Our next destination from Bryce was Arches National Park. We could take Highway 89 up to Interstate 70, or we could go the scenic route, over mountains, and drive through Capital Reef National Park. Naturally, we chose the scenic route.…
Bryce Canyon
Bryce Canyon is a high elevation park (over 9,000 feet in some places), so it’s always much colder than Zion. Still we were surprised to learn that snow was predicted. So strange after dressing in shorts and sandals for the…
Red Canyon, Utah
Red Canyon is a beautiful little park in the Dixie National Forest between Zion and Bryce Canyon. Oxidized iron in the soil turns the cliffs, rocks, and soil a deep, bright orange. Erosion on the soft sedimentary rock creates fascinating…
Zion National Park
Of all the national parks I’ve seen, Zion is my absolute favorite. Kate and I were there in 2008, on a cross-country road trip in our teardrop trailer (see www.teardrop-trails.com/cross-country-trip.html). That was mid-September and the temps were in the upper…
Lee’s Ferry Campground, Arizona
Just a couple of hours northeast of the Grand Canyon’s south rim (and near to the turn-off for the north rim) is a small no-reservation campground called Lee’s Ferry. There are no hookups or showers, but it’s only $12 a night and…
Grand Canyon: The Good Stuff
Rim Trail When we camped at the North Rim five years ago, dogs weren’t allowed on any of the Grand Canyon trails, so we were pleased to discover that dogs are allowed on the main Rim Trail, which goes for…
Grand Canyon Photos
Three days at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. [Show slideshow] 1234►
Shunned by Our Own
When we planned this trip, we expected to meet all kinds of people, including those who take a dim view of the “gay population,” some of whom might even be outright hostile. We hoped to win over a few or…
Jerome, Arizona
We left San Diego on April 28th and drove a long HOT nine hours along the Mexican border to the Verde Valley Thousand Trails RV Resort near Cottonwood. This was our stopover spot on the way to the Grand Canyon where…
Grand Canyon Fatality
We arrived at the Trailer Village RV Park (the only RV park within the national park) at around 2:00 yesterday, and Anita and Hilary were there, holding our spot for us. We had barely set up when three young Roosevelt…
San Diego
Our friends, Claire and Marsha, own a condo on Mission Bay in San Diego and usually winter there. This year, they stayed home on Whidbey Island in Washington, but Marsha came down for just a week to do some business.…
Visiting the Steins
For years after we moved into our house in Eugene, we knew our next-door neighbors only peripherally. We chatted with Carole while she pulled weeds from the vinka patch between our houses. And Dick became known by our kids as…