The trip across Arizona is just one oasis after another. – Will Rogers When we left Albuquerque, we had just changed our plans for Arizona close to 12 times. Do we see the entire state in the scorching summer heat? Do we stick to areas in higher elevation and …
“All the earth colors of the painter’s palette are out there in the many miles of badlands.” – Georgia O’Keeffe New Mexico, the land of enchantment, was a whirlwind of vastly different experiences spread throughout the course of a month. From the Sangre de Cristo mountains in the north …
The name Utah comes from the Native American Ute tribe and means “people of the mountains.” MOUNTAINS: 12 weeks ago we shoveled ourselves out of Breckenridge and headed towards to the Utah border. Because of the state’s inland location, Utah has unusually dry snow and is known for having great powder, …
More Denver I love Denver…what an excellent city. I always knew I was supposed to like Denver, because it’s the cool thing to do. But I never really knew. It’s the only city that’s smack dab in the middle of the country where I could absolutely, positively live. It’s like a big-city-breath-of-fresh-air in the …
Home for the rest of the year! “A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it’s better to be thoroughly sure.” -Czech Proverb Fort Collins Our first Colorado stop was Fort Collins…where we did a whole lotta beer drinkin’. We love good beer. We love good beer so much. And …
Grand Teton National Park: We got into our campground around 10PM on a Saturday. It was nothing but darkness and a thick blanket of stars. We fumbled our way around in the dark trying to get set up not knowing which way was was north or south. The lady that took …
Yellowstone, the first national park in the world. Home to one of the largest high-altitude lakes in North America. Acres upon acres of half of the world’s smoking and bubbling geothermal features. This place is gurgling, erupting, steaming, and sprawling. By sprawling, I mean 3,468.4 square miles of land, animal, and ecological …
2 hours west of The Badlands is the perfectly quaint town of Hill City, SD. As soon as we drove in I was enamored. Hill City is a Lincoln Log town amidst the Black Hills National Forest and it was our home for 5 nights (our longest stay in one …
After Chattanooga we did some serious driving and hopped 2 time zones. We made a lot of quick stops with one long unfortunate stop in “Lake of the Ozarks” Missouri…the Redneck Riviera of Middle America. We are still doing a pretty good job of not-at-all following my meticulously planned itinerary …
We could not quite put our finger on Chattanooga. We didn’t really know what to expect but I think we were prepared to see more Wranglers and cowboy boots than we did. Chattanooga is actually super urban (don’t get me wrong, you drive 5 minutes outside the city and you find yourself …