Utah — Round 2
When I say that we stopped in Richfield, Utah, in early-mid October 2019, that’s exactly how we planned it. It was a stop for us between our planned time in Colorado and our planned attendance…
Mojave Desert Bloom
When we started our journey in 2019, it was amid news of the super bloom in California’s desert. We recalled images of this Super Bloom as we planned our travels for this spring. Knowing that…
Las Vegas Naturally
Spending the majority of this past month within an hour of the famous Las Vegas strip pushed the boundaries beyond the concrete jungle to which my experience and imagination had limited Las Vegas. Our two…
Lake Mead’s Historic Railroad Trail
My hike on the Historic Railroad Trail at Lake Mead National Recreation Area was a completely different experience from our scary but beautiful hike in Owl Canyon the week before. Brian, Skipper, and I rode…
A Day in Saguaro National Park
If you asked me before our December visit to Saguaro National Park if the word lush was an adjective ever used to describe the desert, I would have adamantly said, "No way!" I admit that…
Spending Time in Joshua Tree National Park
We started seeing Joshua Trees as we drove south from Richfield, Utah to Las Vegas, NV. A bit of a misnomer, Google taught me that Joshua trees are part of the Yucca family. They grow…