After two weeks of travel, we came to what was (for the kids) the most exciting part of the trip – snow time! All the trips to temples and traipsing around big, crowded cities was worth it, because – SNOW! And it was falling! Nozawa Onsen is a lovely little hot spring town in the…
After a quick game of Connect Four on the wharf, we boarded our ferry for the 25-minute trip south on the Potomac River to Alexandria, Virginia, a little historical town known for its well-preserved 18th and 19th century buildings. We took a little morning wander up the brick-paved King St and back down Prince…
After a long and hot walk around the National Mall the day before, on July 4 we made the wise move to hire bikes to cover a bit more ground in the heat and the crowds. I’d definitely recommend hiring bikes in DC – with Bike and Roll DC your rental includes a bike lock, so you…
We arrived in Washington DC in the mid-afternoon after our flight from Salt Lake City for the second leg of our USA journey. We loved the outdoor adventures of Arizona and Utah – now for the metropolises of the north-east. The hotel we stayed in was right on The Wharf, a fairly new entertainment district…
1. Rafting the Colorado River After getting our adrenaline pumping on our 4×4 Hell’s Revenge ATV adventure, we decided a leisurely float down the Colorado River might be a fitting follow-up. We headed out with Adrift Adventures Moab for a half-day on the river. Now, when I say leisurely, there are times when this trip involves…
Bellies full of apricots from our fruit-picking adventures in Fruita, the little Mormon township in Capitol Reef National Park, we hit the road again, bound for Moab, Utah. Road-trippers are go! Only another 2.5 hour drive, Moab is renowned as an outdoor adventure mecca. Four wheel driving across petrified sand dunes? Rafting the Colorado River?…
About a two-hour drive from Bryce Canyon, we arrived in Torrey, Utah, the closest town to Capitol Reef National Park. The exciting thing about Torrey was that we stayed in an old-fashioned conestonga wagon! At the Broken Spur Inn in Torrey, rather than sleeping in a boring old motel room, you can sleep in a…
We left Springdale with teddies in tow – yes, Melman and Gigi have come along for our US adventure. Our destination: Bryce Canyon National Park, about two hours from Springdale, known for its ‘hoodoo’ rock formations, with huge numbers bulbous spires in the canyon formed by a unique weather pattern in the area. From the…
Leaving the Grand Canyon in our road trippin’ wake, we headed north, crossing the border from Arizona into Utah on Highway 89. Blake marked the momentous occasion with a photo. Only about an hour from the border, driving into Zion National Park through the eastern entrance is spectacular, absolutely impossible to capture in photos and…
Fewer visitors see the north rim of the Grand Canyon. It’s not quite as accessible as the south, but since our road trip was taking us north into Utah, we decided to spend a couple of days up on the north side and see the canyon from a different perspective. Despite being only a few…
Raising Explorers 