Month: May 2024
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Lake Powell
When we started planning our travels we were clear that we didn’t want to spend Holidays in National Parks. Why would we deal with heavy crowds if we don’t have to? We decided to spend Memorial weekend and a few days around it at Lake Powell. From here we will move back to our original…
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Kodachrome Basin State Park and Bryce Canyon
On our way from Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument to Bryce Canyon National Park we drive by another hidden gem: Kodachrome Basin State Park. We are still in Utah, and including the detour to the state park our whole drive only takes 1.5 hours. The scenery is dominated by monolithic stone spires called sedimentary pipes.…
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Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Happy Birthday, Dave!!! Let’s celebrate your birthday with one of Americas most scenic drives, and the best campground we had on our trip – you deserve it! ❤️ But let’s start at the beginning. As we have a short travel day, and it’s Dave birthday, no alarm clock is set. We prepare ourselves a weekend…
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Goblin Valley State Park and Capitol Reef National Park
We leave Moab after a week with the feeling we could have stayed even longer and found things to do. Our travels take us to Capitol Reef National Park. On our way we have planned a stop at Goblin Valley State park. After paying our entrance fee we follow the signs to the valley, and…
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Arches National Park
Our first day in Moab is dedicated to Arches National Park. We had to get entrance reservations 3 month before our visit, otherwise you can’t even enter the park between 7 AM and 4 PM. Knowing how popular this park is, we decide the night before to not even use our 8 AM entrance reservation,…
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Canyonlands National Park
Colorado and Green River have carved countless canyons and fantastically formed buttes into a breathtaking landscape. The rivers divide the park into four districts: Island in the Sky, The Needles, The Maze, and the rivers themselves. We explore the two parts that are RV accessible – Islands in the Sky and Needles. Islands in the…
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Moab, Utah – it’s not only about the National Parks
After the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park our next destination is Moab, UT. The lively little town in the desert is right next to two beautiful National Parks: Arches and Canyonlands. Our entrance is quite spectacular. As we leave the highway we take the Upper Colorado River Scenic Byway (SR 128). It welcomes…
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Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
I do admit, before we started to plan our travels I hadn’t even heard of this National Park. I am blown away by the amount of hidden gems in this country. But before we get there we have to deal with some hurdles. When Dave checked our route to the Black Canyon a few days…
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Great Sand Dunes National Park
Imagine a place, where you have refreshing rivers that surround tall sand dunes, and snow covered mountains in the background – that’s Great Sand Dunes National Park! After leaving Mesa Verde National Park we have a relatively short drive to Pagosa Springs, CO, from where we drive to our final destination the next day. Our…
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Mesa Verse National Park
Mesa Verde has been on my bucket list for many years. So I am quite excited about our destination as we leave beautiful Gooseneck State Park. Let me add a short orientation on the map to show where we are, and where we are headed. Special thanks to my friend Aleks for the idea to…