That’s right, Jackson isn’t just a hideout for Billionaires, it’s also the perfect home base for exploring Grand Tetons National Park. Considering how late in the season we were making our reservations, we were very lucky to get anything. We ended up at The Virginian Resort, which is part hotel and part RV Park on…
Summer 2021 Western Trip – 3.5 – Dinosaur National Monument
Pros about Dinosaur National Monument: It was a quick 20 minute drive from our Campsite and Steinaker State Park. Interesting dinosaur exhibits. Cons about Dinosaur National Monument: Despite its name there were no actual dinosaurs. Lots of bones and some replicas, but no actual dinosaurs running around – BOO! Our visit to the monument was…
Summer 2021 Western Trip – 3 – Steinaker State Park, Utah and Onward Into Wyoming
On the way to Steinaker Park – Taking as many pictures as I do, I’ve come up with some strange categories. This picture ranks highly in the “Landscape Photo Taken While Pumping Gas’ category. After Bonneville Seabase it was time to head east to meet up with Lana’s cousins from glorious New Jersey. They had…
Summer 2021 Western Trip – 2 – Snorkeling at Bonneville Seabase
I can’t recall when I first heard about Bonneville Seabase, but whenever it was, I was intrigued. Bonneville Seabase is a collection of warm springs bubbling out of the desert hardpan roughly 40 miles west of Salt Lake City. What’s unique about these springs is that by the time the water hits the surface it’s…
Summer 2021 Western Trip – 1.5 – Sunset on the Bonneville Salt Flats
This may be the first time an interstate rest stop gets it’s very own blog post. Last time we drove west on the I-80 through the Bonneville Salt Flats (on our first cross country trip) we passed what looked like a really cool rest area right on the flats. There were a large number of…
Summer 2021 Western Trip – 1 – Sautéing on the Reno Blacktop
After our short excursion to Ice House a couple of weeks ago, it’s time to hit the road for our big Summer trip, an extended adventure through 8 Western states. Like our other longer trips, this one is going to be a combination of work and vacation days. At least this time the boys don’t…
Ice House Reservoir
Did you know that it’s possible to go RVing for just a single weekend and have only one stop? That’s right, it’s true! I know, I know, it’s hard to believe, but sometimes people don’t drive across the country in their RV. After some of our longer trips, it was kind of nice to just…
Cross Country Redo – 11 – Arizona, the Final Stretch
We set off from White Sands without a definitive plan on how far we’d get. The big discussion was whether we’d get home on Monday night after two really long drives or on Tuesday night after three more civilized drives. We even talked about spending a few extra days in Arizona but all the nice…
Cross Country Redo – 10 – White Sands, The Beach Is Nice but It’s a Long Walk to the Water
After a not so short 600 mile drive from San Antonio we arrived in Las Cruces, New Mexico at about 9pm local time. In the end, it took us 5 days to get through Texas. The weather was not kind. Our hearts go out to all those people that this recent storm impacted much much…
Cross Country Redo – 9 – Thawing Out in San Antonio
As we expected, we got as far as San Antonio last night. It wasn’t that late when we pulled into the San Antonio KOA but we really wanted to be off the interstate before the temperature got below freezing. During the day the roads were in decent shape, everyone was pretty much driving the speed…