Category Archives: Trip Report

The big challenge of this trip happened on this day.  Tioga Pass — 9960ft. The FMC hasn’t done it before and Greg was concerned that it go well.  We left June Lake in the late morning.  Stopped to fill up … Continue reading →

We moved the FMC to my parents yard for our last day/night in June Lake.  Mom and Ruthie and I had a girls’ day out in Mammoth.  We had coffees at a great little coffee shop there — Ruth had … Continue reading →

It was actually chilly at the National Wildlife Refuge when we woke up that morning.  We had a good breakfast — pancakes!  To celebrate Ruth’s 13th birthday!  We can’t believe our little girl is a teenager now! Packing up was … Continue reading →

We packed up and headed out.  Greg had to get some work done and print some stuff out and ship it off to a client so we headed for the Kinko’s in St. George, UT.  I went to Target and … Continue reading →

Again, we had to move campsites.  This time, we got a site right along the river which was really lovely.  We got set up and then took off on our day trip.  We drove from Zion National Park to Bryce … Continue reading →

We got up early, had a good breakfast, packed up our belongings and went on one of the coolest hikes you can imagine.  As you drive up the Virgin River, the canyon gets more and more narrow and eventually becomes … Continue reading →

We hitched up in the morning and drove to Zion.  It is such a beautiful drive up the valley.  As you enter the park, you enter this amazing landscape of red rocks — it reminds me of the eastern side … Continue reading →

We got up early and hit the road.  The drive took us out of Utah and into Arizona and back into Utah again.  We had lunch in the town of Kanab, UT at a great Mexican place called Escobar’s.  (We … Continue reading →

Monument Valley is a Navajo park.  We drove out and paid our fee to get in.  You drive a 17 mile loop through the monuments on rough, dirt road.  We were ready in our Suzuki but did enjoy seeing a … Continue reading →