In the middle of southern New Mexico, near where they first detonated a nuclear weapon under the Manhattan Project in 1945, lies a 275 square-mile field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals. There were really no hikes to do in this park, so all we did was PLAY Read more…
A family of 5 on an adventure
The first two days of our trip included fourteen hours in the car, four state border crossings, one dinner in Biloxi, twenty-five state license plates spotted, an overnight in Slidell (LA), and three viewings of Michael Jordan’s Space Jams movie (L&N have a bit of an obsession with Wil E. Read more…
The day has finally arrived and we are starting our family adventure! We start with 10 weeks in the car (!!) traveling out to the Western US before swinging up to Minnesota. After a month or so in MN, we will fly to Scotland (with a brief stop in Iceland), Read more…
We spent a day and a half at Grand Canyon National Park over Spring Break. We stayed in a hotel in Tusayan, just a short drive from the GCNP entrance. On our full day at the park, we woke up early and drove to Grand Canyon Village inside the park, Read more…
The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument is a fairly newly designated national monument (~20 yrs) and one of the first to be managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) instead of the National Park Service (NPS). The GSENM covers a huge area in Southern Utah. The monument isn’t Read more…
We made last-minute changes during our Spring Break trip when we saw snow in the forecast on the day we had planned to go to Bryce Canyon National Park. I was really excited to go to Bryce Canyon, so we cut our time short in Zion National Park to Read more…
We had a great time on Spring Break, but it took us all about a week to recover! We did ALOT in the 10 days we were out west, but I think the real recovery time was due to our delayed flight home and some jet lag! Spending the Read more…
My twenty year old cousin came from Minnesota to stay with us for a few days during her Spring Break from college this week. Figuring that our usual routine wouldn’t be very exciting for her, I decided to take her overnight to the Hike Inn at Amicalola Falls. It had Read more…
We are headed out West for a week at Spring Break. If we would’ve know that we were heading back that way this summer, we probably would have picked somewhere else. Fortunately, there is PLENTY to see, so we won’t overlap the trips. Here is our planned itinerary. A lot for Read more…