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Mighty Five +2 – Day Six – Moab to Hanksville
This morning we got to sleep in! Sleep we did… I actually made it to almost 7 o’clock, and I had to hurry Hunter along because I barely left enough time to pack the car! When we had arrived in Moab, I completely emptied the car to reorganize and readied everything last night, but waited…
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Mighty Five +2 – Day Five – Arches and Canyonlands National Parks
I have so much to say about today, and yet once again, there are no words. I did something I have never done before… I hired a personal tour guide for the day, sat back, and let someone else do the planning, showing, and driving. It was AH-MAZING. I once again woke before the alarm…
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Mighty Five +2 – Day Four – Monument Valley to Moab
With five or so hours of sleep, I woke 15 minutes before my alarm so I could capitalize on the price I paid for this cabin and watch the sunrise. And it was spectacular … I honestly don’t think I have watched the sunrise since the morning after senior prom on Wading River Beach from…
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Mighty Five +2 – Day Three – Kanab to Monument Valley
During COVID, my niece Elizabeth, her not-quite-yet hubby Nick, and their dog Toby fled NYC for my retired sister’s quiet life and big house in the suburbs of Charlotte, North Carolina. Soon after, her sister decided to test the real estate market to see if her house would get any bites… it sold in a…
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Mighty Five +2 – Day Two – Zion to Kanab
I’m not really one for magical moments. For me, they tend to happen in California, if they happen at all. Driving south into Big Sur. That deer that led me into 17 Mile Drive. You can see it on video somewhere in this blog—I’ll link it. But this morning, as we stepped off the shuttle…
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Mighty Five +2 – Day One – Vegas To Zion
Thank God for Sabrina. Over the past year… yes, year… she let me ship everything to her house — from bear spray to snacks, from shorts to toothpaste and even walking poles. I didn’t have to buy and pack it all at home, only to lug it onto a plane. Nope. Sabrina had it waiting…
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15 Day Road Trip: The Grand Circle – Utah’s Mighty Five, The Grand Tetons, and Yellowstone
Pizza – This all started with a pizza lunch at the office in the winter of 2023 — long before our Pacific Coast Highway trip. I was sitting with my boss, mid-slice, when she said, “You should take your son to Zion,” and told me about her jeep tour adventure. I nodded like I knew…
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PCH – Day Fifteen – San Diego Zoo
We have arrived at the Mother Ship! The San Diego Zoo! I have a ridiculous amount of pictures that I’ll post — of animals, some of Hunter, and some of Hunter with animals… As soon as we got there, we took a 30-minute double-decker bus tour of the zoo. Getting a feel for the zoo…
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PCH – Day Fourteen – Dana Point, CA to San Diego
There’s so much about the last two days I didn’t get to write because we were just plain exhausted when we got back to the room at night, but having my friend Joe with me was absolutely the best experience I could ask for. Not only was it fun to spend time with my West…
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Day Eleven – PCH – Oxnard, CA to Dana Point, CA…and then some
I reorganised all of our stuff, packed my box to mail home, prepped our route for today — because LA traffic is no joke — got an amazing night’s sleep, and we were off… Well, it might never rain in Southern California, but the days sure do start off cloudy. Fog embanked us as we…
