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Day 19: Thirteenth century architects

An 8am reservation for a tour of the Balcony House forced an early start, but the family rallied and showed up with flying colors. After...

Day 19 word of the day: Pueblo

Pueblo, as in the cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde built in the 1200’s by Pueblo Native Americans. On day 17 we went on a ranger-led sunset...

Day 18 word of the day: chillax

Chillax = chill + relax. After lots of full days in the National parks and driving, this was our down day in Cortez, CO to sleep in,...

Day 17: Travel back it time to the Cliff Palace

We arrived in Cortez, CO in the afternoon, and quickly packed up for a twilight tour of the Cliff House in Mesa Verde National Park. ...

Day 17: Four states at once!

The only place in the US where this is possible - touching four states at on time. And conveniently, there was a great food stand...

Day 17: A drive among giants

We started the day with a drive through our backyard garden: Monument Valley. Though seeing much of it from our campsite was already...

Day 17 word of the day: Echo

Echo, as in the amazing clear honest-to-goodness real echo from Artist’s view on valley drive in monument valley. The words bounced off...

Day 16: Very serious about games

You might say that some in this family are a bit competitive. Possibly even a bit cut-throat, even when it comes to family games. All...

Day 16: An other-worldly tour

Today we drove back into Arizona (our campsite is just barely in Utah) for a tour of Lower Antelope Canyon. Though this was not...

Day 16 word of the day: whirlpool

It was challenging to come up with any words that could describe the beauty and magic of Antelope Canyon. Even the photos, while...

Day 15: When your back yard is Monument Valley

After driving from Bryce to our KOA campsite near Monument Valley, we found the campground to be fairly spartan, but it seemed as though...

Day 15 word of the day: fried chicken

Yes, technically these are 2 words. But the fried chicken was so good it was worth breaking the rules to select two words for the word of...

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