Author: Mike Pekrul

We made it to Oregon today. It’s absolutely beautiful here. Mountains, rivers, lush farmland, crops and cattle everywhere. We’re going to be in this state for over two months now (other than a short two week visit to Northern California), bopping around from one place to another. But OMG! Fuel prices are crazy here! 75…

Today was a moving day, and on our way, we took a side detour to see Shoshone Falls. Described as the Niagara of the West, it didn’t quite live up to my memory of Niagara Falls, but it was absolutely worth the visit. The Snake River Canyon comes out of northern Utah and runs across…

We’ve been visiting Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve for the last several days. I’ve always wanted to come here, been close a few times, but it never worked out. Well, now it finally did and here we are. It’s…. ok. Starting 15,000 years ago, continuing off and on till about 2000 years…

We went to Promontory Point today to visit the Golden Spike National Historical Park, the site where the transcontinental railroad linked the east and west. On May 10, 1869, crews from the Central Pacific Railroad coming from California and crews from the Union Pacific Railroad coming from Omaha Nebraska joined up. A golden railroad spike…

We moved from Provo to a place about 90 minutes north of Salt Lake, to another set of hot springs near Garland Utah. Once again, “hot” is a generous description. Maybe 93 degrees, it gives a very comfortable bath water feeling. The “campground” looks GREAT on the web. Hot springs, activities, snorkeling and scuba diving…

Susanne’s daughter Rease and her husband Michael came to visit us this week. They brought us a care package from home, some mail, some forgotten items, and some stuff that had been shipped to the house after we left. Susanne finally got her replacement rock tumbler, so there’s rumbling in our basement again. Rease’s birthday…

Didn’t go visit anything today. Didn’t go walking. No sight seeing, no working on the camper. Didn’t get up early. Didn’t go out to eat. Didn’t go shopping. Susy played with her rock treasures, I just watched. I read a book. Sat in the pool with some friends we met at Grand Canyon. Watched the…

This time, we visited the northern district of Canyonlands NP. They call it Islands in the Sky, because it’s a long set of interconnected mesas looking down on all of the canyons. Like the Needles overlook I visited the other day, this area gives a birds eye view of the majority of the park. We…

We visited Arches National Park today. More red rocks. 😆 It looks like the same kind of red sandstone we’ve seen so many other places, but for some reason, the sandstone around here erodes into pits and tunnels that eventually turn into arches and natural bridges. Arches NP is pretty, but isn’t my favorite of…

We made it to Moab Utah yesterday. Two of the Big Five Utah national parks are in this area…. Canyonlands and Arches National Parks. Arches requires a timed ticket reservation to enter the park… and true to form, I neglected to make the reservations till the last minute so I was only able to get…