Loyal readers...we have very limited internet today and could not upload a post. We will be on the river rafting for the next two days with no connectivity at all... I guess you will have to wait until Wedsnesday to get the next installment of Doing it on the Road. Sorry. Steven & Sue
Author: Steven
I am a money grubbing capitalist pig, but actually not very good it. I am 20 lbs overweight, but go the gym reasonably often. I have absolutely no concept of how hard the things I want to do are…until I have agreed to do them. I've got a couple of adult kids who live far away and a career that has me sitting at a desk all day.
Things is like: baseball, a really good gin & tonic, my convertible, and warm weather.
Things I am not so keen on: heights, overpriced food and having nothing to do.
If it Saturday, it must be Bryce
After sleeping like the dead last night, we woke up around 7:30, took stock of any aches and pains, and got ready for today's activities. We headed to Bryce Canyon National Park which is about an hour north of Kanab. It was mid-80s (temperature, not decade) when we arrived and warming quickly. We put on …
Off-Roading with the Saab
I woke today feeling much better and ready for a full day fun. We decided to see if we could get a permit for the Wave. We tried the online lottery, but did not win it, and so we went over to the Bureau of Land Management to enter the daily lottery. They give out …
Tipi Living
First off, sorry this is late--no WiFi yesterday. Today was a shortish driving day – only about 275 miles. Before leaving Santa Fe we stopped by the farmers market hoping to pick up some fruit for the trip. Unfortunately, while they had lots of vegetables, they had almost no fruit. We redirected over to the …
Our first real stop
Today we had a short hop, skip, and a jump drive from from Amarillo to Santa Fe, NM. We left under cloudy, cool and sprinkly rain skies and continued west through the rest the Texas panhandle. After about 75 miles we passed into New Mexico and the landscape quickly changed from flatlands to mesas and …
Day 0 of the road trip
The work gods smiled upon me and I was able to slip out of work a bit early and we hit the road today (Friday) rather than tomorrow morning. It was a perfect day for a drive -warm and a bit overcast so we weren’t baked by the sun. The top was down, the bags were …
On the Road Again
Now that Sue has returned home, washed all her laundry, dropped the fake British accent and stopped dreaming about mushy peas, it is time for our next trip. For those of you who have forgotten, we are driving from our home in Chicago to the Grand Canyon & Moab UT. This is the planned itinerary: …
Just an old fashioned Saab story
Our magic carpet for our road trips is a 2006 Saab 9-3 convertible with 120k miles on it. It is a joy to drive, especially in the wide open spaces with the top and windows rolled down. It is fast, hugs the road and accelerates like a dream. We love driving it. I am always …
A whole raft of thoughts
While Sue is heads-down planning her trip to London, I have turned my eye to the whitewater rafting portion of our trip to the Southwest. Who knew that doing an overnight whitewater rafting trip would require a 13-page preparatory document? I've seen articles in Scientific American less detailed than this. The only thing that seems …
Grandiose Plans
While Sue is getting ready for her trip to London, I will be gearing up for our next journey – a road trip to the Grand Canyon & then whitewater rafting in Utah. We had scheduled this trip before we won the one to Hawaii; we don’t usually have two trips in consecutive months, just …
Doing It On The Road 