Chasing the blue dot to find adventure…
After leaving Amarillo, we stopped in Big Spring for the night, then stayed for a week in Kerrville, just outside of San Antonio. It was nice to have a more leisurely drive down to Rockport. Dutch Bros in San Antonio Fortunately for me, the first Dutch Bros in San Antonio opened up the week we … Continue reading Texas: Winter Texans in Rockport
Initially, the morning started off with some clouds, so the pilot briefing didn't take place until 6 a.m. - throwing the entire schedule into disarray. I kept up to date with the Balloon Fiesta app, and they sent out alerts when there were updates. The morning was kind of a mishmash of a Dawn Patrol, … Continue reading New Mexico: Balloon Fiesta, Day 1
Right after we arrived in Deming, we heard about a balloon regatta in Elephant Butte, which is a roughly 90 minute drive. While other convergence attendees headed to Pancho Villa State Park and Mexico, we got up at 3:30 am and left at 4:30 am to get to Elephant Butte. Sunrise We arrived at Elephant … Continue reading New Mexico: Elephant Butte Balloon Regatta
We have done the road trip between Kingman and Phoenix many times in our RV. Because of the heat and Bob's work schedule, we decided that instead of taking our normal route, we'd head toward Flagstaff, then drop down to Phoenix. Kingman to Williams The first leg of our journey was from the Kingman KOA … Continue reading Arizona: From Kingman to Phoenix
This is our last weekend in Utah, so we decided to head to Cedar Breaks National Monument again, but for sunrise. Last time we went to Cedar Breaks, it was during our day trip excursion to Bryce Canyon. Considering the crowds are much smaller in comparison to Bryce Canyon, we thought we might have the … Continue reading Utah: Sunrise in Cedar Breaks National Monument
We liked doing the sunrise photos at Bryce Canyon National Park so much, we decided to do it again, but much closer to home. It meant that we could sleep in a little later and only have a 45 minute drive. We headed to Kolob Canyons, which is in the northwest corner of Zion National … Continue reading Utah: Sunrise at Kolob Canyons
We finally got up early enough to be at Bryce Canyon National Park at sunrise. 🙂 We arrived at the fee station at 6:10 am to show our America the Beautiful annual pass, but no one was there. Bryce Point Around 6:15 am, we parked at the half-full Bryce Point parking lot, and grabbed our … Continue reading Utah: Sunrise at Bryce Canyon
This weekend's plans are somewhat a repeat of last weekend. Zion National Park As far as Zion National Park, we intend to get there before 8 a.m. (gotta have a goal) so we can park in the Visitor's Center parking lot and take the shuttle. Since we didn't make it to the Lower Emerald Pool … Continue reading Utah: National parks this weekend
