Wow, today was a really hard day. Also my whole back is so so so burnt so that is miserable. Anyway, today we woke up at 6:30ish to find that the power at our hotel wasn’t really working so only one light in our room worked also we had to take the stairs everywhere. Luckily […]

Read More Hiking Murphy’s wash, Murphy’s hogback, and white rim road

Today started like and other day got up at 6:30 and got some breakfast and started the drive to where we were hiking. Today’s the spot was Canyonlands. We did the trail Murphys Hogback, Murphys Wash, and Right Trail Road. It started as a 1 mile flat hike and then started to go down a […]

Read More The day I hiked 12 miles

Today was our first long hike of the trip. We hiked 12 miles in Canyonlands National Park and it was marvelous. We took Ranger Mike’s suggestion and hiked the Murphy’s Trail (kind of) in the Island in the Sky District. The hike was all around awesome. It began with a mile flat hike to the […]

Read More Day 6: Canyonlands

Today is an amazing day so far. We hiked the Fiery Furnace which is so much fun because you get to scramble, climb rocks, and just explore the different canyons. This morning we got to sleep in and woke up at 6:30. We got to have the delicious breakfast at the hotel because we are […]

Read More Hiking the Fiery Furnace

Today I had a way diffrent day then everyone else. I am going to let them tell you about the whole day and I am going to tell you about 1:30-3:00. In yesterday’s post you might remember I said Ranger Mike gave me a gift. Remember how I did not tell you what it was? […]

Read More The day I was a ranger

I know we say that this place is so special to Ellie, but the truth is that I hold Arches so close to my heart and many of my “this is why we do this” moments are in this park. We arrived at Fiery Furnace early and began our fourth hike in this distinct area […]

Read More Day 5: Arches National Park

The sun is about to set in Utah and we’re sitting at the base of Delicate Arch writing these posts. It is definitely another “pinch me” moment of RTXIX. And we’re only on the fourth day. The day mostly consisted of the drive from Denver to Moab. It was smooth and easy. Our first stop […]

Read More Day 4: Denver to Arches

This morning we woke up at 7:00 to get ready for the day. We had a 5 hour drive in front of us and would arrive at Arches by 2. As we continued driving west the landscape changed so much. We went from mountains, luciaous forests and snow to mountains, layers of sandstone, little shrubs, […]

Read More Hiking to Delicate Arch

This morning we got up about 6:00 and were packed with breakfast in hand by 7:00. After eating we hit the road for the five hour drive to Arches National Park in Moab, Utah. Today I entertained myslf by sleeping and finishing my blog post from yesterday. I had a fine time in the car […]

Read More The day I saw Delicate Arch

It all started at about 8:00 when we woke up in Kimpton beds. My parents had some coffee and we packed up our first kimpton and left for the half hour drive to our friend’s house (the Stewarts) and stayed at their house for a little before we went out for lunch. At lunch I […]

Read More The day I saw Dispatch