The Most Epic Road Trip Ever, Continued

It's been a month since we left Alaska, and a week since our stopover in Portland. We've made it to Colorado Springs, the new home of Carl's brother and his family, and it's nice to have a couple days sleeping in the same place.

The last couple weeks have been a whirlwind: after picking up the truck in Eureka we spent the night parked off a Forest Service road somewhere in the Sierra Mountains, spent the next day driving across Nevada (a never ending state of rocky ridges separated by flat arid valleys), camped under the stars in Bryce Canyon National Park, watched the sun rise over Bryce Amphitheater, drove over to Zion National Park, went for a hike to find Carl some tarantulas (mission accomplished, much to my chagrin), enjoyed more amazing stars, woke up early to hike the nail-biting trail to Angels Landing (not for those afraid of heights - after 43 switchbacks you then traverse a knife edge aided by chains anchored in the bare rock), shared the view with some rabid chipmunks, hiked down with big smiles on our faces, rallied over to the Grand Canyon, discovered Arizona doesn't observe daylight savings time, realized the Navajo Nation does, reveled in a hot shower and a warm bed in Tuba City, marvelled at the sheer vast expanse of northern Arizona, stopped at the cliff ruins of Navajo National Monument, found our way to Utah and Moab, discovered a sweet BLM campsite on the Colorado River, read Edward Abbey in the shadow of Arches National Park, took a short trip to Canyonlands National Park, took a longer trip up Negro Bill Canyon where Bubba got to frolic to his heart's content, spent another evening reading Edward Abbey, ogled at the surreal formations of Arches National Park, relaxed for an afternoon in Moab, spent our last night at our favorite campsite, headed out to 1-70 through Colorado, and ended up in Colorado Springs. If it all seems hard to process, don't worry, I'm still working on it.

There's photographic evidence of all of this, of course, but it may take a little longer for that to get online. We'll be here for the weekend and then plan to continue our eastward migration to West Virginia, to retrieve the rest of Carl's worldly belongings. More stories and adventures to follow!