Terra dos Cânions

No dia 20/05/15 saímos de Page bem cedo com destino à entrada norte do Grand Canyon, que não conhecíamos. Antes de chegar lá ainda paramos para ver o Horseshoe Bend, que é um lugar próximo à Page onde o Rio Colorado faz uma curva em formato de ferradura – muito legal! A estrada entre Page e a entrada norte do Grand Canyon é um show a parte, mas atenção, pois ela só… Ler mais

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Utah – Life Elevated

Quem viaja por muito tempo como nós sabe que mudanças de planos são comuns. Por melhor que seja o planejamento da viagem, não conseguimos controlar variantes como as condições do tempo, problemas mecânicos, obras e até manifestações nas estradas que nos impedem de seguir a rota planejada. No nosso caso, acabamos ganhando uns dias pois deixamos o Overland Expo mais cedo em razão do tempo ruim. Também ficamos menos tempo do que o planejado… Ler mais

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Jurassic Detour

    Dan It would appear that I just can’t get enough of giant dead reptiles. Heather should have been […]

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Utah. Possibly another planet. Part 2.

Still not convinced that the landscapes of Utah would be more at home on another planet? Take a look at the slot canyons of Grand Staircase—Escalante National Monument. These are deep, narrow canyons carved into sculptural forms by flood waters as they sweep through the canyons after heavy rainfall. In our attempt to explore some of […]

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Even More Bus Stuff

I had sprayed some WD40 down the accelerator tube to try to force the water out the other end. It didn’t really work, but I had hoped it would at least drop the freezing point of whatever was in there. It might have accomplished something, but it still froze again this morning. Everything in the […]

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Bryce Canyon

Just outside of Zion on the way to Bryce Canyon is a tunnel. A long tunnel. A long unlit tunnel. A long unlit tunnel where we discovered our headlights didn’t work. Surprise! There was a little bit of panic as that little bit of daylight fades and the realization that your lights aren’t on and pulling […]

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Telephone Canyon

   

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Camping Zion

We’re beat.    Time to take a break from driving and check out Zion National Park.  

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Zion

From Vegas, we cruised up through that funny corner of Arizona. You can’t get here from anywhere in Arizona. Then, we pointed towards Springdale and Zion National Park. We were a little worried that it would be booked up with no available camp sites this time of year, but it was easy. There was plenty of […]

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Facts from the Road

Three weeks back from vacation, my mind is still swirling with all the stories I need to write. Although our road trip was a mere 17 days, we experienced such extraordinary diversity, it’s been challenging to put it all into … Continue reading →
Facts from the Road is a post from: The Next Big Adventure

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Taking the road less traveled

After driving the main highway to Bryce Canyon we were craving some adventure. There is something very exciting about looking at a map, seeing the grey slashed lines (usually unpaved road) and not knowing what condition the road will be in, where you will end up or even what it will look like....
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Prone to Wander: Less Krakauer, More Bryson

Unless you’re disposed to picking up hitchhikers, you typically know your traveling companions when starting a road trip.
I usually don’t have this luxury.  Most of my trips involve me traveling thousands of miles with complete strangers to areas of the globe where I...
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Observations from a First-time Overlander

My family has always been tent campers and backpackers. We love roughing it. When the gang at Central Overland invited me to head to New Mexico and Colorado for ten days I jumped at the chance, but I didn’t think I’d be exploring random backcountry roads in a Lexus with heated...
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Cedar Mesa Utah and the Anasazi

We hit the pavement on Utah State Route 24 after nearly 70 miles of offroad from Boulder, UT through Capitol Reef National Park on the Burr Trail and turned west going toward Lake Powell, Cedar Mesa Utah and the Anasazi Pueblo People. I’ve always been fascinated by the Anasazi, an ancient...
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CruiserFest 2013

What From planning a cruiser expedition to adventure photography, hone your skills or learn something new at one of our Land Cruiser skills classes. Visit the first ever Land Cruiser Heritage Museum – an extensive collection of iconic Land Cruisers. The Cruisers on display range...
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Utah…Revisited!

We’ve had a great last couple of weeks. Utah is such a cool state with so many interesting parks and odd geology and geography. We did a little circuit of a lot of the National Parks including Zion, Capitol Reef,  … Continue reading →
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