Road Trip Blog
A week in Santa Fe. One perfect week spent surrounded by love and laughter. One by one each child arrived until our circle was complete. The airbnb I had found was a gorgeous adobe hacienda located ten minutes outside the town of Santa Fe. There […]
After our sleepless night in the tipi, we decided to backtrack a bit and go check out a slot canyon. This was my thing, I had seen countless photographs of classic slot canyons in various magazines and on Instagram, their sculptural waves of undulating desert […]
After considering several different possible directions, we decided to focus on the Four Corners area and knock off a state I had never been to and wasn’t on the itinerary for this road trip: Colorado. The Four Corners region includes a shared border between Utah, […]
Palm Springs was calling. We had never been and the idea of settling in to a few days at Sparrow’s Lodge appealed. The weather was in the mid-80’s, abundant sunshine prevailed, and we were anxious to pull our bikes off the cricket and take a […]
“The desert wears… a veil of mystery. Motionless and silent it evokes in us an elusive hint of something unknown, unknowable, about to be revealed.”-Edward Abbey We had debated whether to camp inside the park or outside. Camping at Joshua Tree is a hugely popular […]
“Ventura Highway, in the sunshine. Where the days are longer, the nights are stronger than moonshine, You’re gonna go, I kn0w. Cause the free wind is blowin through your hair, and the days surround your daylight there, Seasons crying no despair, alligator lizards in […]
“Keep close to Nature’s heart…and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.”-John Muir Visiting our friends in Sacramento was a wonderful respite. Mark got to reminisce about his residency years with […]
We left the Redwoods National Park and spent the morning exploring the California coast, we had booked a campground on the Mendocino Coast thinking we would like to explore the town. We took our time driving there, Rt 101 was becoming increasingly curvy. It was […]
“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. “ –Rachel Carson I was excited about the Redwoods of California. Several travelers had shared that their favorite National Park was the Redwoods, hands down. That surprised […]
It’s all been written before. Bend ,Oregon is hot, considered the BEST place to live for outdoorsy people, adventurers, retirees, young people starting families, pretty much everyone. It has been named BEST place to live in many major magazines for the past few years. We […]