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Chimney Tree Grill

Chimney Tree Grill

Trying to find a restaurant for a birthday dinner turned into an adventure in and of itself. It wasn't until the third try that we found folks we really wanted to serve us. For a while it seemed as if the answer to Paul Mc Cartney's query, "Will you still feed me,...

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Zion Canyon

Zion Canyon

Park Service Introduction Video Zion defies description. We were told it was very different from Bryce Canyon and that is so very true. Besides the fact that you get to view the canyon from below, the formations are so huge! There's so much here! And we have so little...

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On the Ridge!

On the Ridge!

Driving west on Utah's Scenic Byway 12, one of the most spectacular stretches of road there is. The section between Escalante and Boulder is superlative. As you drive along a narrow ridge, the views on either side are breathtaking. You feel compelled to be continually...

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Grand Staircase-Escalante

Grand Staircase-Escalante

See Park Video At the Cannonville Visitors Center the ranger suggested we travel Utah's Scenic Route 12 as today's adventure! The scenes are breathtaking. Around every corner we encounter more stark beauty. And we're having fun bantering with fellow travelers as well...

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Bryce Canyon

Bryce Canyon

See Park Video As we drove through the arches on Scenic Highway 12 where Utah Governor Dern once proclaimed that he believed in fairies, we were admitted to the fairyland that today is Bryce Canyon National Park. It's truly unlike anything we've ever seen. Yes, we can...

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Paunsaugunt Plateau

Paunsaugunt Plateau

It's just incredibly, this plateau created by gear seismic activity 16 million years ago. On the other side of this 8000+ foot high formation is the legendary Bryce Canyon. We came to this part of Utah to visit Bryce but now are discovering so many more possibilities.

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Vermillion Cliffs

Vermillion Cliffs

We'd heard about the Vermillion Cliffs when chatting with neighbors in North Carolina last year. Now we are within sight of them! The are composed of Navajo Sandstone laid down about 180 million years ago when this part of the world was at the bottom of a sea. The...

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GSENM

GSENM

We stopped at the Big Water Visitors Center for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and received a grand education! Since it's creation by President Clinton in the 1990's this park has been the site of extensive paleontological study and the discovery of...

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Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge

Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge

Park video Where the buffalo roam...where the elk and the longhorn play... Yesterday afternoon we saw mountains emerging on the horizon beyond the vast Oklahoma grasslands. It's an amazing place. Set aside as a wildlife refuge in 1901 after the great buffalo hunts...

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Natchez Trace

Natchez Trace

See Visitor Guide, Introduction See Park Service Video Page As part of our route from River Ridge to Vicksburg, we drove on the Natchez Trace Parkway from Natchez to Port Gibson. The parkway is a scenic modern highway that more or less follows the path of an ancient...

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Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.

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Cobh on Our Own

Cobh on Our Own

For our first adventure together on the Emerald Isle, we walked the streets of Cobh, County Cork, explored St Colman’s Cathedral, and visited the Cobh Heritage Center.