We made it home!! We managed to go 17 days with no rain…till today. Lots of rain storms. But we still made good time. And we are home!! States today: Oklahoma Arkansas Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Georgia What We’re Eating…Lots of …
Day #17 – Amarillo, TX to Oklahoma City
Well, it was inevitable. Take a nine-year-old car on a 4000+ mile road trip and something’s going to happen. We thought we were in the clear in the morning when the car started up 100% normally. And I thought my …
Day #16 – the Trek Home…Moab, UT to Amarillo, TX
Happy Father’s Day! Sam’s present was driving almost 11 hours to somewhere with crazy hot temperatures….but it did get him a day closer to his comfy bed and air conditioned home 
So today we started the long trek home. …
Day #15 – 3rd and last day in Moab, UT
Today is mostly a free day. The boys slept in while Sam and I reorganized everything to be repacked into the car and trailer. Then Sam and I took Patty for an off the beaten path hike through a canyon …
Day #14 – 2nd day in Moab, UT
Sam, E, and I got an early start to Arches National Park this morning. We made it to the first trailhead around 7:30. (Shocker, D decided to keep sleeping and not join us on our early morning venture.) Our first …
Day #13 – Zion to Moab, UT
Today is the day that the guys (and ok, me a little too) have been looking forward to for a while … a HOUSE! It gets pretty hot here during the day in Moab. Going without air conditioning just wasn’t …
Day #12 – move from Hurricane, UT to Zion National Park, UT
Just when I think it can’t keep getting better, it does. Today we moved from Hurricane, Utah to 30 minutes up the road in Zion National Park. I tried to get a spot in watchman Campground inside Zion a while …
Day #11 – 3rd day in Hurricane, UT
So today we learned that the little town we were staying is not pronounced “hurricane”but “Hurricun.” Who knew. It was a pretty chill day. The boys got up and went fishing for a while after breakfast. Sam and I stuck …
Day #10 – 2nd day in Hurricane, UT with side trip to Red Canyon and Bryce Canyon
So we didn’t get to do the Grand Canyon today because of the forest fires…but wow, Bryce Canyon more than made up for it. Bryce Canyon is about 2 hours from our campground. On our way there we stopped for …
Day #9 – Spanish Fork, UT to Hurricane, UT (near Zion)
One of my main reasons for picking the Diamond Campground was it was an easy 2.5 mile hike from a hot springs. So we got up this morning, had some pancakes, and headed out for our hike…only to find that …