Welcome to Mark Hits The Road!

MarkHitsTheRoad.com is a hobby website where I share trip summaries, destination overviews and photos from my travels across the U.S. and around the world. I hope you enjoy them and that they inspire your own travels.

Road Trip and Travel Summaries and Photos

Here are the latest trip summaries with photos that I've posted to the site:

Arizona Route 66 Road Trip

A jury duty summons prevented me from taking my usual spring trip to Utah, but I was able to squeeze in a short trip to visit sites along Arizona's Route 66 between Flagstaff and Kingman.

Texas Road Trip

After earlier travel plans had to be cancelled, my first trip of 2026 was a road trip out to Texas and back to visit family. Sightseeing was limited, but I did spend time exploring San Antonio, Texas and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Hiking Road Trip

After my last trip, I was close enough to hitting 100 miles of trail hiking for the year that I planned a quick trip with enough hikes to put me over the top. This became the first year I exceeded that target since before I was diagnosed with Charcot foot in 2020.

Great Plains Parks and Museums Road Trip

I headed out to Iowa to visit family, and as usual I did some sightseeing on the way out and back. Highlights included Kansas City, North Dakota, Yellowstone and over thirty museums.

Caliente Rock Art and State Parks Road Trip

I spent a four-day weekend based in Caliente, Nevada so that I could explore some area rock art sites, mining towns and state parks.

Colorful Colorado Road Trip

I returned to southwest Colorado to finish off some Mesa Verde sites and return to some unexcavated ruins sites. I then took a scenic drive through Colorado's San Juan Mountains, although a wildfire and a bubonic plague outbreak disrupted some of my other plans.

Four Corners Loose Ends Road Trip

For my 2025 spring trip to Utah, I visited sites in all of the Four Corners states, including Chaco Culture and Mesa Verde parks, a successful mammoth hunt, and lunch in a Triassic park.

Imperial Valley Road Trip

I returned to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and explored other nearby sites in California's Imperial Valley region during a short 4-day getaway.

Silver City and El Paso Road Trip

I headed southeast to visit the Silver City, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas areas for a nice mix of hiking, sightseeing, historical sites and museums. On the way home, I learned about THE THING? - the Mystery of the Desert!

Summary of Mark's Retirement Travel Destinations

If you're curious, here's a PDF that lists all of my travel destinations since 2016 when I moved to Las Vegas through 2024. It's a pretty big list.

Destinations

Here are the latest destination overviews that I've posted to the site:

You will find these and more destination overviews on the Destinations page.

Photo Slideshows

Here are the latest photo slideshows I have posted to YouTube.

And for you dinosaur and alligator fans...

You will find these and more slideshows on the Slideshows page. And remember to subscribe to the MarkHitsTheRoad channel on YouTube.

Wasson Family Genealogy Documents

Copies of the latest versions of my Wasson Family History genealogy documents can be found here .

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