between salt lake city and moab, we found ourselves camping on a bit of BLM land mostly in the middle of nowhere. the closest thing for us to do (unless you count gas stations) was goblin valley state park. so, on sunday, we picked up subway lunches (from said gas station) and made our way […]
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boise and salt lake city miscellany.
our down time in boise and salt lake city was pretty uneventful, so i’m crammimg all of the uneventfulness into one blog post. firstly. boise. we had high hopes of a lot of adventures. we did manage to hit up the capitol, the old penitentiary, and the science center. but, then a crazy amount of […]
antelope island with some fave friends.
we have been extra excited about our time in salt lake city, because we had coordinated with a fellow fulltime traveling family to meet up for a day. we met them in florida on our “trial run” and then ran into them again, in january, also in florida. we follow each others adventures and check […]
a very educational salt lake city day.
on our first visit to salt lake city a few month ago, derek was out of town for the week, and we were a good 50 minutes away from anything cool in the city. this time around, i had a long list of things i wanted to check out. first on the list, was a […]
golden spike national historic site.
on our travel day from craters of the moon to salt lake city, we found ourselves very far ahead of derek. we decided this was a good opportunity to take a detour to the golden spike national historic site. we had investigated it during our last trip to salt lake city, but it was a […]
craters of the moon national monument.
once again, i find myself a wee bit behind in the bloggy part of my life. about a week ago, we left our parking lot accomodations, neighboring the airport in boise idaho, to head for craters of the moon national monument. upon arrival, our first order of business was to get some info and pick […]
discovery center of idaho
i had big plans for our time in boise. but then, all the wildfire smoke wafted over us. so we have to pretty much find indoor things. so, no swimming in a lake. or zoo. or hikes. but, the local science museum was still a go. (and free, thanks to our science museum reciprocal membership!!). […]
old idaho penitentiary
since monday was labor day, derek was off, so we decided to go on a field trip. after a bit of research, we settled on the old idaho penitentiary. it operated from 1872 until 1973 and is chock full of exciting stories and history. 😉 we really had no idea what to expect, but i […]
idaho arrival day.
we have actually passed through idaho a couple of times already. once on our way from salt lake city to yellowstone. then from glacier to eastern washington. but after our quick stop in baker city, we were on our way for a week long visit to the potato state. our reservations in boise didn’t start […]
oregon trail interpretive center.baker city, or.
after our month in washington, our next stop, while brief, was baker city, oregon. we got in late friday night, after a LONG and BORING five-ish hour drive. we grabbed some groceries and then settled into a truck stop to boondock for the night. in the morning, we started off with a hearty breakfast at […]