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  • Hikes,  Hiking,  Kids,  National Parks,  Off Road Trips,  Trips,  Utah

    COLORADO AND UTAH TRIP 2019 – DAY 9

    December 31, 2019 /

    We were excited to start day 9 by showing the kids some areas we had visited before as well as exploring some new discoveries. After grabbing a quick hotel breakfast, we headed back out to Arches National Park to see some sights before the rest of the tourists showed up. The biggest tip I can give for visiting Arches or any National Park is to go early. Drag yourself out of bed at sunrise or before and it will be…

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    COLORADO AND UTAH TRIP 2019- Day 4

    November 12, 2019 /

    Day 4 found us up and early as usual. Our plan for the day was to take another trip down to Leadville (about 45 min from our hotel). We had a Twin Lakes boat ride and historic tour booked. On the way out there we made a quick detour to grab another photo of the ghost town of Gilman and take a closer look a the Red Cliff Bridge on Highway 24:

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    Colorado and Utah Trip 2019

    October 20, 2019 /

    Travel Days 1 and 2 in the Mighty Merc It’s been way too long since we last had a blog post up! We have so much to share from our summer and fall adventures and want to start with all we saw, hiked, and climbed on our last westward adventure. Once again we found ourselves loading up and heading west for our family vacation. This year was a dual destination event with the bulk of our time being spent around…

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    Colorado and Utah 2012 in a 2 Door XJ – Friday

    April 12, 2016 /

    243 more miles covered today as we continue to move back east:

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    Colorado and Utah 2012 in a 2 Door XJ – Thursday

    April 7, 2016 /

    373 more miles on the XJ today as we made our way back to Colorful Colorado:

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