When Keith and I first decided to move to Utah the hardest factor was leaving family and specifically my dad since in recent years he has had several health issues. Without getting into too much personal information, the biggest health issue was when my dad had two brain surgeries to repair brain aneurysms. Although both procedures were successful, the second …
While Keith and I are on motorhome trips we have to balance our time with physical activities like hiking and biking with non-physical activities like jeep drives and sightseeing. The non-physical activities typically lend themselves to weeknight activities for us. Keith works all day so planning our time efficiently is quite important. The longer hikes and excursions end up being …
Looking for a relaxing evening in St. George, Utah? We found plenty to do an evening to visit Kayenta Art Village and Historic Downtown St. George. This gave us a chance to drive around the area a bit and see some fun local sights. These areas would be become places we’d pass quite often while in the area for six …
Keith and I moved just south of Salt Lake City, Utah three and a half years ago so this is our fourth Christmas here. Since all of our family lives in Indiana, we’ve had to create new traditions. A new tradition is skiing on Christmas Day and then we try to fill the surrounding time with fun holiday activities. I …
Kanarraville Falls was for years one of Utah’s best kept secrets, according to locals. Over the past 15 years, this hike has exploded with interest and caused the town of Kanarraville quite a lot of trouble. You can read more about that here – Kanarraville Falls: Best Kept Secret Becomes Nightmare. Since moving to Utah, we’ve learned time and time …
Thanksgiving isn’t until next week, but since I turned 40 yesterday, I wanted to share this list now of 40 things I’m thankful for this year. This is one of those posts that is more of a diary entry and really just for me to look back on to remember how I was feeling and what I was thinking at …
Last week I wrote about the crowds and visitor responsibility at Zion. If you missed that post, check it out here: Zion National Park- Crowds and Visitor Responsibility While visiting Zion National Park for the first time, I was pleased with the importance Zion places on preservation of the park through educating visitors to be responsible for themselves while enjoying the …
Where to start? There is so much to say about Zion National Park! The park was established 100 years ago in 1919 and covers over 145,000 acres! The most visited area of Zion is the canyon, which was formed by the Virgin River and continues to impact the park. While visiting the canyon, you are looking above at the 2,000- …
Keith and I were looking forward to getting back into the motorhome for a long trip. Crazy enough it had been nearly two years since our last long trip. Last year we had so many visitors in Utah that our calendar was pretty packed and a motorhome trip just didn’t make sense for us. We had planned to do this …
I get this question pretty often. It’s really not any different than how anyone else has money for certain things. We just choose to put the majority of our disposable income towards travel. By basically being debt-free and choosing to save for travel, we have a rather large “vacation” budget. It’s been a combination of calculated decisions that have gotten …