Tag: Ontour
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Antelope Island State Park, Utah
Never have we stayed anywhere that refreshed our souls and piqued our curiosity quite like Antelope Island State Park. Located 40 miles northwest of Salt Lake City, Antelope Island is the largest of ten islands within the Great Salt Lake. The park encompasses the entire island and has lots to offer: beaches, an historical ranch,…
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Signs along the way…
During our travels we’ve come across quite a few street and traffic signs that we don’t see at home in southeastern Pennsylvania. We’ve had fun taking these photos and assembling them here for you to see. We’ll keep adding to this post as we encounter new, interesting and unusual signs. Animals Trains and trolleys Amusing…
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East and West Coast Pleasure-Way Connection Rally in a New RV
We left Native Spirits Winery and reached Branson, MO, a day before the Connection Rally so we spent the night at another Harvest Host, Missouri Ridge Distillery, which was a few miles from our destination. We enjoyed good bourbon and a quiet night after a 5 hour drive from Norman, OK. The Rally was held…
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Needs, Wants and Budget.
If you read our post A Few More Improvements, you will know that being able to carry what we need is a major focus for us. We are traveling in an 80 square foot van with no outdoor storage. Short trips are easy to pack for. But on longer trips, we experience a lot of…
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A few more improvements
Traveling comfortably for long periods in a Class B RV is a struggle between bringing along the items you want versus what you can actually carry, without filling the rig with so much stuff that there is limited room to move around inside the RV. The image above is from our trip to North Carolina…
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79 Nights, 16 States, 8,293 Miles
Part of the fun of being retired is having the freedom to travel to new and different places together. What an absolute joy to be unmoored for 10 weeks, not being constrained by time, and free to stop and explore together. This year, we took our time traveling between campgrounds (unlike last year when we…
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A Big Bend and Big Crater
After visiting Kanab we took the opportunity to visit two “big” attractions in Arizona. Just nine miles upstream from the start of the Grand Canyon, the Colorado River had to made a wide sweep around a sandstone cliff forming this massive escarpment. The location is know as Horseshoe Bend and it is located in the…
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Takin’ It Easy in Winslow, AZ
It’s rare to find a town steeped in history AND iconic Americana kitsch. Winslow, Arizona has an active Amtrak railroad station, an historic Santa Fe Railroad hotel, a former trading post building, a Standin’ on the Corner Park—and Route 66 runs right through the center of it all. We trust that many of you will…
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Kanab, Utah
Traveling across the country, we occasionally stay in a town not for any particular reason, other than to crash for a night or two. Such was the case with the town of Kanab, Utah, named after the Paiute word meaning “place of the willows”. In addition to being conveniently located near Bryce Canyon and Grand…
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Zion Canyon
First established in 1909 as Mukuntuweap National Monument, the Monument was renamed Zion in 1909 by the Acting Director of the newly established National Park Service due to concerns that the original Native American name would deter visitors who might have difficulty pronouncing its name. Zion National Monument became a National Park on November 19,…