We continued our trip north through Utah, passing through charming desert towns like Mexican Hat, and close to more canyons like the Canyonlands, as we meandered towards the unassuming Utah hotspot, Moab. Monument Valley had marked the end of our semi-organised schedule that we’d mostly kept to on the road trip so far, and now …
It’s been a while since I’ve done a photo post – but Utah is so full of photogenic spots that this one was always on the cards. Plus there are plenty of places we saw or passed that haven’t made it into other blog posts. Utah is one of my favourite US states. Sometimes I …
Monument Valley has always been one of my absolute favourite destinations in the US. When I was younger, I became enthralled by it when I saw a photo of it on a calendar in my best friend’s parents’ house (long before it became a default feature in Windows photo folders) and my brain whirred into …
It was pitch black, and we were cooking sausages on a broken barbeque and failing absolutely miserably when it happened. We were camping a few miles south of the Grand Canyon, our next stop on the Great American Road Trip, and the place was deserted save for a couple of parked up campervans. “Hey guys, …
We were in no rush to leave Zion, which meant we could meander slowly towards Page, in our sixth state of the road trip, Arizona. Page was another repeat visit for me, but last time I was there, we took a walk to the now Instagram-famous Horseshoe Bend and took a quick dip in Lake …
Just over ten years ago, I made my first visit to Zion National Park and managed to miss out on the famed Angel’s Landing hike. We had a few options for hiking, and after hearing that one of them would be a four hour hike with lots of terrifying drops and chains, my friend and …
I can never really decide if I want to do a year in review post until it gets to Christmas and I suddenly realise the year’s almost over and start looking back at what I’ve done, what’s happened and thinking about what’s going to happen. 2018 has been a really strange year for me. I …
We arrived in Las Vegas in the dark. Which means all we could see were bright lights and huge hotels and flashing casinos, and you could almost forget that it was dark – but you definitely couldn’t forget that you’re in Vegas. Hotels are, of course, a quintessential part of any trip to Vegas, although …
I must admit I had never thought of the drive from Los Angeles to Las Vegas as particularly exciting, given that the entire drive is through desert. That’s until I did a little research. On my TrekAmerica trip 10 years ago, we had driven the other way from Vegas to LA, and literally the only …
Of all the places that took us by surprise on our road trip, I think San Diego comes out on top. It wasn’t even on our initial itinerary. I was pretty sure we weren’t going to have time, especially when I found out that Yellowstone National Park closes on November 5th and we’d have to …
