After staying the night in Ouray, we decided to take it easy and stay one more night before stopping at Four Corners so we didn’t have to drive too late at night. We stayed at a campground just outside Mesa Verde National Park. When we got there, we were not sure if we would go
We made for the mountains after Durango toward Silverton and Ouray. The drive was absolutely beautiful and very reminiscent of Alaska in some ways. Higher elevation and cooler temperatures made for a relatively smooth drive. Getting into Ouray, you can see why they call it the Switzerland of America. Surrounded by rock cliffs and visible
After Moab, we headed toward Durango Colorado to meet some family over there. We found a nice campsite along the river and shot gauge railroad tracks that run through town every morning. It was fun to wake up to the train. Everyone had a good time visiting with family and enjoying the sun in Durango.
We spent the night at a truck stop on it way to Moab. Woke up to cows mooing in the cattle trailers next to us. That was fun! When we got into Moab it was 98-Degrees. So yeah, that’s a little hotter than we Alaskan’s are accustomed to. Needless to say, we sought refuge in
On our way East out of Reno we ran into some thunder storms and super heavy rain. Winding through several passes, everyone started to get hungry. So, we figured we would stop somewhere around Austin, NV to get gas and pull over for dinner. As we started up the hill into Austin Lanie saw a
We headed up to a campground in Truckee to get settled in the camper out of the heat. The thought was to go for one night close to stores so we could grab anything else we needed before we headed out to rural Nevada and Utah. Everyone got moved into their own corner of the
Whew, made it on the first plane!! One, two, three, four, five… Yep we have all the kids. Seattle here we come!
Our stop at Cerro Gordo was phenomenal! We dropped the trailer at the bottom of the road as we heard it was a bit of a rough drive. Good thing we did because we barely made it to the top in the two-wheel drive van! Ultimately, we made it all the way up to the
On our way out of Las Vegas headed toward Reno, we decided to make a detour to stop at Cerro Gordo. The GPS routed us through Death Valley which made for a great experience. It was crazy to see the temperature difference between the pass where we began the decent into Death Valley and the
We successfully made it to Las Vegas with the van and camping trailer! Here is the fully assembled rig that we will be driving around the Western USA this summer. We got everything hitched up and ready to roll, then we left Denver and headed for Las Vegas. After getting on the road and driving