A couple of days ago we lost our connection to the outside world and boy was it peaceful. (Fill in the blank with a word that describes how you would feel about it.) We drove from Kanab past Moab and up Mt. Peale to spend a night at the lodge at Mt. Peale Animal Sanctuary. …
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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 …
Then They Changed the Name to Zion
Sorry for the day's delay, but we got back yesterday and crashed hard. Steven was nervous about the clunking sound the car made when we went off road, so we took it to a mechanic. We got a late start, but there was nothing wrong with the Saab and the mechanic did not charge us …
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 …
Rough Ride to a Grand Canyon
Today, we headed to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. We went from desert and scrub brush in Navajo Country to seeing these large things with brown trunks and green stuff on them. I didn't realize how much I missed trees. Crazy how quickly the landscape changes. The other thing that changes a lot …
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 …
Santa Fe Trail
After three days of driving, eating, and one too many beers, we decided yoga was in order. We went to Yoga Source, which has two studios. We went to the brand new one on Guadalupe and took an Iyengar class, which neither of us had done before. It was both energizing and really helped us …
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 0.5–Yellow City, Amarillo
Today was our second drive-all-day day. We made it from Rollo, Mo., through Oklahoma (past Tulsa and Oklahoma City, neither of which we stopped in) to Amarillo--about 650 miles--and arrived just ahead of a huge rainstorm. It was hot today, but not quite as hot as yesterday when we were driving through Illinois. We hit …