bugsy running on lone rock beach with the airstream and f-150 in the background

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  • Two days in Escalante, UT (visit #3)–Big Trip #3

    Two days in Escalante, UT (visit #3)–Big Trip #3

    We visited Escalante in October 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. Read about our first visit in 2016 here, and our second visit in 2018 here. Northern Utah is great, but southern Utah is really special. There’s something about those red/orange/white/swirly deserts that keeps us coming back. This was our third visit to Escalante; read…

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  • Four days in Park City, UT (visit #2)–Big Trip #3

    Four days in Park City, UT (visit #2)–Big Trip #3

    We visited Park City in October 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. Read about our visit in 2018 here during Big Trip #2. Park City is a fun stop. The hiking is incredible, the food and cocktails are delicious, and with a big commercial area near the campground, you can easily restock supplies and run…

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  • One night in Logan, UT–Big Trip #3

    One night in Logan, UT–Big Trip #3

    We visited Logan in October 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. With a one-day gap between Ketchum and our next stop, Park City, we looked for a spot along the way to spend the night in the woods with easy access to a morning hike, like we had in Stanley. We found it in Logan!…

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  • Two days in Ketchum, ID–Big Trip #3

    Two days in Ketchum, ID–Big Trip #3

    We visited Ketchum in August 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. This was a (literal) turning point in our trip: Initially we’d planned to scoot farther west, to see Crater Lake and Lassen Volcanic, visit some friends in Oregon and Reno, and return to Great Basin… and then all those forest fires all over the…

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  • One night in Stanley, ID–Big Trip #3

    One night in Stanley, ID–Big Trip #3

    We visited Stanley in September 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. Tiny Stanley is an outdoor adventurer’s town. It’s in the middle of nowhere, has a grocery, a couple cool-looking restaurants, and that’s about it… except for the scenic Salmon River and towering Sawtooth Mountains sprinkled with gorgeous alpine lakes. We were there for the…

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  • Two nights in Idaho Falls, ID–Big Trip #3

    Two nights in Idaho Falls, ID–Big Trip #3

    We visited Idaho Falls in late September 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. Arriving in Idaho Falls was a bit of a shock after a week in the Tetons. There are no mountains. But it’s a nice enough little city, with walkways with artistic benches following the river through downtown, backdropped by a pretty…

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  • Five days in Wilson, WY–Big Trip #3

    Five days in Wilson, WY–Big Trip #3

    We visited Wilson in September 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. We had a plan for the Tetons: spend a couple days in Grand Teton National Park and do some hiking in the park, then move to the Jackson Hole area for a couple days to check out Jackson and hike with Bugsy outside the…

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  • Grand Teton National Park

    Grand Teton National Park

    We visited Grand Teton in September 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. When I was a kid, I was gifted a Sierra Club engagement calendar, a datebook with a nature photo facing each week’s grid. One week’s photo was of the Tetons, and it spoke to me so strongly that I cut it out of…

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  • Big Trip #3 Catch-up #3

    Big Trip #3 Catch-up #3

    We’re home! I’m going to get all the posts up eventually–my computer is only working intermittently, so I have a new excuse for being slow to post–but wanted to catch you up on our last several stops as we popped around Colorado and then hopped back across the country toward home. (Here are catch-up #1…

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  • Yellowstone National Park

    Yellowstone National Park

    We visited Yellowstone in September 2020, as part of Big Trip #3.

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