We left Grand Teton in the morning. Our plan was to drive as far as we could towards Seattle. It’s a 13+ hour drive total, so we knew we didn’t want to do it in one day.
Category: Travel
On our last day in the area, after exploring Grand Teton for half a day and making a day trip up to Yellowstone, we still had one day to enjoy the park.
We woke up in Grand Teton and headed towards Yellowstone for the day.
In my last post, I talked about our day at Arches National Park and Moab, UT. The next day, we got up and drove up to Salt Lake City, which is about a 4-hour drive.
We woke up ridiculously early that morning to head to Arches National Park. It’s basically right across the highway from Canyonlands and Dead Horse Point State Park, which is where we were camping.
We woke up later, in the comfort of the cheapest motel in town. We fully blasted the AC and appreciated going to the bathroom in the middle of the night without worrying about scorpions and spiders. That day, we were heading towards Canyonlands National Park.
We woke up at our amazing campsite in Goblin Valley. Our plan was to get all the way down to Monument Valley by the Arizona line. If you didn’t read the last post, make sure to catch up here.
In this post, I’m going to talk about our day at Capitol Reef and our stay at Goblin Valley. If you haven’t read the last post, it’s about Grand Staircase-Escalante and Petrified Forest State Park. We left Petrified Forest State Park after our sunrise hike and headed towards Capitol Reef, which was just under a…
After spending the night at Kodachrome Basin State Park, we packed up and started exploring Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. If you haven’t read the previous post, read it here.
Welcome back to another series I’m reviving from the back burner: our Western US road trip from last summer. If you’re reading through this series, I hope it provides some escape and a chance for armchair travel.