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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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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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On the Hidden London Tour today we visited a number of curious places relating to the history of public transportation hidden in plain sight.
Off the beaten path is Hampstead is the more than three hundred year old Burgh House with a fascinating history. It’s now a community center, local museum, gallery, concert venue, event space, and more open to the public four days a week. We popped over for a bite to eat and to peruse the galleries to learn a little more about Hampstead history.
Ever since its debut on Broadway the two of us have wanted to see “Wicked the Musical”. Today we realized that dream. In the Apollo Victoria Theater in London’s West End we were witness to the incredible prequel to The Wizard of Oz, the story of the Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.