Vacations

After all of the passport hysteria settled down and we made it to James Island County Park (campsite map) we set up our tent and fed the dogs and dug all of the stuff out of the car that we needed to cook

We met Sandra's Dad around noon in Jacksonville and traded stuff. Layla and Blair were with him and made sure the dogs got some love. So back on the road, we had about 4 hours to go and since we will

I think we were both so excited we didn't sleep well at all but 6 am came and without protest we got up and began loading the car. Our goal was to leave at 8 am. The biggest problem I had loading the

OK, I'm lying... the road trip began July 20th but instead of posting the trip live I wrote it all down in a book (ie. Offline Blogging) so I could post every detail once we got home. Other than this

After leaving Bryce Canyon we drove through a forrest of Aspen Trees. It was so pretty it didn't look real. It's the kind of thing that you have to stop and take a photo of even though you know your

We pulled into Bryce Canyon National Park and lucky for us there was a spot to place your camera for a photo with the sign so we did not have to deal with the same fiasco that we had at Zion. We were

After a few hours of driving we were starting to get hungry and there was absolutely nothing but desert for as far as we could see. Then just as we were starting to worry, we discovered this quiet little

After our trip through the Grand Escalante Stair Case we finally made it to Bryce Country Cabins for the night. It was a relief to spot the cabins along the side of the road. Although they look

This is as close to lost as we have ever been on one of our trips. We were on our way to Tropic, Utah for the night and we were about 2 hours away on this unnamed road, here's the video for the details... We

Just south of the dam for Lake Powell is the famous Horseshoe Bend. You may have seen this in photos but it is quite impressive in person. We sat and watched the boats in the river for a while and

Our next stop was Lake Powell, a which is a man made lake that is over 500 feet deep at it's deepest. The lake was made by damming up the Colorado River and it created an awesome recreation area for everyone

This was our camp site at Zion. We could have had several tents in our site, it was huge! But remember that it was 115 during the day on our trip, and at night it was 95 degrees, so it was pretty tough

There is a tunnel on the road through Zion that we wanted to show you so we turned on the video camera and put something together. The best part about leaving a camera running is that you get to hear how

From our National Park trip last July, we left off at our arrival to Zion National Park. (Click on "Vacations" at the top of the page if you need to catch up) By far this was the most beautiful of the

Next stop Zion National Park, probably our favorite National Park on the trip so far. We arrived at Zion right as the park opened, in fact we were the first people to enter the park until we stopped

Although we planned our trip in advance we were unable to book a camp site at the North Rim Campground, so instead we stayed just outside of the park at the Kaibab Camper Village. There are a few tent

The best part about the North Rim of the Grand Canyon has to be the Lodge which is built right on the rim of the canyon. There are many trails for hiking from the North Rim but the drive from outside of

Have you seen the trailer for Four Christmases with Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn? I think a lot of people are going to relate to this movie. When I was little we never went anywhere for Christmas.

You can imagine our surprise when we stopped off at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and found a sign pointing to a Wedding Site. Of course we had to check it out, after all could there be a better place

Sometimes things are just hard to explain and the size of the Grand Canyon is one of those things. So here is something to help show you how big the canyon really is.