Gazing at the Grand Canyon, Arizona
In the 1800's, tourists would take a 12-hour bone-jarring journey by stagecoach across rough roads from Flagstaff to view the majestic Grand Canyon.
It was a wonder of nature, that required epic feats to...
Swimming and Cliff-Diving at Lake Powell
We crossed into Arizona, and right across the border (on the south side of the Glen Canyon Dam) there's a great place to pull off and swim/cliff dive.
My husband said that every time he's driven past her...
THIS is Why We Love Travel!
5
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 ...
The Ultimate Minimalist Lifestyle: 1 Truck, 7 People, 321 Things
From one extreme to the other, we've lived in a 6500 square foot furnished house, and on another occasion, the model home with every furnishing and doo-dad possible.
Now our family of seven, and nearly e...
4 Months on the Road: What it Costs, How Far We’ve Driven
Twin Falls, Idaho
It was April 26, 2011 when we left Homer, Alaska to begin our Epic Expedition - a road trip from Alaska to Argentina.
It's been just about four months on the road. So what's our analysis...