THIS is Why We Love Travel!
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Except for a few side trips (to California, Idaho and Yellowstone), we spent about three months in Salt Lake City area, while we prepped our truck for the next leg of our trip.
We installed A/C (a ...
Re-Visiting Beautiful Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Over ten years ago, Greg and I visited Bryce Canyon on our honeymoon.
While we explored the hoodoos, which were iced with snow, soft flakes began to fall, like flower petals floating to the red sandy flo...
Exploring Dry Creek Slot Canyon, Near Escalante, Utah
We completed our morning routine in the sunlight of a beautiful, clear day at Hole-in-the-Rock, a National Monument in the middle of a Southern Utah desert.
Since Hole-in-the-Rock is the end of the road ...
I Would Have Made a Pathetic Pioneer – Hole-in-the-Rock, Utah
Over 150 years ago, 26 wagons and 250 people trudged along this route, headed south to establish a new settlement.
To get to their destination, they had to travel over hundreds of miles of difficult terr...
An Exercise in Personal Endurance – Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
(Videos and photos below)
Tears streaming down their faces, every child (except for baby Atlas) gathered around daddy, looking for comfort for their complaints.
"I'm cold."
"I'm tired."
"I'm hun...
Twin Falls, Idaho is Really COOL!
We went to Boise to visit FamilyonBikes (and lost a child at the Farmer's Market). After we left them, we visited friends in Twin Falls, Idaho.
Expecting to find a 'sagebrush farm', imagine our surprise ...
Video: Base Jumping Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls, Idaho
Base jumping is kind of like life, I've discovered. Not that I've done it. But I did 'let' my husband do it, and that's almost the same thing.
Since I've known him, he's mentioned wanting to base jump- s...
Losing a Child at the Farmer’s Market – Boise, Idaho
Doing research on our Alaska to Argentina expedition, I discovered a family who was riding their bikes along the same route - all the way from Prudhoe Bay to Ushuaia.
Nancy, John, Daryl and David Vogel f...
Video: Catching Chickens at a Grass-Fed Meat Farm, Utah
I've become a lot more interested in sustainable living since reading books like In Defense of Food; Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, and Fast Food Nation.
Also, I just ordered Omnivores Dilemma For Kids, and we'...
Fishing in American Fork Canyon, Utah
Since we've been in Utah, my kids have really wanted to go fishing with their Uncle Steven.
We took the opportunity this weekend, camping out in American Fork Canyon, and fished in Tibble Creek Resevoir.
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