Phoenix was a pleasant surprise for us. We drove from Death Valley to Phoenix to start off our Arizona road trip, and Phoenix was more of a starting point than a place we were excited about. While it’s not our favorite city in the world – mostly because it’s not really walkable – we loved…
Half way through our year long road trip, we were sitting in Seattle trying to decide where to go next. All of a sudden, Alysha ran into the room to tell me that she had gotten camping reservations at Yellowstone, which you might know are some of the most hard-to-get reservations in the country. From…
How were we so late to the Arizona party? Despite both having been to Arizona MULTIPLE TIMES before, we were radically unprepared for the sheer beauty that we experienced over the course of our Arizona road trip. We spent around two weeks in Arizona, and already started making plans for our return. Because there is…
We visited Sedona this spring on our Arizona road trip and fell in love with the juxtaposition of red rock canyon walls and the lush greenery thriving below. It’s a great place for a weekend getaway, particularly during the winter and spring when it’s a little more pleasant to be in Sedona than in the…
To be honest, we weren’t quite sure what to expect on our first trip to Death Valley National Park. Just about the only thing I knew was that parts of Star Wars were filmed here, notably some of the Tatooine scenes, which meant I was anticipating big expanses of desert and sand dunes as far…
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…