So this is what we’re looking at. I don’t know about you but this sight makes my heart sink. This is the quickest path to home. We want to be smart and safe. This was not an easy decision. In hindsight, we would have made some different decisions in the beginning of this pandemic but... Continue Reading →

Well, we were hoping to travel around in Oregon some. We had a house we rented off VRBO lined up and then the day before we left California, the owner contacts us and said the city of Warrenton, that we were heading to on the coast, closed the city to short-term rentals and hotels. Renters... Continue Reading →

Well the tranquil drive soon turned into this... ...San Francisco. We are trying to avoid the city so we are bee-lining for the bridge when we drove past this...the Dutch Windmill. Apparently, there are two of these. In the late 1800’s the Golden Gate park needed lots of water, as it was planted on sand... Continue Reading →

Well, weather didn’t work out for us to hike the Narrows, so we pressed on back to California. We spent the night in Pahrump, Nevada. It is one of the closer cities to Death Valley National Park. We needed to refill our cooler before we hit these next few parks, but that was easier said... Continue Reading →

The southeast corner of Canyonlands National Park is a tote! I mean it’s in the middle of NOWHERE. Just us and some cows. (I threw the cow pics in for Uncle Ronnie). This park was WAY less crowded than any other park we had been to. Probably because they gave up driving out to it.... Continue Reading →

Here we are in Moab to visit Arches. After a much needed day of rest we hit the park. I just have to say it again. I can’t imagine visiting during the busy season. We are at the very start of what they consider their busy season and we were concerned about finding a parking... Continue Reading →

Scenic Byway 12 is awesome if you are into scenery and landscape. If you need lots of excitement, I would say take the interstate, but we later found that to be pretty boring. Going this way to get to Capitol Reef National Park, we were able to drive through Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. When we... Continue Reading →

***Due to COVID-19 related travel restrictions, we are delaying posting. These Utah and later posts are a month or so behind.*** Heading out Scenic Byway 12, the elevation rises and the temperatures drop. It was all snow covered mountains on our way to Bryce Canyon. We drove in and out of the Dixie National Forest.... Continue Reading →

Utah has kind of been like South Dakota for us, in the sense that we liked it more than we thought we were going to. I think it’s due again to the various changes in scenery, topography, etc. It is also home to what’s called “The Mighty Five.” The Mighty Five is made up of... Continue Reading →

“The 1” is said to be one of the prettiest drives in North America; with beautiful rolling hills on one side and the massive Pacific Ocean on the other. Definitely pretty - but prettiest? That’s debatable. This post looks a little long but it is mostly just pictures. Not too much to read. Since we... Continue Reading →