You may want to know that camping in the National Parks is actually a great experience. The camp grounds are nice and moat have facilities. But they are very hard to get because they book up early. So
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Dumbest Question Ever
I know I probably shouldn\’t say this kind of thing about someone, but Sandra is in her office right now talking to a bride\’s Mom about photography, and I over hear Sandra answering the question, “What
Wedding Slide Shows
Being a wedding photographer has one advantage, you get to see everything that all of the other companies in town can do for a bride and groom for their wedding. Specifically what they can do when putting
Grand Canyon’s Most Wanted
When you think of the American West you think of outlaws and gun slingers, or maybe you think of rattle snakes or coyotes. And with eight deaths per year at the Grand Canyon you may even think that the
A/C freezes over, 90 degrees outside
It\’s hard to believe that in the middle of the summer when it\’s pushing 90+ degrees and 90+ percent humidity that it could possibly happen, but when Sandra pulled the filter out of the A/C to clean it
Grand Canyon South Rim
You may think that you have seen a canyon, and you may not believe that something could be bigger than belief until you see the Grand Canyon for the first time. And it is not anywhere near the sign that
Turning the tables on a hacker
I was telling you not long ago about another site that I have that was hijacked, it received over 80,000 hits in about two hours for various prescription drug traffic that was then forwarded on to a site
Valley of the Gods (cont.)
Out of nowhere among all of the red sandstone there was this huge monolith of dark metamorphic rock. It\’s called Mitchell Butte, and it\’s the first thing we see as we enter Arizona! How bizarre that
Valley of the Gods, Utah
After we left Bluff, Utah we headed farther South and discovered the Valley of the Gods. It is named the Valley of the Gods because many of the rock formations were named after gods of various religions.
One lost week
It\’s amazing what can happen to kill your plans for a week, and this past week was a loss for me thanks to some bored hacker who took advantage of one of my other sites.
I now know much more about web
Bluff, Utah
I really don\’t know what to tell you about this video, but we were passing through Bluff, Utah on our way to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and we found a shop/restaurant that we thought might be a
Moab, Utah for one night
We left Canyonlands National Park pretty late and headed into Moab, Utah to find any room available or at least find a free Wi-Fi connection so we could hit our hotel search here on OurBigAdventure. And
Island in the Sky – Canyonlands National Park
There are a few places to pull over and see the view along the road through the Island in the Sky. And it is an incredible view indeed.
There are also hiking trails from some of the parking lots,
Island in the Sky – Canyonlands National Park
Because we hit this park so late in the day we had a great view of the sunset and some awesome shadows across the rocks.
We expected to see a canyon but we never expected that we wouldn\’t be able
Canyonlands National Park
Our first stop on our long trip through the National Parks was Canyonlands National Park and we hit the park late in the day, just after the toll booth closed. But we paid the $20 park fee anyway in the
The National Parks
Before I start getting into our trip, let me just say that we did not spend nearly enough time in any of the National Parks to see everything there was to see. But we did spend enough time in most of them
Vail, Colorado (in July)
This may be a strange sight to those of you that have been to Vail, Colorado in the winter time. And beileve it or not there are quite a few things open in the summer time which is a good thing because
Interstate 70 Rest Area
And so we began our trip through the Southwestern United States. Leaving Denver we headed West along Interstate 70 on our way to Moab, Utah and the beginning of our tour. But somewhere along the way we
Juliano’s Raw, Santa Monica
If you have never tried Raw food you have to start at Juliano\’s Raw in Santa Monica. We had heard about Juliano\’s but once we started looking at the menu we knew we were in for something special. Starting
Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
When in Los Angeles you have to do the tourist thing at least once, and so we headed to the Chinese Theatre to see what it was all about.
This is where all of the stars are that we all know so well