A Perfect Vacation Comes to a Screeching Halt – Vacation 2019
Two hours after the initial incident, Jeff decided that we could just make it to town and we would deal with it from there. Despite the fact that we were down an entire wheel, we were somehow upright, and he figured that if we drove slowly and avoided the...
Canyons, Domes, and Western Night Skies – Vacation 2019
When I made the plans to stay in Moab, Utah, my only goal was seeing natural arches. I had no idea what else we would discover as we traveled around the entire region. What we found was natural wonders that none of us will soon forget. Now it was...
Arches National Park: Nature’s Architectural Masterpiece – Vacation 2019
God’s creation is beautiful, and peacefully sitting under the arch with my best friend while the sky changed to dusk was the perfect end to a beautiful day. In visiting another dream park, I learned that one week wouldn’t be enough to see everything that Arches National Park has...
Down Time Before Getting Back on the Road – Vacation 2019
We uncertainly entered the day after our tours through Mesa Verde. There were a couple things that we thought we might want to do, but we knew were weren’t going to do everything on the list....
Climbing Into Ancient American History – Vacation 2019
In the end, Mesa Verde was everything I had dreamed about and more. Pictures don’t do the dwellings or the landscape justice. To know that the ancient peoples figured out how to engineer their lives in a way that respected and utilized the earth is both inspiring and frustrating,...