July 2, 2024 – Tuesday Today was a day of driving, hiking and sightseeing in Banff and Yoho National Parks. The area we are in has four contiguous national parks. Banff was the first Canadian National Park. Yoho, Jasper and Kootenay National Parks share borders with Banff. These national parks cover a beautiful portion of the Canadian Rockies. We …
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Underground Exploration
July 1, 2024 – Monday (Canada Day) It was another rainy night in Canada. So far it has rained every day we have been here. And it was raining in the morning. Today we had scheduled a tour with Canmore Cavern Tours. Our tour was a 5-hour tour through Rat’s Nest Cave, a few miles outside of Canmore. The entire …
O Canada – Welcome to the Great White North
June 28, 2024 – Friday It was a rainy and windy night as we slept behind the Visitors Centre. And it rained most of the day. We stayed in the van at our camping spot until around 10 am when we drove to the Visitor Centre to use their internet for a while. Later we went to …
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The Expedition of Discovery
June 26, 2024 – Wednesday We continued up I-15 to Great Falls. I have always wanted to see the waterfalls on the Missouri River. Our first stop was Black Eagle Falls. It was a little disappointing. Since we are in early summer, I was expecting the water flow to be higher. However, most of the water is diverted to the …
We Start the Trip North
June 24, 2024 – Monday Today we started our Alaska trip. We are leaving our house with Alyssa and the boys still here until they leave for California on Thursday morning. Kayla is also turning our house into a girl’s camp for her ward in Layton. They could not find a place to hold their camp, so Kayla …
Gold Butte National Monument
March 10, 2024 We took a short trip south this week looking for warmer weather and somewhere new to hike. We had never been to Gold Butte National Monument that is just southwest of Mesquite, Nevada. We left home a little after 9:00 am and didn’t stop until we stopped in Cedar City for gas and lunch. …
Moab in February
February 2024 We took a quick trip to Moab for some hiking. We like going to Moab in February because there are no crowds and the weather can be great. We were lucky on this trip because it was sunny and warm and we saw very few people at most of the hikes. We started …
A New Blog
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 …
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 …
Corey & Eva's Travels 
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