http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Utah en-us Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:00:59 +0000 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:00:59 +0000 My husband our two kids and myself have wanted to try out skiing for a long time so we looked for a resort that has a reputation for being kid friendly and has a good school for beginners. The Park City Mountain Resort ticks all the boxes. Itrsquos said to be one of the best destinations for novices and children and I particularly liked their guarantee of small groups with no more than 5 peop http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Park-City/blog-460423.html JOHNNY'S JOURNEYS FOUR CORNER STATES 2009July 10 2009 Friday It seems like we just went to bed...at one a.m. Now the 520 alarm greets me. Somuch preparation for the trip especially coordinating a paint job for the house whilewe are away. Bethany's best friend Hannah will be traveling with us. Her family arrives about630. We leave our house and arrive at the Mobile airpor http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/blog-458974.html I was able to go to Bryce Canyon when I was onshored in Salt Lake last year. Me and my office mates woke up early in the morning.. around 5AM and we were on the road to Bryce by 6AM. It was a good thing that one of my office mate knows his way around Utah so we were able to get to Bryce without getting lost on the road.. We passed through the scenic road.. seeing red canyon and all the amazing r http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Bryce-Canyon/blog-458532.html The drive from Bryce to Capitol Reef was uneventful through Utah 12 except there are lots of zigzag and up hills down hills. It makes you feel like that it will never end but in a good way. The scenary was beautiful. Most of the hills are redsoiled with Aspen turning gold in the autumn sun. We watched the west side of Capitoal Reef in the sunset from an overlook before we arrived at Torrey. S http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Capitol-Reef/blog-448996.html A short stop in Salt Lake City in UtahThen we went through Bryce national Park and Zion National Park. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Salt-Lake-City/blog-446096.html We got an early start from Zion hoping to snag one of the firstcome firstserved campsites at the North Rim. The forecast was for daytime temps in the 60s 40s at night. Pretty good camping weather. However when we arrived at Grand Canyon Natl Park it was only about 45 degrees and the campsites were all filled. Probably best all around as we were pretty done with cold nights.We hiked out to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Bryce-Canyon/blog-445878.html Seem to have spent the last few days hopping back and forth between Colorful Colorado and Utah he greatest show on earth there are big sign posts as you cross the state line and they always proudly announce the state motto. Rode 400 miles from Cody to Vernal in one day. It was strange scenery. You appeared to be whizzing along a flat plain then all of a sudden a big gorge would open up fro http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Moab/blog-445877.html Staying in Boulder for two weeks worked out thanks to Joersquos hospitality and my own need for daily yoga ldquojob thinkingrdquo and space. The majority of my time was spent taking fitness classes watching half a season of Firefly and pirating internet from Barnes and Noble and sometimes Panera just for variety. Boulder is tucked into the beautiful Rocky Mountain foothills that are glow http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/blog-444790.html From Las Vegas it was a pretty short drive to Zion National Park. When we reached the park the good news was that there was a campsite available. The bad news was if we wanted to stay 2 nights we did we would have to move to a different site since we were in the overflow camping at a group site that would be occupied the following night. Not too bad considering we would only have to driv http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/blog-444579.html Day 13 Sunday 27 SEPT Ely to FarmingtonIt was an awesome ride today. There isnrsquot a lot to write about on this leg. I didnrsquot stop to see anything cute along the way. I was mainly just riding to get a bunch of miles behind me. I traveled almost 600 miles. Temps in the morning was 43F later in the afternoon it was over 100F I think the day ended with it in the 60s. I missed gett http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/blog-443930.html Well we didnrsquot arrive late evening we actually arrived in Salt Lake City at 3am It wasnrsquot the best train ride I must say. After leaving the observation lounge to avoid another round of kumbya my lord from the hippie and her new found ldquoearth childrenrdquo we went back to our seat and decided with only a few more hours to go we would watch a movie. Two and a half hours lat http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Salt-Lake-City/blog-443313.html Can you spot the snake I can guarantee you it IS there somewhere... http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-441860.html I have finally found our niche in this life for we are both incredibly competitive and travelling hence the blog title this week. I have therefore compiled a short list of tips for a competitive hiker to abide by at all costs if they are to keep up with us. 1 Read all visitor centre guide times for trails and divide by two to find actual duration.2 If its not more than 5 miles long or les http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/blog-441589.html Here are the photos from the Arches National Parc and of our way to DenverAqui esto as fotografias do Parque Nacional dos Arcos e da nossa viagem at Denver. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Arches-National-Park/blog-441408.html Finalement nous avons rgl nos problmes d'ordi. et le magnifique voyage continu. Donc aprs la superbe croisire nous partons pour l'le de Vancouver sans la roulotte. Un premier arrt Victoria pour visiter la ville et le superbe Butchart Garden. Pour finir notre visite Tofino l'ouest de lle c'est le boutttt..... du boutttt.... de la routttt... transcanadienne officieusement ca http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Bryce-Canyon/blog-441404.html The end of September. We are camping at OK RV in Moab Utah. It is a Passport America membership campground. Very friendly owner here but the sand spurs keep Princess from walking outside. Sandy and Bruce are camped at an ldquoOwnerrsquos campground.rdquo Very nice. Off to hike in Arches National Park.Water ice extreme temperatures and underground salt movement continue to sculpture http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Moab/blog-440881.html Map http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/blog-440614.html La Contadina Travel and Tours is excited to announce our new My Private Italy tour scheduled for midDecember 2009. The founderowner of La Contadina Giuliana has selected me to colead this tour with Steven Robert McCurdy a documentary filmmaker who has completed three films about Italy to date Bringing Home Sardinia Postcards From Italy and My Private Italy. His films are beauti http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/blog-440193.html Zion National ParkKC and I left Kanab behind and went north and then west. We entered the Zion NP about 8 AM and the sun was just starting to light up the unique rock formations and structures. Betty and I did not spend much time in Zion but we talked of it often. I know the last time here we did not take the Shuttle into the canyon because little white ferocious beasts were not allowed. So http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-439771.html Initially this long weekend trip to Zion was supposed to be with a group of friends. Since none of them were able to make it I changed it to a family camping weekend. My mom sister and her boyfriend all came along. For my mom this would be her first camping experience. It will be quite interesting to see how well she deals with it. I picked up our rental car for the weekend a Chevy HHD on F http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Zion-National-Park/blog-439001.html