12 Captions
Today at Santa Barbara I got to take 12 photos.
Read More 12 CaptionsCategory: Road Trip 2015
Santa Barbara / Kimpton
I just read Molly’s post and she pretty much covered the day. Not a lot happened today. Breakfast at Wynn (which was good, but not quite as good as it used to be perhaps it’s time to start looking for a new breakfast buffet), a long drive that Molly did most of, and then the […]
Read More Santa Barbara / KimptonI Love Las Vegas
This is the best city in the world to visit. Molly always gives me a hard time for wanting to move everywhere we visit. While that is sort of true, I’m ready to move to Estes Park now, I feel like it’s justified since Illinois isn’t exactly the prettiest state to live in. Any any […]
Read More I Love Las VegasZion to Vegas
We woke up this morning to a beautiful blue sky and a clear forecast for the rest of the day – just what we had been hoping for to take our hike up the Zion Narrows. We started the day with our first breakfast out of the trip, and we happened to pick a great […]
Read More Zion to VegasThe Grandest Canyon Yet
We’ve seen a LOT of canyons this trip. Of course there are the big names: Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Bryce Canyon (not actually a canyon), Canyonlands, etc. but there were also countless other lessor canyons each memorable in their own way. Some taller, some narrower, some barren, some much fuller of water than others. […]
Read More The Grandest Canyon YetFlood w/Molly and Zak
Bryce Canyon
I mentioned in an earlier post how Bryce Canyon was a big part of the inspiration for taking this trip. Today it lived up to my expectations and more. The view from the top of the amphitheater is absolutely awe-inspiring, but the draw of the hoodoos attracts visitors to make the descent. We decided to hike the Figure […]
Read More Bryce CanyonCanyonlands, Capital Reef, and Tropic, UT
First, I’m happy to report that the weather today was absolutely perfect in every way. Sunny with the big white puffy friendly clouds and the perfect temperature for hiking. As I mentioned yesterday we had really been hoping to hike Horseshoe Canyon today, but with all the rain the area has gotten we didn’t feel […]
Read More Canyonlands, Capital Reef, and Tropic, UTNot the Adventure We Planned
I thought climbing a mountain would be the biggest hiking accomplishment of this trip. Today I was proven wrong, but I hope that I’m correct to say that our biggest accomplishment was staying alive while hiking Arches NP. I don’t think we can handle an experience any more intense than this one. We wanted to […]
Read More Not the Adventure We PlannedMontrose
Montrose, CO probably isn’t a stop we would have planned if not for a, hopefully sincere, invitation from Mary and Roger Berry to come to visit them here. However, having been I’m pretty confident that we’ll return. We started the morning with a visit to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Home of the ultimate […]
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