First Stop, Schooners in Peoria Heights!

First Stop, Schooners in Peoria Heights!

Stopping in at locally owned diners and restaurants is one of our favorite parts of traveling the country. You get to meet all sorts of people and try out some pretty scrumptious food. Ever since our first cross country road trip, we’ve made stopping in at...
Camping Essentials: Tent Repair & Care

Camping Essentials: Tent Repair & Care

Let’s face it, we campers put a serious burden on our gear, especially camping essentials like tents. Tents take a beating and often get slept in hard and put away wet, but if you want your tent to last you’ll have to give it some TLC from time to time. I recommend...
Day: 16: From Estes Park, CO to Kansas City, MO

Day: 16: From Estes Park, CO to Kansas City, MO

Our first experience in Rocky Mountain National Park was a blast but we didn’t get to see everything we wanted to. We had some spare time so we headed back in to drive up  Old Fall River Road. It was a little treacherous and we probably shouldn’t have tried it in a...
Day 15: From Montrose, CO to Estes Park, CO

Day 15: From Montrose, CO to Estes Park, CO

We woke up refreshed and ready to get boot-scootin’ toward Rocky Mountain National Park. This is one park we had both been dying to visit. We quickly realized we didn’t have to wait for the park to start our adventure. The drive was full of twist and turns, wildlife,...
Day 14: From Richfield, UT to Montrose, CO

Day 14: From Richfield, UT to Montrose, CO

We woke up early in our comfy abode and set out on our way. First things first, we needed coffee and we needed it right away. We stopped in at a coffee hut (one of our favorite things) and were surprised by the encounter we had. Mark ordered two coffees. About one...
Day 13: From Bluff, UT to Richfield, UT

Day 13: From Bluff, UT to Richfield, UT

We partook in the free breakfast and filled up our coffee mugs before we hit the road again. Sad to leave the Recapture Lodge but excited to check out the Valley of the Gods, which was our first stop for the day. Valley of the Gods is much like Monument Valley, but on...
Day 12: From Las Vegas, NV to Bluff, UT

Day 12: From Las Vegas, NV to Bluff, UT

You may notice that we don’t have many photos from our night in Las Vegas. That’s no accident…what happens there stays there and we all know to abide by that rule. We woke to a comfy Airstream trailer and headed out on the open road for a long day of driving....