The first half of the day was devoted to driving, but boy was the drive scenic! While on the drive to the other side of Utah we saw snow covered mountain peaks, quick drop-offs of canyons, colorful rocks and cliffs, etc. On the road in Utah At a roadside pull-off in Utah At a roadside [...]
The morning of Day 9 found us in Flagstaff, AZ. On our way out of Flagstaff, and on our way to Zion National Park, we made what we thought would be a quick stop at Wupatki National Monument — which is made up of several pueblo ruins dating from about 1000 years ago. The Wukoki [...]
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Our first stop today was in Old Town Albuquerque New Mexico. This is a popular tourist destination because it has several blocks of historic adobe style buildings located around a central plaza. The oldest building was the San Felipe de Neri church built in 1793. In Albuqueque’s “Old Town” New Mexico is known for its [...]
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When we woke up this morning in Oklahoma we looked out our window and we saw SNOW and ICE! Luckily, the roads were okay since it didn’t stick to the ground, but it sure did stick to our car! Well, we weren’t expecting this! Luckily the ground was warm and it melted quickly. Dan scrapes [...]
We started yesterday (Day 5) in St. James Missouri. We stayed at an old (but impressively clean) roadside motel that was mentioned in one of our travel books. They’ve updated their sign to be more modern now. While here, we sliced up the buffalo sausage we bought from the Native American couple at the roadside [...]
As Katie has been making notes about towns we should pass through today, I added a new feature to our blog. You can now click the “View Our Route” link at the top of the blog to see the route we have covered across the US. We’ll keep that map updated as we cover new [...]
We spent most of the day in St. Louis, Missouri – the “Gateway to the West.” We snapped a few shots of the ginormous arch (yeah, I know it’s not a word, but I think it describes it well) located on the river. We went to the Museum of Westward Expansion which is located underneath [...]
We began our journey today in Tennessee. On the way out of Tennessee we came across the Natchez Trace Parkway. This was a pleasant unexpected stop. In the 1800′s boatmen would float merchandise down the river and then walk back up the Natchez Trace. The 500 mile trip typically took 35 days to walk or [...]
Today is the morning of day 3 of our cross-country roadtrip. Over the past two days we have stopped in with several family and friends including my cousins Jeremy and Christy in Asheville, North Carolina, my cousins David and Carol in Cleveland, TN, and Katie’s friend Kerri in Knoxville, TN, and Rebekah in Nashville, TN. [...]
We’ve finally started to make real plans! What a relief! We’ve made plans to go out west (as Dan already said in a previous post), but the even bigger news is that we booked our ticket to go overseas! It has taken a lot of researching, reading, and planning, but we finally made a decision [...]