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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: 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 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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