by Drew Hartley | Apr 14, 2020 | Bryce Canyon NP, Capitol Reef NP, National and State Parks, Roadtrip
After muffins and breakfast to get the day started we packed up and headed over to the the Capitol Reef U-Pick Fruit fields to…pick (and eat) fruit! It’s part of Fruita, a historic small settlement of pioneers. It’s awesome that this is a feature...
by Drew Hartley | Apr 7, 2020 | Capitol Reef NP, National and State Parks, Roadtrip
It was another exciting morning as we ate muffins again! The muffins (all 7) disappeared VERY quickly. Tomorrow morning, 7 more muffins! The first activity for the morning was to hit up the Capitol Reef National Park visitor center for the usual – passport...
by Drew Hartley | Apr 5, 2020 | Capitol Reef NP, Great Hikes, National and State Parks, Roadtrip
The morning of day 21 arrived a little earlier than desired due to the kids waking up early…but it came with an exciting treat – we got muffins from the muffin man! (Yes, we definitely sang “Do you know the muffin man? a few times”) When...
by Drew Hartley | Apr 3, 2020 | Capitol Reef NP, National and State Parks, Roadtrip
Today we said goodbye to Mesa Verde and headed back to Utah so we can go explore Capitol Reef National Park. We all played at the playground after breakfast before loading up and heading out. Shortly after leaving we hit the 3000 mile mark for our trip! We drove...
by Drew Hartley | Jan 6, 2020 | Great Hikes, Mesa Verde NP, National and State Parks, Roadtrip
It’s Mesa Verde National Park exploration day! We had tickets for the 1130 am tour of “Cliff Palace”, the largest cliff dwelling in North America. It’s located at the very back of the park but thankfully our campground (Mesa Verde RV Resort)...
by Drew Hartley | Jan 2, 2020 | Mesa Verde NP, National and State Parks, Roadtrip
The original plan was to come to Mesa Verde for 1 day of exploration (and 2 nights of camping). But frankly our crew is beat with the recent travel day and fast-paced explorations. We need a down day. So we had a relaxed breakfast and played on the playground in the...
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