Travel, detours & the life between
Desert roads & red rock
Moab, Canyonlands, Bryce Canyon, Santa Fe, Las Vegas, and the road-trip lessons learned between them.
14 stories in the journal
The complete route
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View this post on Instagram Shafer Switchbacks Time-lapse. #moab #shafertrail #jeep #utah #islandinthesky #canyonlands #wrangler #room4two #whiterimtrail (at White Rim Trail, Utah)
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Utah backcountry bathroom graffiti is a bit different…. #utah #islandinthesky #whiterimtrail #bathroomgraffiti (at Canyonlands National Park - Island In The Sky)
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View this post on Instagram at Canyonlands National Park - Island In The Sky
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Well, I guess I’m a little behind on the blogging, but let me fill you in! First thing, just in case you all wanted to follow on the FB, we started a page there as well,…
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Wednesday’s plan included Arches National Park and then the Island in the Sky portion of Canyonlands that we did not get to the day before. First up was Arches, where we did plenty of…
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One of the pics from the Bryce Canyon Rodeo.
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We left Las Vegas early to get a jumpstart on our trip to LA. We were excited about leaving Las Vegas, and will probably not be returning unless absolutely required to. My sister lives…
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It’s Not You, It’s Me Las Vegas seems to be bringing some of the grouchiness out in both of us today. It has been a fun day so far but I think all the walking without purpose in the heat…
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O.M.F.G.-I hurt all over and my lips are chapped beyond belief. I feel like I have been hit by a bus, only getting hit by a bus would have been quicker than the 4 hour 3 mile hike down…
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Video from this story appears above. We have officially arrived in Vegas as of last night. Yesterday was our Grand Canyon hike that went pretty well. Got a late start, had a squirrel…
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Well, another successful travel day down. We managed make our egress from Santa Fe this morning without issue and pointed the Miata west. We stopped in Gallup for lunch at Earl’s and…
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Just a quick little post, as we are about to head out towards Williams, Arizona, stopping to see the Petrified Forest and rest up for a big day at the Grand Canyon on Tuesday. Sante Fe…
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It’s official…we have left the “Heatdome!” I can officially state that since we drove around last night with the top down. It was a cool 66 degrees from about 7:00 pm on, crazy thought…
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