Could Bryce Canyon National Park be the best national park we've been to? While we've been to a lot of national parks, national monuments, and state parks on this trip already, right now, the answer is YES, Bryce tops the list. Read on to find out why... (As an aside, there are 63 national parks in […]
No sooner had Lisette opened her sleepy eyelids in the morning, when Michael frantically urged her to get up so that we could leave and drive in to Zion National Park. We cooked and scoffed down our oatmeal breakfast, but there seemed to be no signs that the Swiss family across from us were awake […]
Ahead of arriving in Utah, we'd said that we'd planned to take more time here, to not feel so rushed and truly savor our surroundings. Plus, after over 2 months of being on the go, we physically and mentally knew we wanted to slow down. So we were happy to take our time again this […]
Lisette successfully kept her vow from the night before, getting up in the morning and promptly taking Sheila for a lovely walk around the reservoir again, this time walking for a bit longer to take in the greenery, calm waters, and sounds of the birds tweeting around them. Sheila and Lisette were startled momentarily though, […]
In the morning we woke up to sunny skies so we decided to take advantage of our amazing campsite and have breakfast outside. Afterward we drove to the nearby Cliff Dwellers Stone House for a quick stop before heading for Vermilion Cliffs. Vermilion Cliffs: Overlooks, Condors and Pronghorns Vermilion Cliffs National Monument is 280,000 acres […]
Page, Arizona After two convenient nights sleeping in a Walmart parking lot, we were ready to move on. The city of Page is the gateway to popular attractions including Antelope Canyon, Lake Powell, Glen Canyon Dam and Horseshoe Bend so we weren’t expecting to do much in Page itself. We checked out a couple of […]
Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon on Navajo land that includes six different slot canyon sections. A slot canyon is a crevasse in the rock, split and polished by water and time. The photos of Antelope Canyon look otherworldly, as the vibrant red, smooth and wavy rock looks like nothing else. It’s for this reason […]
Run Forrest, Run! We woke up to find that the storm had passed, although the ground was still damp in the morning, and there was an icy cold wind blowing so that despite the sun’s rays, the temperature was below 0 degrees Celsius (31 degrees Fahrenheit). From Mexican Hat we drove straight to Forrest Gump […]
Where 4 US States Meet The Four Corners Monument is the only place in the US where four states – Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona – meet at one point. The monument also sits on the border between two semi-autonomous Native American nations: the Navajo Nation, which manages it as a tourist site, and […]
Mesa Verde National Monument is the largest and one of the best-preserved archaeological sites in the United States, with over 5,000 known sites, including 600 cliff dwellings. We were excited to visit it, but alas, we were a couple of weeks too early, as some notable areas were still closed for the season. There are […]