A Fall Break to Remember: Out West Road Trip (10/20)

 Dear Leah and Logan,

Our Fall Break 2020 took a quick turn when New York City was too ravaged with COVID-19 for us to visit. So with 3 weeks until departure, I switched our flights in the opposite direction, and it became a National Park Road Trip for the ages.

We landed in Las Vegas on Saturday, October 3, 2020, and the second we got our rental car, our adventure began. It started in the Las Vegas strip where we bought $40 worth of M&Ms.

Day 1: M&M Store Las Vegas

On Saturday, October 10,2020, we completed our last hike in Colorado with the Tucker Family, and it ended with a picture that not only will I cherish forever, but also one that was being cheered by all our family and friends:

Day 8: Mount Falcon, Colorado

You both were troopers, and even though our agenda was aggressive and we were in the desert, you both embraced the challenges and appreciated the different terrains of every park we went to.

SUNDAY: We departed Vegas and headed to the Grand Canyon. We took in the sights on the South Rim before dropping into the Canyon on the South Kaibob trail. It was a perfect sunset hike to Ooh Ah point. That night we drove to Page Arizona.  Since we took 100's of amazing pictures, it's incredibly hard to pick the top 3-4 from each place!!

MONDAY: Hike to Horseshoe Bend. Evening Hike in Zion National Park: The Narrows

Horseshoe Bend, Page Arizona

Zion National Park: The Narrows

TUESDAY: Zion National Park: Canyon Overlook Trail where Leah made friends with gophers.  Evening Hike in Bryce Canyon: Sunset Point to Queens Garden (Logan left a present for the queen). Played a little Cobra Kai, too.

Zion National Park: Canyon Overlook Trail

Queens Garden

WEDNESDAY: Bryce Canyon Hikes: Inspiration Point.  Wall Street. Navajo Loop. Drive to Moab Utah. 

THURSDAY: Canyonland National Park Hike: Mesa Arch.  Dead Horse State Park: Dead Horse Point. 

Dead Horse Point

Canyonlands: Mesa Arch

Arches NP: Delicate Arch

FRIDAY:  Took a break from hiking and road horses at Hauer Ranch...and then we drove to Denver, Colorado.

SATURDAY:  Final Hike with the Tuckers: Mount Falcon, Colorado

There are very few families and groups that would have even attempted this road trip...but WE knocked it out!  And I'll say it again: Never ever stop traveling the world and seeing new things!!  Make a list of 100 things you want to see, and you go see every single one of them!!  (Feel free to invite your dad along!)

Love,

Dad