A Reef in the Desert
Another one of Utah’s “Mighty 5” parks is Capitol Reef, located in the center of the state, encompassing the former Mormon settlement of Fruita. As the…
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Page, Arizona
High temperatures dashed our hopes of taking a tour at Glen Canyon Dam, but we explored the visitor center displays to learn about how the dam…
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Bryce Canyon National Park
I’m ashamed to admit it, but I hadn’t heard of Bryce Canyon until a couple of years ago. It was one of the first locations we…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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On the Border in Del Rio
Actually, this post starts in a little place called Crystal City, TX. We needed to have some mail forwarded to us, and we really wanted to…
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