Written by Kim As we entered the park someone said this place is magical and they were right! Bryce Canyon National Park, a sprawling reserve in southern Utah, is known for crimson-colored hoodoos, which are spire-shaped rock formations. The park’s main road leads past the expansive Bryce Amphitheater, a hoodoo-filled depression lying below the Rim […]
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USA Road Trip – Mormon Tabernacle Choir then drive to Beaver, UT
Written by Kim Ok now be honest how many of you are saying where the heck are they now. Yes we’re in Beaver. It’s about an hour from Bryce Canyon and hotel rates are a lot more reasonable more late but first the performance Yesterday at our tour, our guides told us that the choir […]
USA Road Trip – Salt Lake City
Written by Kim Utah is the 45th state and became a state in 1848. Salt Lake City is the capital. Utah is called the Beehive State because early settlers, who were primarily members of the Church of Jesus Christ saw the beehive as the perfect metaphor for their industriousness and hard work. Ironically, the seagull […]
USA Road Trip – Making the Turn Driving southeast from Boise to Salt Lake City
Written by Kim We left Boise about 8 am to take our 5 hour drive to Salt Lake City. It wasn’t a very exciting day today just a drive. Did I tell you I really like Love’s. It’s like Wawa with some healthy snacks like fruit, cheese and hard boiled eggs that are really fresh. […]
USA Road Trip – A Quick Trip to Oregon then Boise Bike Tour
Written by Kim Well part of the reason we came to Boise was to be able to take a short drive over the border to check off Oregon. We know we’re not seeing the coast of Oregon which is amazing but I’m sure we have a trip to Bandon Dunes in the future so just […]
USA Road Trip – Yellowstone National Park
Written by Kim Wow just wow! We left our hotel in Montana at o dark thirty (6:20 am) that’s a saying my good friend, Kathryn, always used! We had a 2 1/2 hour drive to the North East entrance of Yellowstone. We read the drive over Beartooth Pass was spectacular and they were correct. Yellowstone […]
USA Road Trip – A Stop at Devil’s Tower on the way to Montana
Written by Kim Today was a bit of a long drive as we left Deadwood heading west to Montana, We drove a little over 5 hours excluding stops. Not much to write about today so I’ll include some fun facts of our trip so far. We left home 18 days ago and have driven 4,523 […]
USA Road Trip – Deadwood, SD
Written by Kim Deadwood is a quirky little place. It was named by early settlers after the dead trees were found in its gulch. The city had its heyday from 1876 to 1879, after gold deposits had been discovered there, leading to the Black Hills Gold Rush. At its height, the city had a population […]
USA Road Trip – Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Custer State Park Wildlife Loop, and Needles Highway
Written by Kim Today was quite a busy day so this will be a bit of a long post but I organized it in sections so you can skip around if you’d like. We left Deadwood early this morning and looped to all the beautiful sites in SD returning to Deadwood which I’ll put in […]
USA Road Trip – Badlands, South Dakota
Written by Kim Well…..last night I said we were going to take a drive and rest day but we decided to change that based on input from a friend (thanks Bob!) encouraging us to check out Badlands. We drove west about 4 hours from Sioux Falls. The drive was mostly prairie until we crossed the […]