b a c k r o a d s g r e a t o f t h e merican w e s t b a c k r o a d s g r e a t o f t h e merican w e s t Your Guide to Great Day Trips and Weekend Gary Crabbe Getaways Diana Fairbanks Jim Hinckley Theresa Husarik Karen Misuraca George Ostertag Rhonda Ostertag Mike Sedam Claude Wiatrowski David M. Wyman Contents chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 —— —— —— 6 Colorado 28 New Mexico 54 Southern and rizona California 8 Stone, Coal, and Silver 30 Double-6 in 56 San Joaquin Marble to Aspen the Land of Valley’s Enchantment Freedom Roads 14 San Juan Glenrio to Gallup Delano to Skyway Allensworth Durango to 38 An Ancient Land Mancos Tucumcari to 60 Southern Albuquerque Mountains and 22 Cripple Deserts Creek Gold 42 America’s The Laguna Cascade to Main Street Mountains Westcliffe Route 66 from Ash Fork to 64 Mojave Desert Topock and Historic Route 66 50 The Arizona Victorville to Coast Amboy Kingman to Grand Canyon 70 Dana’s Pilgrim West and the Swallows of San Juan Capistrano Dana Point to Caspers Wilderness Park 74 The Seven Sisters Morro Bay and the Edna Valley chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 chapter 7 —— —— —— —— 80 Northern 112 Utah 134 Oregon 152 Washington California 114 The Old West 136 All Things 154 Wild Beaches 166 Contributors Comes to Life Coastal La Push to 82 Where It’s Old Pony Express Lincoln City to Hoquiam 168 Index Always Road Reedsport Yesterday 158 Carbonado Locke and the 118 Butch Cassidy 140 Volcano Buckley to Delta Was Here Central Mowich Lake Beaver Canyon to McKenzie Pass 86 The Sacramento I-70 to Santiam Pass 162 Steptoe Valley Scenic Byway Palouse to Steptoe The Midway 122 All-American Butte Road 144 Fire and 92 The Great State Route 12 Feathers Basin Desert Volcano Scenic Bodie 126 Along the Byway to Crater Mighty Lake and Klamath 96 Marshlands, Colorado Basin Rainforests, Potash Road to and a Rocky Dead Horse Point 148 Paradise Found Seacoast Hells Canyon Arcata to Prairie 130 Cowboys and Scenic Byway Creek State Park Indians, Both Main Loop Past and 102 The Sleeping Present Maiden Trail of the Muir Woods, Ancients Scenic Stinson Beach, Byway and a Mount Tamalpais Loop 108 Paso Robles Cowboy Country Chapter 1 8 Stone, Coal, colorado and Silver Marble to Aspen 14 San Juan Skyway Durango to Mancos 22 Cripple Creek Gold Cascade to Westcliffe The Million Dollar Highway near Ouray, Colorado. Dawn Wilson Photo/Shutterstock By Claude Wiatrowski S t o n e , C o a l , S i lv e r and Crystal Mill near Marble is one of the most photographed sites in Colorado. Marble to Aspen Peter Kunasz/Shutterstock 8 backroads of the great american west