While the Utah side of Dinosaur National Monument gets all the hype for its world-famous fossil wall, the far northern district offers something entirely different: solitude, wild river country, and sheer canyon walls carved out over a billion years of earth history. A few days before our road trip, Justin stumbled across a photo of […]
By day four, Justin and I had a system. Three of our four days on this trip had already put us over five hours in the car — and that was before we added the Colorado side of Dinosaur National Monument to a day that was supposed to just be the drive home. We’d flirted
When most people think of Dinosaur National Monument, they picture either sweeping canyon vistas or a quick stop at a visitor center. But devoting a full day to the Utah Side of Dinosaur National Monument near Vernal gives you the best of both worlds: world-class paleontology, thousands of years of human history, and short, rewarding
My sister was in the middle of a big road trip and made sure to stop in Denver to see me before heading home. We signed up for a class together, caught up, and honestly spent most of the visit just resting after two weeks of her being on the go. But on Saturday, after
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Every trip has one stop that splits the group right down the middle. On our 3 day adventure up in Duchess and the greater Albany area, that stop was Secret Caverns. I came out of it grinning, ready to talk about the underground waterfall for the rest of the week. My niece came out of
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Just a short, 15-minute drive on winding dirt roads from the historic downtown of Silverton, Colorado, lies a portal to the past: the Old Hundred Gold Mine Tour. While Silverton itself is a testament to the region’s mining heritage, this tour offers a truly unique experience, taking you into the heart of the Galena Mountain
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The Utah desert stretched before us in waves of crimson and gold as we climbed into our rented side-by-side UTV from the Kanab Tour Company. Our destination: Peekaboo Slot Canyon, a hidden gem tucked into the BLM land north of town. What we didn’t fully anticipate was the journey it would take to get there.
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Canyoneering at Morning Glory / Ephedra’s Grotto I’d spent just one day in Moab back in 2008, so this time I wanted to push myself beyond the typical scenic overlooks—especially since I was making the trip out here anyway. When my college friend said she’d join me, it felt like the perfect opportunity to try
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I was in Moab in 2008 but didn’t get to Canyonlands National Park so it was a must see this time around. Canyonlands is divided into three sections, Island in the Sky which is the most popular, the Needles about 60 miles south of Moab and the Maze which has no paved roads. You can’t pass through
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