States of Togetherness

On the way to Moab we realized the Four Corners Monument (where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah meet) was fairly close by and made an on the road decision to go for it. But we really had to go for it, as they allow the last car in at […]

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Walking in a Desktop Wallpaper

The wallpaper on our MAC computer is of a gorgeous twist in a slot canyon assumed to be in some far off exotic country that would take days of hiking to reach – a “yeah, maybe someday” kind of place.  To our great surprise, it’s actually a picture within Lower […]

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The Majestic Horseshoe Bend

Headed out of Grand Canyon National Park en route to Moab, UT, we decided to roll along a highway hugging the mountainside to make an impromptu stop at Horseshoe Bend, a famous “horseshoe-shaped incised meander of the Colorado River.” It’s a relatively easy 3/4 mile hike to an awe-inspiring view of the 1,000-foot drop and […]

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Grand Explorers

With a good overview of the Grand Canyon under our belts, we spent the next week exploring as much as possible. “Theo” was parked just off a rarely used forest service road, minutes from the park entrance (thank you Campendium for guiding us to so many beautiful, remote locations lately). After each […]

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A Bird’s Eye View

At 277 miles long, 10 miles across and 1 mile deep, the Grand Canyon is vast. And while we knew there was no way to see all of it during our stay, we thought a helicopter tour was a pretty good way to get an overview of the vistas, valleys, […]

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Bearizona!

We spent the night in the Kaibab National Forest and then made a spontaneous stop en route to the Grand Canyon at Bearizona Wildlife Park. This park is a place of ooohs and ahhhs where one can get up close and personal with some of the wildest animals God created. A jaguar, wolves, and […]

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Treasured Time in Tucson

From White Sands, it was about a 5 hour straight shot across I-10 to get to Tucson, Arizona. While Tucson has natural beauty and is an RV snowbird mecca, we came here to visit Matt’s longtime friend Ian from high school. For about the next week, we made the KOA our home […]

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A Big Big Sandbox

WOW! That’s what the G’s said when we pulled into the gypsum dunes of White Sands National Monument. And the next two days were full of all kinds of sand-filled fun – sledding, sliding, climbing, jumping, rolling, trucking, shoveling, raking, popsicling and more.  It seemed to be the perfect time of […]

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A Big Cavern For Little Kids

It was a windy and winding haul from our one night stop at Davis Mountain State Park on the route north to Carlsbad, NM. Though gusts upward of 30 mph made driving slower and arduous, we finally pulled into Carlsbad RV Park to secure the last spot they had available […]

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Big Bend National Park

Big Bend National Park is well deserving of the b-i-g in its name. At over 800,000 acres (easily holding the entire state of Maryland), we could have spent weeks exploring it. In our few days there, we were constantly awe struck and enjoyed: Exploring the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive Hiking […]

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