Day Twenty Four Moab UT to Rangely CO This travel day was short, but it was a lot. First fun thing was that we saw a motorhome named Millennial Falcon. We hit another wave of unsafe AF drivers, too. As if we can go faster than the truckers in front of us. The very bare…
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baby’s first Big Western Circle Trip – Part Six
Day Twenty-One One more note about Vernal. They have a great garden program/committee/club/something. There are planters and baskets lining all the main streets with huge plumages of flowers. And they smell so good. It’s the little things. Everyone has Dash Cams these days… Asshole drivers, man. Most of Utah has been–true to stereotype–nice people. Today,…
baby’s first Big Western Circle Trip – Part Five
Day Sixteen We found a place to drop off most of our recycling, which isn’t always easy to do on the road. National Parks tend to have it for aluminum and “tin” cans and plastic bottles of things like water and soda. Most can’t take bigger items like laundry bottles or other plastics like salad…
baby’s first Big Western Circle Trip – Part Four
Day Twelve After breakfast, we gathered our adventure stuff and headed to Blue Heart Kayaking. In a tandem kayak, we did 5miles of the Snake River including the Blue Heart Spring and a circle around Ritter Island (which is a state park). We were already booked, so the staffer didn’t need to sell us on…
baby’s first Big Western Circle Trip – Part Three
Day Eight Craters of the Moon Every other vehicle we saw on the road was an RV setup. It was nuts. We are out in the middle of nowhere. Craters of the Moon is a unique place. Did you know that Idaho has a “smile” running through it? Most of Idaho is mountainous, but from…
baby’s first Big Western Circle Trip – Part Two
Day Four Grand Tetons National Park We took the scenic road south through the majority of the Tetons. We took our time and made sure to take all the little side roads so we could see as much as possible from the Jeep and via short walks. It was a beautiful day with no smoke…
baby’s first Big Western Circle Trip – Part One
[As always, travel posts are delayed for our safety.] Our first “big western circle trip” started in Denver and then went north and counter-clockwise through the Tetons, southwestern Idaho, northeastern Utah, and northern Colorado. Day One We left the condo early, but got off to a late start. E’s back was hurting (sore muscles), the…
The Great Flash Flood
Meetup. We do love them, but they can be rough on organizers. Our recent Sunday one was no exception. It was to be Jazz at the Park (the last one of the season) at 5:30. Then, it was supposed to rain from 2pm until like the next day or something. So, Organizer M moved it…
Fire Ant Killer
This Garden-safe Fire Ant Killer kills the queen.
RV project: trading the sofa for cabinets and a counter.
The 2021 motorhome we bought in 2020 was designed to sleep 6-8 people. Of course, that’s assuming some of them are kids and assuming some of them don’t expect to actually sleep. We ordered the overhead queen bunk and found it to be a giant waste of money. The mattress is thin and terribly uncomfortable….