Monthly archive for ‘ September, 2010 ’

June 10-12, 2010 Denver, Colorado to Chicago, Illinois, 1,230 miles (via Lincoln, Nebraska, Kansas City, Kansas and St. Louis, Missouri) 28 hours, 35 minutes After 4 weeks of driving thousands of miles, living out of suitcases and eating junk food, we were ready to finish our trip. Our families waited for us back east and [...]

June 8-9, 2010 Denver and Boulder, Colorado It’s funny how the pendulum swings. For the first week of our trip we were spending so much time in cities that we eagerly yearned for open spaces, national parks and wildlife. We even skipped our planned visit to Vancouver just to go see Yellowstone a few days [...]

June 7, 2010 Silverton, Colorado to Denver, Colorado, 347 miles 8 hours, 34 minutes Our Colorado mining town adventures complete, we enjoyed another homemade meal at our bed and breakfast in Silverton and set off for Denver. When driving in the Rockies you learn very quickly that there simply is no direct route across the [...]

June 6, 2010 Silverton, Colorado After watching the 2010 Winter Olympics, we could not wait to get back to visit Colorado and its rugged, snow-capped mountains.  Our last cross-country drive offered a small glimpse of the Rockies and, like most things majestic in nature, we wanted more.  That said, towns like Aspen, Vail and Telluride [...]

June 5, 2010 Moab, Utah to Silverton, Colorado, 246 miles 10 hours, 14 minutes We began our last day in Utah by waking up early, once again packing the car as efficiently as possible and set forth for Canyonlands National Park.  More or less across the street from Arches, we really had no idea what [...]

June 4, 2010 Arches National Park and Moab, Utah If you’ve read any of the previous days’ posts, you can probably tell that we’re big fans of southern Utah.  We just can’t help it.  For the five years since we drove across the United States and moved to California, we’ve yearned to return back to [...]

June 3, 2010 Kanab, Utah to Moab, Utah (via Monument Valley, Arizona), 351 miles 9 hours, 36 minutes After resting and relaxing the day before, we were excited to get on the road and head back to Moab, Utah.  We passed Moab on our first cross-country road trip 5 years ago and ended up spending [...]

June 2, 2010 Kanab, Utah to Bryce Canyon National Park, round trip, 194 miles 7 hours, 15 minutes The National Parks in southern Utah are just too spectacular and awe-inspiring to pass up, so we decided to set up camp in Kanab just to take in a bit more.  Rather than another day of endless [...]

June 1, 2010 Springdale, Utah to Kanab, Utah (via Grand Canyon North Rim), 230 miles 8 hours, 13 minutes With the campsite packed and breakfast in our bellies, we headed off out of Zion Canyon towards eastern Utah.  Though we had ventured into the Hidden Canyon the day before, my thirst for slot canyons and [...]