the ultimate road trip - Part I
When in Utah, you find winding roads and trails to meander along. Stunning scenery that mesmerizes you into getting lost with gusto. Summers are irresistible with the Mighty Five easily accessible and willing to lure you into their realm. In between each you’ll also discover state parks, national monuments, geological features, ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) cliff dwellings and ruins, museums, and more. Today, as we wrap up road trip season and possibly finalize a final trek for Labor Day weekend, I share with you the most incredible itinerary I’ve ever created. So impressive that I deemed it a “Grandiose Tour” and still consider it the most epic road trip I have EVER experienced.
You’ll find my basic outline of the month long itinerary and a few specifics of our grand tour. If it inspires you, please reach out with any questions or let me help you plan your next venture. It’s one of my favorite pastimes!
the ultimate road trip - Part II
Last week I ran out of time and my hasty post lacked the detail I imagined offering you. Oh, how this mighty mouse has fallen. Or slid backwards into a life without work life balance and am a mere mortal like most. No sleep. Very little pay. Lots of work. I don’t even have kids or pets. So HOW. DO. Y’ALL. DO. IT?!?
But don’t you worry your pretty little head about any of that or pity me because my hubby knows how to properly bribe me so I don’t quit and continue to pay our bills. As you read this we are traveling the backcountry and happy little chappies.
Back to the lengthy story at hand, I would have overwhelmed you anyway! And am even beginning to feel like breaking this adventure on the open road into thirds now that I’m delving into all the roadside attractions we stopped to enjoy. Well, as Anne LaMotte wisely informs us, “bird by bird.” I suppose I left out the pertinent info that this road trip occurred during the 2018 summer season between my two grad school years at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The timing is what afforded me an entire month of playtime dancing across the desert with TAJ and access to the Mighty Five couldn’t be ignored. I consider it a Honeymoon of sorts since we eloped the winter just beforehand.