Tag Archives: USA

Taking Route 66 to Las Vegas

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Bec

Call me crazy, but until we literally stumbled across it I completely forgot about Route 66. That’s right, someone road tripping around America totally forgot about the existence of the country’s most famous road. America’s Main Street. So when we … Continue reading →

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The Grand Canyon

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Bec

Just to continue the merry-go-round of seeing the sun come and go, we arrived at the Grand Canyon just in time for sunset. Sadly, we had decided not to stay in the fabulous Flintstone’s themed campground 30 minutes from the … Continue reading →

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Bryce Canyon

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Bec

We arrived at Bryce Canyon just in time for sunset. It’s one of the strangest places on earth and further evidence, in my scientific opinion, that the universe must have been high when it created southern Utah. Because we are … Continue reading →

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Hiking Angels Landing at Zion National Park

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Bec

At the risk of sounding like I’m bragging, I’ve come a really long way with hiking (pun unintended). Considering I cried actual tears on our first 3 hikes in America because I was hating life so much and was wearing shoes … Continue reading →

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Colorado

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Bec

It’s been a while! An entire state actually. I turned 27 last week in Colorado, Denver to be specific. We celebrated with delicious food and cocktails and an early night to prepare me for the rest of old age. I’m … Continue reading →

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Dinosaur National Monument

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Bec

The towns surrounding Dinosaur National Monument in Utah have really capitalised on their prehistoric roots by erecting giant pastel cartoon dinos all over the place. Which is awesome, seeing as the real things aren’t available (and would no doubt be … Continue reading →

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Sunset on the Great Salt Lake

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Bec

Sometimes not planning ahead or locking yourself into plans when travelling can be amazing. We never would have gone to Crater Lake if we hadn’t suddenly decided to bypass far northern California and that turned out to be one of … Continue reading →

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Idaho

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Bec

Looking at this map we really drove through the guts of Idaho. The drive from Wyoming was pretty interesting, partly because we passed Craters of the Moon National Park but also because we were listening to the World War Z … Continue reading →

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Visiting the Mormon capital of the world: some thoughts

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Bec

I’m kind of breaking the chronology of our trip with this post. Technically Idaho comes next but we are in Salt Lake City now and I wanted to write this while it was still fresh. Salt Lake City is beautiful, … Continue reading →

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Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Bec

Our second day at Yellowstone could not have been more different than the first. It was like being in a completely different park, visually. We headed to the the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone (that is its actual name) and took … Continue reading →

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