I did a terrible job of keeping up with this blog last year. Terrible. So in an attempt to get caught up, I present you now with a very long, picture-heavy post that covers some highlights of our time from May – Dec 2017. Get ready. After Yosemite, we headed straight back to the coast … Continue reading Very long catch-up post
When we departed Park City, our next destination was Grand Teton National Park, which was about 4 hours away. Instead of making the drive in one day, we decided to stay at Bear Lake State Park in Utah for a couple of nights. It turned out to be quite a treat! I had no idea … Continue reading Bear Lake State Park
Last year on our trip I wrote about how Deas made fun of me because every place we visited became my “new favorite!” part of the trip. I’ve loved a lot of places we’ve been so far this year, but I hadn’t yet had that real excitement of just absolutely falling in love with a … Continue reading Park City
Our next intended destination was Park City, but when we checked the weather forecast, we saw that was snow was predicted for the day after our planned arrival. It was only supposed to be a couple of inches, but we’d had enough snow already, so we decided to find a mid-point to visit for a … Continue reading Palisade State Park and Spring Snow
I made only two advance reservations for this trip – and one of them was for Zion National Park. I hate making reservations too far in advance, but we heard that Zion was so popular that it was highly recommended to do so. We had a short drive over from Kodachrome, and arrived at the … Continue reading Zion National Park and Crazy Dog Antics
One of the nice things about Kodachrome Basin State Park is its close proximity to Grand Staircase National Monument. Just outside the entrance to the park is Cottonwood Canyon Road, an unimproved road which leads to both the Grosvenor Arch and the Cottowood Narrows hike. Grosvenor Arch is a unique double arch, located about 10 … Continue reading Hiking near Kodachrome Basin
After Bryce Canyon, we had reservations at Kodachrome Basin State Park. Due to a little bit of bad timing, we were just going to miss being there at the same time as our friends Hans & Lisa of Metamorphosis Road. In fact, we actually had reserved the exact same spot that they did, just for … Continue reading Kodachrome Basin State Park
It’s hard to believe now, but Bryce Canyon National Park wasn’t on our itinerary at first. It would have been a huge mistake to pass it up! But we squeezed it in after our Moab trip and I’m so glad we did. We stayed in the North Campground in loop A. We didn’t have a … Continue reading Bryce Canyon
As much as we loved our day visiting Arches National Park, we knew Moab had a lot more to offer. We spent our second day exploring Deadhorse Point State Park, which was about a 30 minute drive outside of Moab. One of the features of the park is a peninsula of rock above sheer sandstone … Continue reading More Moab
Last year when Deas and I were planning our trip, we had multiple people tell us how amazing southern Utah is. We planned on adding it to the itinerary, but we made the rookie mistake of not looking at the average temps for the summer, and by the time we were close to Utah, the … Continue reading A Second Chance At Utah – Moab and Arches National Park
Nealys on Wheels 