National Parks

Today we are going to tour a more active volcano site. You can see the volcano from miles away. Especially when you are driving on straight roads again. We arrived at the park with no traffic. That is, until we got to the entry gate. We waited almost six minutes for the first car to […]

Driving in the west is different from driving in the east. Straight roads are everywhere in the west. You would think that would make it easier to drive. It does not. Straight roads can be hypnotizing. You really need to maintain your focus. We did not have any particular problems driving. It is just different

Our hotel was located next to the Fall River. We stopped on a short bridge to see the river. It was near the edge of its banks as well. Our hotel was very close to the park. Today we drove from the north of the park to the south of the park. As we drove

Yesterday we were told we would drive he loneliest highway in America. At the time it seemed like hype. Today we learned it may be a true statement. As we began our trek across the “loneliest highway,” a sign outside of Milford, Utah warned “No Services” for 89 miles. Here is a stretch of road

Today we spent time in yet a new and different part of Zion National Park. We enjoyed two hikes in Kolob Canyon. We still got to hike in a canyon. The experience was still very different. It was more like a hike in the woods. We continued to discover beautiful flowers We also saw some

We did not get out quite as early today, but we still got to see some unique views of the landscape on our way to Zion National Park. Our hike on the Pa’rus Trail today was a continuation of yesterday’s hike down the Virgin River. We started at the Court of the Patriarchs and hiked

We woke up early this morning to beat the crowds and the heat. Our early drive to Zion National Park provided morning light that gave the scenery a unique appearance. Dark and light played against each other to show us a new look to a mesa. In some places we were in the shadows and

Our first trail on the second day at the North Rim was a trip into the canyon on the North Kaibab Trail. We left the distance open ended and instead set a time limit for our hike down the canyon. As we climbed down into the canyon, we got to see a very different perspective