Blogs from Utah, United States, North America

Scout here everybody! Really hope you are enjoying our travels and stories of everyday life and people. I have a few hours to just sit here at the RV Tire Replacement Center. Too hot to drive thousands of miles under the austere conditions of extreme heat. But I don’t want to talk about tires, I have some pondering thoughts I want to run past y’all ~ I can’t decide if I was born into Frenchy’s world to be just hanging out to make sure she’s all good or to experience THE GREATEST ADVENTURE of the 2023 summer! Or maybe more like a traveling circus? Not a single minute goes by that we aren’t having fun, listening to an eclectic blend of music, visiting a different city every day and spreading the awareness of TAPS. I will ... read more

Fate played a hand again today and oh what a day of riding! It followed a not so good night. Getting up in the night, as one needs to do, I looked at my iPhone for the time. It was completely dead. A hard boot to no avail. I spent a restless remainder of the night thinking how the trip would be without the phone. Fiddling with it again when I was more coherent in the morning I managed to get it working. Such dependency. As it turned out where I was today it could have presented problems without a phone should something have happened. An issue when riding alone. The fate began at breakfast, no muffin, just toast. Chatting with two nice bikers from Austin, Texas about everything from a long ago girlfriend I had ... read more

Today we had the whole day to explore Natural Bridges National Monument. We saw all three bridges, did some hiking, and checked out the Pueblo ruins. It was really interesting to learn how the bridges formed, and of course it's the scale of everything which is awe inspiring. The pictures just never do these things justice.... read more

Today was another magical day! We started our day with a drive along scenic Highway 313 on our way to Dead Horse Point State Park, and then spent the rest of the day at Arches National Park. We did two major hikes: a long steep hike to the Delicate Arch Viewpoint (not to the arch itself) and a long, less steep hike to Sand Dune Arch, Broken Arch, and Tapestry Arch that ended our day with a glorious sunset. What a day!... read more

We spent today in Capitol Reef National Park. I had never been here before; it's a pretty amazing place! I discovered that it got its name because some of the early European settlers had been seafarers. They saw the mountains as a giant barrier reef, and named it the Capitol Reef because there was a large white dome of rock that reminded them of the US capitol building. I have included too many pictures because I failed when I tried to winnow them down. Enjoy!... read more