The general list of locations we would like to visit.
1st stop? The mustangs of course!
We ended our first day in a little town in the middle of nowhere Nevada. It was quite peaceful with some beautiful views!
We packed up camp the next morning with a goal of reaching Hoover dam. On our way we stopped on the side of the road to see wild mustangs!
There certainly are some fun (and run down) towns along the way!
What road trip in complete without hamburger gummies!
We ended up making the drive to Hoover dam and camped on Lake Mead. What a miserable, hot, loud, night that was! We went night swimming in the lake (quite the adventure!) and Ava was quite wary of the fish swimming around her that we saw with our flashlight. It was still 100 degrees at 11pm and there was a very loud group of people partying until at least 230am. The next morning we tried to go see Hoover Dam, but the staff guards wouldn't let us in..... bummer! We ended up traveling to Death Valley! Wow, what a hot, but amazing experience!
We made it to Grand Canyon North Rim! There were several camp grounds closed, but Chris scored us a campsite in the park! What an amazing place this is. My brother has rafted the Colorado river that runs through the Grand Canyon... and now I want to too!
On our way out of Grand Canyon, and on our way to Bryce Canyon, we saw a sign that showed "caution, Buffalo crossing roadway." I mentioned that I was bummed because we didn't see any bison, and how neat it would be if we ended up seeing some. God must have heard me loud and clear, because you know what was around the the VERY NEXT corner in the road?! Bison!
We made it to Bryce Canyon! Finding a camping spot here was tough... We spent a few hours looking for one. There were many sites closed due to wild fire precaution (this is never mentioned on the internet!), but we ended up with a pretty cool spot by a lake at an RV park. This doesn't sound like a nice spot, but we were totally isolated and we were able to have a campfire!
This was the lake we stayed on in an RV park! Gorgeous sunset!
A few days after exploring Bryce Canyon we decided to drive all the way to Moab. We set up camp on the Colorado River and decided to eat dinner in town that night. A storm rolled in, and it was still fairly early, so we decided to explore Arches National Park. Wow, what a great decision that was! We practically had the whole park to ourselves and the weather and views were amazing!
We were supposed to spend the next day exploring Canyonlands. We went, we saw, we left. There was nothing exciting about this park. This could have partially been because the places we wanted to visit were on the south end of the park, a mere 3 hour drive out of the way because of the canyon! Oh well, we left a day early and we ended up camping in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!
We drove through the most beautiful field of wildflowers. Anyone that knows me knows how much I love flowers! This was so, so, so, so fulfilling!
Donut Falls! The water actually falls through a hole, like a donut, in the rock. The water is VERY cold!
We fished on Mirror Lake and caught a lot of fish! They were all fairly small, so we put them back. The girls enjoyed playing Gin and relaxing in the sunshine.
