For the next 18 months we will be in South America serving as Humanitarian Missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This is an adventure that we are very excited to start. We hope to meet a lot of new people and see a lot of beautiful places. We also hope to …
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Last Van Camping Trip (For a while)
We had a short camping trip to southern Utah for fall break. None of our kids were able to come, but the Pauls, Muirs, Stewarts and Scott Thayn family attended. It was a little cold for this trip. We saw a few patches of snow on the ground, but as long as the sun was …
Family Fun in St. George
We decided to have a fun weekend in St. George with the family before we leave to South America. Eva was able to rent a house with a swimming pool and 5 bedrooms in the Santa Clara area. We had a great time. The grandkids all loved the pool and hot tub. We pretty much …
Homes of the Ancients
Homes of the Ancients Oct 4, 2021 This morning Bruce and Cindi left to start their trip back to California. They plan on taking a few days to make it back to home. Eva, Karen and I went to the Coronado Historic Site. This site has the ruins of the Kuanua Pueblo and was only …
Balloon Chasing and a Night Time Glow
Oct 3, 2021 We had a nice quiet night in Frenchie’s yard and in the morning all the girls went to walk the dog down by the Rio Grande river. They had a very nice 4.5 mile walk and were able to see the many balloons that were part of the Mass Ascension of the …
Coyotes, Covid and Balloons – A lot of Balloons
Oct 1, 2021 The night was full of packs of coyotes howling all around us. It was fun to listen to them. Early in the morning it started to rain and kept raining most of the day. In the morning we came down off the mountain and drove into Alamosa to find a Covid test. …
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Hot Springs and Sand Dunes
Sept 30, 2021 We were a little slow getting up in the morning, but we left camp around 9 am and drove east to Pagosa Springs. This was another pretty town in the Colorado mountains. The San Juan River flows through the old part of town and there were several hot springs along the banks …
The Narrow Train up the Mountain
Sept 28, 2021 We left home on Tuesday morning with the goal to camp to near Durango, CO. We had tickets for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Train trip at 8:00 am on Wednesday morning. We would have left on Monday, but we wanted to attend Everett’s 4th birthday party that night. We left home …
Yellowstone and Grand Teton
Sept 22, 2021 The night wasn’t too cold and we were on our way by 8:15 am. We headed south into Idaho towards Yellowstone. About 10 miles from West Yellowstone we stopped at Howard Springs. This was a flowing spring just off the highway. We filled out water tanks and then drove into Yellowstone. We …
Ranch Life in Early Montana
Sept 20, 2021 It was cold and wet last night, but with our electric blanket we stayed warm in bed. We drove down the mountain and continued west to Deer Lodge. We spent about 2-3 hours at the Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site. This is a small working cattle ranch operated by the National Park …
Corey & Eva's Travels 
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