Winter sits heavy at our house. We frequently rise, exercise, leave the house and eventually return to it in darkness, the hazy daylight hours spent behind the artificial glow of a pair of monitors that obscures our vision from almost anything else. All week I imagine the adventures that Saturday might hold, but by the time the […]
I don’t know how we forgot to post about it, but way back in September, a huge group of my close and extended family gathered in Garland, Utah for a lakeside family reunion. The place is set on a private ski lake, complete with a waterski course, ski boat, and a plethora of kayaks and […]
As ever, Ben was looking for even more wildlife after our butterfly excursion so we bolted down toward Monterey hoping to catch a whale watching boat. We arrived to the insane parking lot at 1:00 and I began madly calling boat operators to find us a spot on a boat. With a little luck, we […]
Admittedly, blogging hasn’t been much of a priority lately- we’ve had a lot going on and having a travel blog is pretty dull when you aren’t traveling much. Aside from our ski weekend at Christmas, we’ve stuck close to home, largely due to the hip injury I’d been trying to ignore. Unfortunately, by mid-January, the […]
The night had been frigid, and we spent it wearing every piece of clothing we had and tucked deep into our sleeping bags. Even so, we still felt the penetrating chill inhabiting our tents. When dawn finally broke, we were like cold blooded reptiles, slow to get moving in the absence of the warming sun. […]
Anyone who knows me well knows that I’m really not that into birthdays, especially mine. I don’t care for being the center of attention, I’m not much of one for accumulating a lot of things, and am always ok to pass on cake. About the only thing about a traditional birthday celebration I am interested in […]
Ben and my dad had entered Lotoja twice in the past, and twice, Ben had to finish the race by himself. Last time, the race ended in knee surgery and a year of recuperation for my dad. This year, free of injury, the three of us entered as a group, swearing that this would be the […]
A couple of months ago we took a drive up toward Francis Peak. The weather was a bit cloudy, and as we ascended the curvy dirt road we soon found ourselves in passing clouds dumping massive amounts of rain. The lighting was absolutely spectacular and the flowers were in full bloom. We scored […]
With summer now in full swing, we are constantly battling the comparison between what we were doing this time last year, and our current summer plans which are a little less exciting. To curb our wanderlust however, we’ve been overcome with the realization there is actually a lot to do here in Utah. With that […]
When we planned our trip down south, we scheduled in order to deliberately avoid the crowds that come with Memorial Day weekend. Unbeknownst to us, a rare eclipse was taking place right in our very own red rock country, bringing thousands of people to see the “ring of fire” wherein the moon covered the sun […]
The next morning, we had only one goal- to tackle Keyhole Canyon on our own. We secured a permit at the visitor’s center and then headed up to the trailhead. Since we were solo canyoneering for the first time, I was a tiny bit nervous, but another couple was heading in just in front of […]
The drive from Salt Lake City to Southern Utah is the best this time of year. The fields and hills are still green before returning to their usual golden brown, and the temperatures are quite pleasant. In some of our last available weeks before the intense summer heat hits down South, we spent the weekend […]