
[Flagstaff, AZ] Mother Nature gave us a rainbow and took away a sunrise. We woke up today to rain in Monument Valley, which meant we were going to do our sunrise tour with little chance of catching the morning light.
Category: 2017 - Zion and Points East, All Travel, Arizona, United States, Utah Tags: best roads in the US, Flagstaff, food, guided tours, lava, Monument Valley, national monuments, Southwest, sunrise, sunset
[Zion National Park, UT] When I read Observation Pont’s description in my guidebook, I completely skipped over the part where it says “Strenuous, 8 miles, 2105 ft elevation” in favor of the part where it says “best views of the park, Angel’s Landing overlook”. I am kind of kidding. We knew full well what we were getting into. Already sore from 2 days of moderate to strenuous 5-mile hikes with 1000+ ft… Read More
Category: 2013 - Zion and Bryce, All Travel, National Parks, United States, Utah, Zion (UT) Tags: hiking, national parks, Southwest, sunrise, sunset, Zion
[Bryce Canyon National Park, UT] Sunrise over Bryce Amphitheater is a quintessential Bryce Canyon National Park experience. Sunrise was at 7 am today, which meant another 5 am-ish wake-up for us. The clouds that had sabotaged Chris’s night shots the night before now provided for an absolutely spectacular sunrise. In some ways, a cloudless sky would have been better because the morning sun light would have hit the hoodoos directly, thus providing… Read More
Category: 2013 - Zion and Bryce, All Travel, Bryce Canyon (UT), National Parks, United States, Utah Tags: Bryce Canyon NP, hiking, national parks, Southwest, sunrise
[Puno, Peru] Anther day, another early morning. I am going to need a vacation from this trip! To cover the 400 km (250 miles) from Cuzco to Puno, we opted for a bus with a guided tour of some of the most notable sights along the way. This was by far the longest option – it was going to take us 10 hours to cover the distance with all the stops –… Read More
Category: 2012 - Peru, All Travel, Peru, South America Tags: food, lakes, Peruvian food, Puno, sunrise, travel by bus
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