This is post 21 on our cross-country USA adventure as we travel though Utah and Colorado, on our 6-month adventure. The following areas in Utah and Colorado are covered in this post. Day 1: Prescott Valley to Monticello, UT (day 161 of the overall trip) On last year's road trip, we had 4 different stops in New Mexico as well as several in Texas. Even though it is warmer there, we opt to go north [...]
Background We have always dreamed of an Alaska road trip but given its distance from our home and the geographic size of this destination, we intentionally left this off the plate until we had time to do it right. So now that we're both retired and have more flexibility, it was time and as a result, we have put a travel framework in place where we will leave in the spring and return home just [...]
This is STOP 14, the 43rd, 44th and 45th days of our ten week cross country fall adventure in 2021! Here is a link to our previous stop in Rock Springs, WY. The Drive from Rock Springs, WY to Torrey, UT Rocks Springs Wy to Torrey UT We have a 6.5 hour drive today and we got a later start than intended (that darn fun at karaoke last night). Once again, we head south [...]
We originally planned to fly into Rome and road trip over a few weeks up to Venice where we were going to catch an 8 country Mediterranean cruise. We waited until the first week of August before bailing out of this trip (too many Covid restrictions in place). This left us trying to figure out what travel we wanted to do this fall. On Monday, we cancelled out of our European vacation and started the [...]
Cathedral Valley in Southern Utah - Capital Reef National Park The Cathedral Valley Loop is a 60 mile, rugged back-country drive through Capitol Reef National Park and BLM land. I requires one river ford and several wash crossings. Spectacular Canyons studded with sculpted monoliths, towers and cliffs wait you. How to view: This presentation is built to be responsive and will render on any device. Click the expand button in the upper right hand [...]
