August 13, 2024 – Tuesday – Day 51 We spent the night in the church parking lot again. It was quiet and there are so many trees, it is like camping in the forest. We were done with our time in Haines, so we took the 12:45 ferry to Skagway. It is only an hour-long ferry trip, …
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Valdez, Alaska
July 19, 2024 – Friday – Day 26 We left camp around 9 am and our first stop was for a hike at Worthington Glacier. However, it was not much of a hike, but a walk around a paved trail, quite a way from the glacier. The glacier has receded so much that you cannot hike to …
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 …
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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