Zapata Falls is Colorado rough! First the 3 mile road that you drive up to the trailhead is even worse (almost) than the Point of No Return road yet there are no vehicle restrictions. The trail itself is only about 1 mile round trip but just covered enough with rocks to make it challenging. Our…

As much as we love our mountain home and have appreciated its safe locale…….GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!! We had to cancel so many trips this past year….we were really itching to go somewhere. So we packed up our new travel trailer and headed out. Traveling is not as easy as it used to be…maybe…

Backing up a little bit…..the drive through the High Atlas Mountains was extremely interesting. For the most part, the scenery was all brown disrupted here and there with a lush tropical oasis. First….oasis. We were under the impression that an oasis was a tiny little “island” in the middle of a desert, usually surrounded by…

Ouarzazate (wa-zeer-ra-zat) is the movie capital of Morocco. Lawrence of Arabia, Rules of Engagement, Gladiator, and others were made here. They have even opened up a film school. Our stay here was mostly an overnight on the way to Marrakesh however we did tour a beautiful casaba. On the way, we stopped at Ait Benhaddou…

The hotels we have stayed in so far, were sanitized and could have been anywhere in the world. But last night, after a long day of traveling, we checked into a hotel that embodies Morocco. This Casbah was so awesome and it felt like Lawrence of Arabia would ride up on his camel any minute….

Today we spent almost the full day touring the Fes medina which dates back to the 8th century,  as well as a separate section that dates back to the 14th century.  The older medina, which means walled city, was laid out when the University of Al-Karouine was created in 859….yes, 859. The university is still…

Sorry there has not been any posts the last few days. First it was bad Internet and now it is bad stomachs! We did not have a good night last night or a good day today so we are going to bed now….at 8pm! We are not the only ones however; many of our group…

The day started with a 2 hours drive to Meknes to see the Bab Mansour Gate, the Glorious Gate, an homage to Sultan Moulay Ismail. Across the street is El Hedim Square. Once a small casbah (community), the Sultan had the casbah torn down so that all could stand and admire the Glorious Gate. Used…

Our Gate 1 Tour officially starts today. After a practically inedible breakfast at the hotel,  we headed to Chellah which is a World Heritage site. It is the ruins of a Roman acropolis and a Muslim Necropolis. It is believed to have been settled by the Romans in 40AD but possibly the Phoenicians and/or Carthaginians…

We have added a new continent to our list of visited places: Africa. But we are not on a safari….we are in Morocco! We flew from Denver to JFK to Amsterdam to Casablanca. The airport in Amsterdam was so cool. It looked like an upscale mall with neat seating and light displays. Check out this…

We decided to make a big push home so we could make a stop in Colorado. So we drove about 10 hours on Friday with an interesting stop for lunch. Buzz was in the mood for some Chicken Fried steak before we left the South. So we got off the Interstate at the only decent…

So today was supposed to be the hottest day of the week so we decided to go for a dip. But first, back to Franklin’s Barbecue. We pull up and the line was as long as it was on Saturday but it seemed less “dense”. So we got in line and the manager comes out…