October 5th
Leaving the Grand Canyon, we were off to Flagstaff to begin the next leg of the trip – visiting attractions other than National Parks. Flagstaff, being along the infamous ‘Route 66′, is a place the boys wanted to see, and there was also a period we had to convince that driving from Chicago to [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Arizona – Sedona
Posted in Cities, Places on October 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Grand Canyon National Park
Posted in Grand Canyon, Places on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The boys are not exactly the ‘enjoy the scenery’ kind (so which kid is?). So there are Ranger activities to keep them interested, and places to see. On the first day, we took a drive east to Desert view to the Watch Tower for and work our way back into the rim walk near the [...]
The Grand Canyon
Posted in Grand Canyon, National Parks, Places on October 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We stayed at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, two days in the park itself, at Yavapai Lodge, and two days just outside the park.
It was a real eye opener. The scale of the canyon, from just where we stayed was enormous, and beyond imagination. And the layers of rock can be seen [...]
En Route to The Grand Canyon
Posted in Cities, Places on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
September 30th
Vegas
What a contrast from the past weeks! From National Parks to this. Besides Bryce and Zion, Las Vegas was also one of our stops as we drove from Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon. We arrived at Vegas in the evening, and was overwhelmed by the big city atmosphere (actually, was more like the smoke [...]
Bryce Canyon National Park – Zion National Park
Posted in National Parks, Places on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
September 29th – 30th
Bryce Canyon National Park has one of the most unique landscapes of the places we visited, while the land is made up of pretty much the same set of layers, it’s the climate that causes the cracks and erosion to take place, and form the many ‘hoodoos’, and in fact, the landscape [...]
Capitol Reef National Park – Highway 24, Highway 12
Posted in National Parks, Places on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
September 28
Driving along Highway 24, we made our way through Capitol Reef National Park and towards the Caineville Badlands, where we can see the landscape changes from the red to the greyish desert areas in a matter of just a few turns along the highway.
But first stop, we went to the Visitor [...]
Drive – West Yellowstone -> Ogden -> Capitol Reef National Park
Posted in National Parks, Places on October 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
September 26-27
Over two days, we drove from West Yellowstone to Capitol Reef National Park. A pretty long stretch, but the family took it quite well…
At West Yellowstone, we stayed at the Alpine Inn Motel, which was great, clean rooms, and great owners, Brian & Patty. Even suggest good restaurants for dinner & breakfast. The li’l [...]
Last Night at Yellowstone
Posted in National Parks, Yellowstone on October 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
September 25th evening.
Tonight we are spending our last night at Yellowstone (actually just outside Yellowstone) for this trip, tomorrow, we will move just away from the National Park and prepare for our next leg of the trip, that will bring us to places of quite different features and experience.
Yellowstone has brought to us many [...]
Yellowstone – Geothermal Features
Posted in National Parks, Places, Yellowstone on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Old Faithful
Almost synonymous with the National Park itself, this Geyser’s eruption can be predicted, to within 10 minutes. The time between eruptions actually varies quite a fair bit, and is monitored by the park rangers, and an estimated time of the next eruption will be posted on the boards, give/take 10 minutes.
Each eruption is pretty [...]
Sights of Yellowstone
Posted in National Parks, Places, Yellowstone on October 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Of course, Yellowstone has it’s share of beautiful landscapes, but is sometimes overshadowed by the wildlife, and geothermal features. Here are some to share. Definitely worth a visit.
Yellowstone Falls
The colours of the valley are so interesting. First time I saw a photograph of the falls, it looked so fake, then I realised that the colours [...]
