Today was our first day on the drive home. We woke and breakfast in Moab at 4000 feet, the weather at 8 a.m. was 87 degrees on the way to an estimated high of 97. We had a great last breakfast at the B&B, packed up the car, put the top down and were on …
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.
Playing in the Devils Garden
Who in their right mind thought that getting up at 5 a.m. (in the morning!) to go hiking would be a good idea? Oh yeah, I guess it was my idea...Sue should know better than to listen to me! Last night, we decided that we wanted to do the Devils Garden loop hike in Arches …
A Whole Raft of Experiences
We just finished our two-day whitewater rafting trip down the Colorado River through Cataract Canyon into Lake Powell. We planned this months ago, but the timing was perfect. We needed a break from all the hiking in the heat and two days on the water was perfect. Cataract Canyon is part of Canyonlands National Park …
Sorry folks… it is going to be a few days
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
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: …
Doing It On The Road 