Arches was our first stop on our Utah National Parks road trip. We came from Denver, arriving in Moab in the fall after a summer of evergreen forests, alpine lakes, and mountainous terrain in Washington and Oregon. The area around Moab in southern Utah was a significant change of scenery. Standing under the towering Arches…
Over the last few years, we’ve been to 18 national parks as we spent a few years living in a Honda Odyssey on a neverending road trip (before settling down here in Portland, Oregon). As you might imagine, one of the questions we get asked most often – both online and in person – is…
Zion National Park is one of our favorite national parks in the United States, with its surprisingly lush, green canyon juxtaposed with towering red rock walls, and the blue-green hues of the winding Virgin River. I have been multiple times, mostly with family growing up, and I joked to Alysha on our last trip that…
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Arches National Park was the first stop on our Utah National Parks Road Trip, and it didn’t disappoint. We were in the Moab area for five days (psst – here is exactly how to spend 4 days in Moab) and spent three of them camped in Arches. We spent sunrises out exploring the various arches…