Yesterday we got up early and drove to Zion National Park.Initially, this park was named Mukuntuweap National Monument. However, the local Mormon community found this name hard to pronounce and changed it to Zion, and Zion National Park came to… Read More »Zion-The Narrows
Today we went to Bryce Canyon. Bryce Canyon is actually a series of amphitheatres. These amphitheatres contain the highest concentration of Hoodoos in the world. Hoodoos usually consist of hard rock on top with softer rock on the bottom. The… Read More »HooDoo You Love
I have been remiss in writing because I have been really enjoying my book. I have combined our second day at the Grand Canyon with Shabbat. We started off the morning well before six. Yes, when I said “early,” I… Read More »Early Morning (Grand Canyon)
We woke up early this morning and headed to the backcountry bus stop. We ran there because we thought the the bus would be there very soon and did not want to miss it. We ended up waiting around 10… Read More »A Grand Time
Yesterday was a 15 hour travel day. We got up at 5:30 to get to the airport in time for our 9:06 flight to DFW. Security was pretty slick and since there were no customs we did not take long.… Read More »Travel Day
Exactly two years after we saw the Petersens perform at the Little Opry Theatre in Branson we saw them again. It was so ( I don’t think I can put enough so’s) good! We met Scott after the long chain… Read More »Tuesday Tunes
We woke up today and had a slower start. Dad had a it of work to do so Mom, Kiera and I read. After lunch we headed out to do some exploring (if that is what you want to call… Read More »A very good place to start
We started yesterday off waking up just before six so we could hit the road at 6:30. Grandma Mo and Grandpa G picked us up and we took their very clean and fancy rental vehicle to the airport. They dropped… Read More »Traveling- Let’s start at the beginning
I am a bit late getting this up but last night was Purim so we had a party of sorts after our day on the hill. But lets recap the ski day. In the morning we woke up early and… Read More »Stratton Mountain
Today, we skied at Killington again. The conditions were immensely different than yesterday. The sun was still out, but after a very sunny day yesterday and a quick freeze during the night conditions were extremely icey and granular. At one… Read More »An Icy Day at the Beast of the East
Today, we got up a bit earlier (before 7) and were out the door by 8AM. We decided we were going to ski at Sugarbush. This ski resort is about an hour away, and to get decent parking, we needed… Read More »Sugerbush
Yesterday we made a last minute decision that we were going to head to Vermont for some spring skiing. The drive started out with all of us listening to Dad’s business book. Neither Kiera or I found this very interesting… Read More »Killington- AKA The Beast of The East ( with a Pico-boo)
We got up early Wednesday morning and drove to the airport. We did not need to get to the airport 3 hours early because it was a regional flight. They would not check us in so early so we went… Read More »Home from Scotland
We had thought we would do a hike today or a hill walk, as the locals call them, but it was very windy and not the weather that would allow it to be enjoyable. Last night we had booked a… Read More »St. Andrew’s