We had a fairly short ride to our next campsite at Flaming Gorge / Manila KOA , so we decided to do some off-roading on BLM lands near our Vernal, UT campsite.  The day before Tom noticed a very steep jeep trail up a mountain that he thought we might try. We pulled off the…

We woke up fairly early at the Riverbend RV Park and we all had a fresh-cooked egg breakfast.  Scott researched nearby museums and came across the Museum of the Mountain West , which opened at 8:30AM – early for us to see it before leaving our campsite.  Steve declared there was nothing in a museum…

The day stated with the kind of senior moments the three OWGs are learning to live with.  First Scott complained loudly that someone must have taken his toothbrush holder while he was brushing his teeth.  Steve and Scott searched for a while before Scott found the holder in his pocket (which, “he had never done…

Today was our first full day with our third OWG, Steve Van Meter.  We departed from our HTR campground for the nearby Durango and Silverton train yard in downtown Durango.  We had hoped for an upgrade that our friend Nathaniel Guest had been working on tourist railroad -to- tourist railroad with the reservations guy at…

Today was the day we picked up Steve Van Meter at the Grand Junction airport.  Since his flight did not arrive until around noon, and the airport was a short drive away, we got permission from the fine folks that run Camp Eddy to stay another hour.  After breakfast we did a short 11 mile…

Today started with our regularly scheduled Teams meeting with the Leadership at VideoRay.  Immediately afterwards we left Monument Valley for Grand Junction, Colorado.  Tomorrow morning we’ll pick up Steve Van Meter, one of the three OWGs who has missed several recent trips. Before lunch we saw a sign for Historic Bluff Fort in Bluff, UT. …

Today was dedicated to seeing the monuments in Monument Valley and other spectacular scenery around our campsite. We started by going to the nearby Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park where we drove Polo around the scenic drive and took lots of pictures. Then we went back to Khan for lunch and Scott’s nap. Then back…

We began the day with a leisurely departure from Fredonia.  We planned on buying groceries in Kanab, but the only store was closed on Sundays.  We were going through Page (again) anyway, so we headed towards Gouldings in Monument Valley. Since we were stopping in Page anyway for fuel, we went to the Walmart there…

Tom had lined up a rafting trip that had a reported arrival time of 10:15AM Arizona time, and an hour-plus drive.  We got up early, ate breakfast, and departed at 8:15AM so we would have time to check out views along the way. We were early by the time we were close to Page, AZ…

Our first day in Fredonia was a double-header – a very long day. In the morning we headed North to Utah for a jeep tour of Peekaboo Slot Canyon in Zion National Park.  We made sure we arrived at the appropriate time, as Utah observes daylight savings time, while Arizona does not. We met our…

We began the day with a slow morning as Scott needed to participate in his Big Brothers meeting with his little Seth at noon EDT, or 9AM PDT.  After that Teams meeting was over, we packed up the RV and headed to Fredonia, AZ. While driving through Overton, NV, we saw a sign for the…

Today was an all-day Lake Mead day. We started with a boat rental at Callville Bay marina a half hour drive from our campsite.  We selected a 13 person pontoon boat from the nearly-deserted marina – despite the fact that apparently the lake is up over 30 feet in the last two years, business everywhere…