June 2017 – BaresNation

Day 14 – VEGAS

finally,VEGAS! we are finally not sleeping in our rv !finally in a hotel. and relaxing today we walked around the strip, saw a a medieval dinner show ,went to M&M world and saw a lot of casinos. the dinner show was about medieval jousting. the factions that were jousting was, Ireland, Russia, Norway, Hungary, Austria,ContinueContinue reading “Day 14 – VEGAS”

Day 13 – Nothing but the sky above & the river below (Bryce Canyon & Zion)

Thanks to the weather gods, who blew the forest fire smoke into a different direction today, we didn’t have to cancel our plans visiting two amazing parks after all, but because we had made alternate plans we squeezed a 2.5 day visit into 1. At first glance, the parks have a lot in common: they’reContinueContinue reading “Day 13 – Nothing but the sky above & the river below (Bryce Canyon & Zion)”

Day 12 – Paging Smokey…

Let’s update Smokey’s list for today’s more discerning American: Did you really just use a flamethrower to clear out weeds in your yard here in bone-dry Utah? Did it ever cross your mind that you might do millions in damage and destroy priceless habitats, or cost family vacationers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to enjoy Bryce CanyonContinueContinue reading “Day 12 – Paging Smokey…”

Day 11 – Capitol Reef

Capitol Reef National Park. we stayed at a very nice campsite. it had pies and an orchard and some ice cream and chips and a nice bathroom. we rode our bikes around the campground and did a really Nice hike up a mountain. we also got to feed some horses and saw aContinueContinue reading “Day 11 – Capitol Reef”

Day 10 – Arches NP

HELLO PEOPLE! we spent the day in arches national park! we took a couple hikes and a lot of pictures ! see for your self (I had 101 but it was impossible to put them all up here!) my favorite part of arches was taking pictures of stuff after arches we went to aContinueContinue reading “Day 10 – Arches NP”

Day 9 – Rafting & Dinosaurs

For the past two days we have been at the same campsite, just outside of Arches and Canyonlands NP. It is set in the desert and the fine sand makes everything dusty, but it also makes it feel very “authentic wild west” – the little wooden church at the entrance helps with that too, IContinueContinue reading “Day 9 – Rafting & Dinosaurs”

Day 8 – Canyonlands

Today we let Arthur pick the day’s activities. This is a nice vacation hack when traveling with impatient boys. Give them a concrete idea of what’s involved in planning a vacation day and reap the rewards of them tolerating some activity you yourself have planned. Leo is on tap to choose activities one day atContinueContinue reading “Day 8 – Canyonlands”

Day 7 – Mesa Verde

This is Mesa Verde National park .at first I thought it was basically Chaco canyon. now I know they are not the same. because one is in the cliff .and one is not in the cliff one is in the open and has writing on the cliff .we climbed a 30ft ladder and wentContinueContinue reading “Day 7 – Mesa Verde”

Day 6 – Baths and Driving

First another comic Hello again people. Today guess what ? MORE DRIVING !!!!!!!!!!!but we did go and eat new Mexican food and take a Japanese bath. What was It like? Soothing , very soothing. The alien things In Roswell yesterday were totally my favorite so far. this is the bath ContinueContinue reading “Day 6 – Baths and Driving”

Day 5 – Alien encounters (terrestrial & extra-terrestrial)

Today we experienced two completely alien worlds: the underground marvels of Carlsbad Caverns NP and the alternative reality of Roswell, NM. First up – Mother Nature’s Treasury. We decided we would walk into the cave – a mile-long hike that takes you down 80 stories (or 800 feet) below the surface. While prepared for theContinueContinue reading “Day 5 – Alien encounters (terrestrial & extra-terrestrial)”