I left this day open for us to decide, as a group, what we wanted to do. I had some options in mind and ultimately we decided on hiking to Delicate Arch then visiting Dead Horse State Park before heading back to our house to celebrate Fourth of July! One thing I’ve found very useful in planning is to have …
My cousin, Nancy, and her family would be meeting us at Arches National Park for a full day of exploring! We started out early to avoid the crowd and experience as much as possible together in this one day of family and friends fun! Since Renee and I have been friends forever, she knows Nancy but hadn’t seen her in …
One of my oldest friends and her husband were meeting us in Moab. Renee and Keith flew into Colorado to visit her family earlier in the week. They were meeting us today, spending two nights in Moab and then traveling back to Pleasant Grove to stay with us for a few days before flying out of Salt Lake City. I …
The Fiery Furnace hike is something very unique in Arches National Park. You must have a self-guided permit or ticket for a ranger led tour to enter this maze of sandstone. Tickets do sell out quickly so you do need to plan ahead for this hike. See the Arches National Park website for specific details. This trail is most often described …
What are the chances that two of my cousins, from opposite sides of my family, and one of my best friends would all be in Moab around the same time?? I felt as lucky as can be to have these three groups planning their own family vacations and being able to meet up with them. My two cousins and their …
I had heard that the Sunday brunch at Sundance was amazing! It had been two years since I could celebrate my mom’s birthday with her… a few days early, but close enough! So I made reservations and had high hopes that it would live up to the hype. The brunch is at The Foundry Grill, which we’ve never been to …
Keith and I had been traveling with my mom and John for over a week now and even though we saw incredible sights, I was so excited to just have them at our house in Pleasant Grove, Utah! We had Skyped and given them a tour when we first moved in, but actually having family in our home was a …
You can read more about our previous days of travel by clicking the links below: Road Trip Part 1 of 6: The Grand Canyon Road Trip Part 2 of 6: Lake Powell Road Trip Part 3 of 6: Monument Valley and More This video starts with Monument Valley and ends back at our house in Utah. We didn’t have enough …
You can read more about our previous days of travel by clicking the links below: Road Trip Part 1 of 6: The Grand Canyon Road Trip Part 2 of 6: Lake Powell Ready for the day! Ready for the day! This would be our sixth day of travel and the busiest day I had planned. Who am I kidding, they …
We woke up at the Red Feather Lodge near the Grand Canyon and by evening we would be at the Best Western near Lake Powell. I booked all reservations though hotel.com. You can read more about the previous day trip here –> Road Trip Part 1 of 6: The Grand Canyon We did not necessarily want to film everything while …