After a beautiful day of hiking and admiring the amazing landscapes found in Bryce Canyon, Stella treated us to a little evening entertainment: a modern-day hoedown of sorts. If you’re staying at the Best Western, you pay full price to go to Ebenezer’s Barn and Grill. But if you camp, they give you discount coupons. […]
Below Freezing in Bryce Canyon
When we arrived in Bryce Canyon, we noticed a few things. 1.) It was about a million degrees colder than Moab. 2.) Everything said “Ruby’s” on it. The whole town is basically owned by one person. 3.) Camping at Ruby’s means you get access to the amenities at neighboring Ruby’s Best Western. Score! That means […]
Montage Monday: Bryce Canyon Panorama (Utah)
The landscape in Utah is varied to say the least! The National Parks website describes Bryce Canyon.. “What is Bryce Canyon? Attempts at description lead to paradoxes. Cave without a ceiling? Forest of stone? Even canyon is misleading since Bryce is carved by freeze-thaw cycles, not a river. Yet, “world’s largest pothole” is neither adequate nor […]
Goodbye Arches, Hello… Snow?
Camping in Moab, and visiting the beautiful Arches National Park, we had gorgeous weather. We slept well, and it got really hot during the day. We welcomed this beautiful weather, since it had rained and hailed on us in Grand Canyon and rained on us in Mesa Verde as well. We left Moab and looked […]
Utah’s Arches National Park aka A Climber’s Paradise
I lived in Utah for four years and never went to the parks in Southern Utah. Heck, we even took a vacation to the parks in South Dakota and multiple trips to Yellowstone, but never ventured south. My parents went after I left for college, but 10 years later, I still had yet to go. […]
On Technology, Communication, and Changing the World
Google Connects People & YouTube Spreads News In my personal life over the past week, I have had the Internet gods shake me from my ‘taking technology things for granted’ bubble. Because of things like internet, email, and Google search, I have come into contact and communicated with game changers- people that will influence my […]