Nevada primarily traversed, we finally made it to the border of California, with a stop in Reno. Unsurprisingly, the cheapest hotel there was a casino, so we just stopped for the night, wandered the casino for 10 minutes, then stayed in our air-conditioned room watching TV. Reno As we were there, though, we did make …
We drove out of a unique, special world and onto highways, which would be our home for the next two days. Though our image of Nevada essentially consisted of desert, looking at the map and talking to people as we stopped, there’s so much more off of I-80 then I thought there would be. Things …
After Thor’s fireworks and Hispanic pastries, it was time to hustle West, through Nevada, and start the drive North to Seattle. We weren’t quite done with Utah, however, as we had to make a quick stop at the border with Nevada for the salt flats. The Drive The Bonneville Salt Flats refer to a very …
Though we saw many more, the bizarre hoodoos of the oil fields proved to be our goodbye to the majestic rocks of the Southwest. We did stop for camping on the way West, but nothing as intimate of post-worthy as what we had experienced over the past couple of months. But West we had to …
Blown away by the rock wall of dinos, we headed back into Utah to see a place that Shiz marked on the map a long time ago, Fantasy Canyon. Neither of us could really remember much about the place, save that when Shiz was doing research she eagerly grabbed a pen and marked this place. …
Water played to focal point of our last stop, but this time rock was our theme. Specifically, thousands upon thousands of dinosaur fossils that formed when an ancient river bed flooded after some sort of disaster, trapping a treasure trove of bones in one place. The covering ground was enough to preserve this massive group …
Having explored a lesser known but glorious canyon, we set the front bumper towards the Northwest corner of Colorado for a later exit into Utah. With all the volcanic activity around us and the numerous days we spent camping, however, we needed to find a hot springs while still near the Rockies. Penny Hot Springs …
We hesitantly left a town we’d easily call home to start our trek back West across Utah, Nevada, and California, cutting through central Colorado South of I-70. The Rockies are simply gorgeous, but during the summer, like many forests in the West, they are on fire. We passed multiple fires and fire team response stations …
A slice of regional history behind us, we drove into Boulder for a week of relaxing and laundry with a pet sitting gig we had arranged. We drove right next to the Rockies the whole time, with gorgeous mountains to the left and the expanse of the midwest to the right. Boulder We didn’t do …
After one man’s private enterprise and work of passion, we camped in the mountains South outside of Colorado Springs for a night before heading up towards Denver. On our way down from the mountains we passed another private enterprise, though one that shares the NPS’ goals, not opposes them. The Manitou Cliff Dwellings is a privately …