You may have heard in the news or online National Park fee changes. It is true they are changing, and the infographic below should provide some clarification for what is happening. Why is there confusion around these changes? Mostly because the actual…
Getting a National Parks Pass
If you’ve been reading our blog for a while, you know how much we LOVE the National Parks. Because we live in Utah, we are lucky enough to live within hours of so many gorgeous National Parks. Since we have been…
Mesa Verde National Park: Cliff Palace Loop and Far View Sites
Mesa Verde National Park is, like several Southwest National Parks, home to ancient dwellings of the ancestral Puebloan peoples. Where it differs from parks like the Grand Canyon and Hovenweep is the number and scale of these dwellings. The most…
Book Review: Lassoing the Sun by Mark Woods
Lassoing the Sun is an awesome book about the year Mark Woods spent studying and visiting the National Parks. A Little Personal Background I only have the vaguest memories of visiting Arches National Park as a young boy, and I…
Yellow Van Travels Turns One!
It is so amazing to think that when we started this blog one year ago. We had just come back from a beautiful trip to the Grand Canyon and were excited to share our adventures. Since then, we have been…
Chimani Releases 59 New National Park Apps
Whenever I talk with someone about going to visit a National Park these days I always recommend that they check and see if there is Chimani smartphone app available for where they are visiting. Chimani apps have been extremely helpful…
Review: Eddie Bauer Stowaway Backpacks
When you are traveling, especially while you are hiking, one of the most important items to have is a good backpack. Enter in the Eddie Bauer Stowaway Backpacks. We purchased these backpacks earlier this year and we have been so…
Delicate Arch Trail in Arches National Park
Delicate Arch in Arches National Park is one of the staple symbols of Utah, right up there with the beehive. Because of this we see Delicate Arch everywhere, it even has a prime place on half of our license plates.…
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…
2021 Year In Review
At the beginning of each year we like to look back at the previous year and remember and review all the wonderful places we got to visit and the fun trips we were able to go on. Since 2021 continued…