If you are traveling through the desert of Nevada, you’re not going to want to miss these two strange roadside attractions. One is a ghost town, which was only inhabited for one year, and the other is a somewhat ghostly arrangement of cars buried upright in the ground.
Read MoreDeath Valley is a land of contrasts, and it is probably one of the most unique national parks that we have visited. It holds the honor of being the hottest place on Earth. The lowest place in North America, Badwater Basin, is found in the park at 282 below sea level, but the mountains in the park rise to over 11,000 feet in elevation. There are white salt flats, gargoyle-esque formations of salt crystals, massive sand dunes, eroded badlands, and colorful mountains.
Read MoreOnly 17 miles from Sin City, there is a natural reprieve from the glitter and noise of the Strip. Red Rock Canyon has stunning 3,000-foot red sandstone cliffs and formations. By far our favorite place in Red Rock Canyon was the Ice Box Canyon Hike.
Read MoreDuring our time in Las Vegas, we witnessed a shooting fireballs, a street fight, a gallery of only food photography, and so many palm trees. We ate pineapple soft serve, Hawaiian food, and Pina Coladas, after a harrowing encounter with a gunman on our run in Lovell Canyon. What happens in Vegas…
Read MoreCathedral Gorge State Park is about three hours from Las Vegas. What’s great about that is that you can actually see most of this park in a day! The main features of the park are extremely narrow slot canyons of eroded bentonite clay known as the “caves.”
Read MoreAbout an hour from Las Vegas is a state park that might just outshine the strip. Valley of Fire State Park takes its name from the red striated sandstone formations found throughout the park.
Read MoreThese 10 BC destinations are for the most part free, except for the cost of a cup of coffee or a drink. We’ve also noted some of the places that we parked overnight for free, in case you are traveling in a van or RV.
Read MoreWhen your home can be parked at any trailhead, it’s easy to forego backpacking trips in favor of day hikes. However, in the Yukon, where the beautiful sites are less accessible, and there are few developed trails and even fewer roads, we decided it was time to dig the backpacks and our tent out from under the bed for a longer excursion.
Read MoreOnly day 4 of living in our van, Ian determined that we were having a very common engine issue in older Sprinters. It could be serious. So common and serious that Sprinter mechanics literally call it the “Black Death.” The dreaded Sprinter injector leak…
Read MoreIn January, we bought a Sprinter to build into a camper van. Picking and buying a van was a tricky process but eventually we landed on this blue beauty from the land of ten thousand lakes!
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