by Kim | Jul 11, 2021 | Bucket List Adventure, Driving Cross Country, The Rocky Mountains
The Hoover Dam is huge and the bridge is a little intimidating to drive over. The dam is 726.4 feet from the foundation rock to the roadway on the crest of the dam. It is 16 feet taller than the second tallest dam, Glen Canyon Dam which we visited a few days prior. I...
by Kim | Jul 11, 2021 | Driving Cross Country, Southwest
There were a few gems I found while researching our cross country trip, the Wilderness Adventures rafting trip on the Colorado River was one of them. The trip started at the company’s office in Page, Arizona, about a three hour drive from our hotel in Sedona. The raft...
by Kim | Jul 5, 2021 | Bucket List Adventure, Driving Cross Country, Southwest
Our exciting plans for a week in Sedona, AZ were derailed because of the Rafael Fires in the Coconino National Forest, but sometimes these sudden changes present new opportunities for adventure. In this case, we lucked out big time! Thanks to a chance meeting with a...
by Kim | Jul 4, 2021 | Bucket List Adventure, Driving Cross Country, Southwest
We arrived in Santa Fe, New Mexico on day 10 of our road trip, and we were spent. We decided to find a place to stay for two nights so we could relax a bit. I stumbled upon the Rancho de Santa Fe Campground, just a few minutes drive to the old town. This was the best...
by Kim | Jul 3, 2021 | Bucket List Adventure, Driving Cross Country, Southwest
Wuptaki National Monument near Flagstaff, Arizona was another incredible and unexpected find along out travel route. And, bonus, we were able to use K2’s National Parks Every Kid Outdoors pass again to enter the park. Wuptaki (wuh-POT-kee) is the site of ancestral...
by Kim | Jun 20, 2021 | Bucket List Adventure, Driving Cross Country, Southeast
I love gardens. When I started researching things to do in Nashville, TN, the gardens at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel rose to the top of my list! I found this great blog article about how to visit like a local. It had great tips on where to park and how enter the hotel...
