Adventures including a visit to, drive thru and/or stay in Utah
Red Rock Gateway to Arches & Canyonlands National Parks We stayed 5 nights, ~20 minutes from Arches, ~1 hour from Canyonlands-Island in the Sky, ~1.5 hours from Canyonlands-Needles. We used pretty much 4 full days for our… Visits to these 2 new National Park Sites: On our way to Nevada Read more
Lizzy Adventure Albums at: June 2-June 24, 2022 June 24-July 22, 2022 Overview We took our first long Lizzy Trip in 2+ years…50 days, mostly in the Rocky Mountains and High Plains (sleeping above 4,000′ for 35 nights….highest was ~7,165′ @ Laramie, WY) We originally called this trip “Loop thru The Rockies”. Read more
Leaving Bonneville Salt Flats / Salt Lake City Arrived for one night in Wendover, UT/NV yesterday, and were delighted to find that we arrived at Historic Wendover Army Air Base in time for the once-a-day tour! It was once the largest airbase in the world and was part of the Read more
Dinosaurs, Fossils, & Petroglyphs Oh My! Actually camping at a KOA on the Mormon Pioneer, Oregon, California, and Pony Express Trails! During our 4 days in Vernal, Utah, we took 4 day trips to Dinosaur National Monument (#178), where we saw lots of Dinosaurs, Fossils, Petroglyphs, and Spectacular Geology. We Read more
After visiting Laramie & Cheyenne, Wyoming We arrived in Vernal, Utah yesterday, after 4 nights in Laramie, Wyoming, and a stopover in Craig, Colorado. In Laramie, we camped 1 mile from the Wyoming Territorial Prison Museum (the only prison to ever incarcerated Butch Cassidy…for stealing a horse). We went into Read more
Road Trip Album at: November 23–December 13, 2016 Overview The primary goal of our Cross-Country Road Trip was to drive the Prius home to Washington to leave her there, making this our last X-Country Trip in the Prius. We had decided that 2017 would be the year to buy a Read more