End is in Sight As I’m writing this section, I’m getting ready to drive most of the day tomorrow to my final destination of my Utah trip where I will be for the next few days and visit two more national parks. In all honestly, if my trip was to end today I would be completely happy in the sense…

Safety First. Or Second. One of the things that is forefront in my mind on this trip is safety. Actually I should say that my safety is forefront on the minds of quite a few people at home who were really worried when i told them that I was planning this solo trip. In truth there is an element of…

Early Mornings It’s 5AM and I’m already up. It’s 30 minutes earlier than I would normally get up for work and hours earlier than I would on a normal Saturday morning. But today’s anything but normal. I’m driving in the dark towards my destination and there’s no one else on the road. I just left my motel in the a small…

It’s been four months since my last post. Our 2013 travel plans have been slow, with only a single trip to Hawaii in May. There were valid reasons for our hiatus, but I’m confident we’ll make up for lost time in the second half of the year. You might wonder why I’m planning a trip to Utah. It’s not our…