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
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...
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.
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...
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...
Canyonlands & More
See Park Video See Park Video Started the day with a sunrise visit to Arches National Park and loved it even with the gray skies. Love that park! Went to Mass in Moab then had breakfast at the Jailhouse Cafe. Great food. By afternoon thunderstorms had rolled in but we...
Arches National Park
Ranger Talk Video See Park Video We spent the early morning in Arches National Park. At the suggestion of a ranger, we hiked out to Landscape Arch and explored a little beyond but not so far as the Double O Arch. On the way into town at midday we saw a cattle drive,...
The Great Basin
See Park Video After a delightful weekend with Aunt Flo and Uncle Jack, we left Salt Lake City and drove west across the vast flat land that was once the floor of Lake Bonneville to Great Basin National Park. Discovered that the road to the Bristlecone Pine Forest was...
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Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
It’s been a fascinating two day visit to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. We managed to pack in tours of the HMS Warrior, the HMS Victory as well ast Victory Live: The
Big Repair, and finally the Mary Rose. All were incredibly informative and well presented.
Jives Aces in Tunbridge Wells AND Portsmouth
From London we made our way to Tunbridge Wells in Kent to dance to the strains of The Jive Aces and later enjoyed the opportunity to hobnob with the band members at The Ship and Castle in Portsmouth. Two fabulous experiences!
Underground at Charing Cross
Our last day in London this trip we ventured underground on the Hidden London Charing Cross: Access All Areas Tour for a peek into the workings of The Underground a bit of its history and the uses of the Jubilee Line Charing Cross Station that no longer serves passengers but still has usefulness including as a filming location for movies including Skyfall and Paddington.