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Grand Canyon North Rim
June 20, 2018

The North Rim

Two hours of driving, with a 3,000 ft elevation gain and a 20 degree temperature drop, brought us from our campsite near Kanab to the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. I think we were...
By Cat Sparks in Just for Fun, News, Personal, Travel
The Virgin River flows through the middle of Zion National Park.
June 17, 2018

Zion National Park

Of the famous “Mighty 5” within Utah, Zion National Park was the first park we chose to explore. We selected a scenic boondocking site along the Virgin River, just a few miles east of the...
By Cat Sparks in Destination, News, Personal, Travel
June 16, 2018

Cedar Breaks + Red Canyon

If you need a break from the heat in Bryce Canyon or Zion, head up into the mountains to Cedar Breaks National Monument. Standing at over 10,000 feet of elevation, the weather is drastically cooler...
By Cat Sparks in Just for Fun, News, Personal, Travel
June 13, 2018

Hoover Dam

What can I say about our trip to Las Vegas? For starters, it was HOT, therefore we savored the wonderful invention of air conditioning, and also ate lots of yummy food. Carne asade fries?! Yes,...
By Cat Sparks in News, Personal, Travel
Joshua Tree National Park California
June 7, 2018

Desert and Oasis in California

Across the mountains we fled, from the scorching desert to cool, breezy weather in San Diego. On one side of the mountain range it was nearly 110ºF, and by the time we disembarked from our truck in...
By Cat Sparks in Just for Fun, News, Personal, Travel
A saguaro cactus in arizona at sunset.
May 30, 2018

Cacti in Arizona

After a short but lovely visit with friends in Tuscon, where we were pampered with delicious home cooking and lovely conversations, we headed further south towards Organ Pipe National Monument....
By Cat Sparks in Just for Fun, News, Travel
Apache Plume
May 15, 2018

Gila Cliff Dwellings

When we checked out the map and roads leading up to the cliff dwellings, we could see that it would NOT be a great idea to try to take our large camper up the steep, narrow, winding forest roads. The...
By Cat Sparks in Just for Fun, News, Personal, Travel
white sands national monument new mexico
May 10, 2018

White Sands

White Sands National Monument is a place that needs to be experienced in real life–the sand is actually composed of tiny crystals, and it glitters in the sunlight! We also witnessed the most...
By Cat Sparks in Just for Fun, News, Personal, Travel