April 2, 2017 After Horseshoe Bend it was time to head directly to Grand Canyon National Park. I’d been before as a child on a road trip (please see my previous post for more thrilling details). I entered the park via the east entrance and stopped first at the Desert View Watch Tower. I tookContinueContinue reading “Grand Canyon National Park – a natural wonder”
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The Greatest Grand Canyon Jaunt
March 30 – April 2 With only a 2 hour drive ahead of us from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon National Park we took it easy in the morning and slept in! It turns out…it wasn’t a great idea to sleep in, we should have gotten up much earlier because that 2 hour drive turnedContinueContinue reading “The Greatest Grand Canyon Jaunt”
A Move to Remember
May 2002 When we left Colorado in 2002 to move to Monterey Bay, CA my parents took us on a roundabout trip. The first stop we made was to the Great Sand Dunes National Monument (a couple years before it officially became a National Park). As a middle school student in Colorado we learned aboutContinueContinue reading “A Move to Remember”
I Don’t Like Dirt
For someone who loves to venture into National Parks and loves to go hiking, I hate dirt. I don’t like sand. I don’t like to feel dirty. I don’t like bad smells. One has to wonder how I even survive on multi day camping trips in the summertime. Here is how I think that IContinueContinue reading “I Don’t Like Dirt”
Daring, Dangerous, and Defining 