_iOS-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190609_171559105_iOS-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190609_174330568_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1447\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1447\" class=\"wp-image-1447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190609_174330568_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190609_174330568_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190609_174330568_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up was continuing up Highway 1 and 101 along the coast through California and Oregon.  This is a tremendous road, mostly two lanes, but a great driving experience with beautiful scenery.  The Ute handled beautifully, and for the most part the slower drivers were very courteous and moved out of the way to let us pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190609_185158036_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1448\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1448\" class=\"wp-image-1448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190609_185158036_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190609_185158036_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190609_185158036_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Highway 1 is a driver&#8217;s delight<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190610_191548343_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1449\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1449\" class=\"wp-image-1449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190610_191548343_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190610_191548343_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190610_191548343_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Coastline is stunning<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"716\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190610_163953922_iOS-1-716x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190610_163953922_iOS-1-716x1024.jpg 716w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190610_163953922_iOS-1-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190610_163953922_iOS-1-768x1098.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190610_163953922_iOS-1.jpg 1762w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><figcaption>Taking a break overlooking the Golden Gate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190611_174034274_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1452\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1452\" class=\"wp-image-1452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190611_174034274_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190611_174034274_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190611_174034274_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190612_005733041_iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1455\" data-link=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?attachment_id=1455\" class=\"wp-image-1455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190612_005733041_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190612_005733041_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190612_005733041_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Dinner entertainment<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We spent the last night in Newport Oregon, and were entertained at dinner by a few sea lions who hadn&#8217;t yet departed to spend summer in San Francisco. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"758\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190612_130919959_iOS-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190612_130919959_iOS-1024x758.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190612_130919959_iOS-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190612_130919959_iOS-768x568.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Pretty but sad as it&#8217;s our last day on the road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We finally made our way home to Seattle after a very satisfying road trip &#8211; the Ute ran flawlessly, we saw plenty of great sights, we stayed in nice places and we had several memorable meals.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks again to John and Randy at Left Hand Utes for converting the Ute so well with such great attention to detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alice and I made our way to Denver to spend some time with Kaitlin and Adam and to pick up the Holden Ute and drive it back to Seattle. We&#8217;d been looking forward to this &#8211; Alice mostly as she got to attend Kate&#8217;s Kindergarten class graduation and me mostly because I finally get to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/13\/road-trip-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Road Trip!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1457,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions\/1457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}