Note: We visited Mount Rushmore during the Covid-19 Pandemic, so things were a little different than normal. Perhaps only the Statue of Liberty rivals Mount Rushmore for the most iconic American landmark. In all honesty it is a rather strange…
Southeast Utah Highlights and Travel Guide
While Southeast Utah might not be on the top of your travel list, it is actually a fun, inexpensive place to go for a weekend. That being said, be prepared for a lot of driving since nothing is super, super…
Hole N’ The Rock: A Utah Roadside Attraction
Dynamite blasted rooms, animals taxidermied in the contortions of death, an exotic petting zoo, and an overpriced entrance fee. Perhaps one of Utah’s weirdest roadside attractions is the Hole N’ The Rock. How to Get to the Hole N’ The…
Newspaper Rock Utah
On our way home from the Blanding area in southeast Utah, we made a quick stop at Newspaper Rock. This is a National Historic Site that is full of ancient petroglyphs. Since it is so easily accessible and so easy…
Visiting the Bluff Fort Visitor’s Center
Off in the tiny town of Bluff, Utah sits an amazing visitor’s center dedicated to an impressive group of people. Due to the amount of rain on our trip to the Blanding Area (where we saw Natural Bridges, Hovenweep and…
Cove Fort
Just at the intersection if I-15 and I-70 in Utah, is a small, historical station known as Cove Fort. It was originally built to be a half-way point for stagecoaches and travelers between Salt Lake City, Utah and St. George.…
The Lincoln Monument on the Lincoln Memorial Highway
I-80 through Wyoming is one of the roads that I have traveled the most in my life. Traveling to Utah from Colorado as a boy and vice versa as a college student has made me well familiar with this stretch…
Cliff Dwellers Arizona
As we traveled South from Utah to the Grand Canyon we entered Arizona and soon passed the most interesting and odd collection of giant boulders arranged randomly along one short section of the road. There was a small sign indicating…