Category Archives: Vacation


Ahhh, pretty rocks…

Whew I’m sore and tired. We spent yesterday in the Grand Canyon and.. oh wait, let me talk about the day before that first.
On Wednesday we were in Zion National Park. It was pretty interesting, but its very hard for me to say anything too great about it since it was totally blown out of […]

Real men don’t need guard rails…

Yesterday we spent most of the day hiking around and driving up Pike’s Peak. Tourists can access the pike via a touring train or car. We of course didn’t want to take a glitzy train up to the top (it also required reservations) so instead we drove up 19 miles along Pike’s Peak Highway to […]

Ah, fresh air..

Already at the third day of the trip, but we are ahead of schedule. We made very good time getting out to Colorado – probably around 26 hours of total driving. On Saturday night we did get well into Missouri and slept for the night in the car at a rest stop (nice and cheap […]

Pete and Tim go to White Castle

I never saw the movie, but Pete and I just made our 10 hour trek to White Castle… Well, really we are just 10 hours into the trip (just entering Indianapolis now) and couldn’t decide where to stop for a bite to eat.
So, nothing exciting too far. We’ll see how far into the night […]

Tentative trip plans…

Here’s a roungh outline of where I’ll be for the next two weeks:

Start the long drive to Colorado Saturday around noon. Try to drive:

10 hrs on Sat
15 hrs on Sun
5 hrs on Mon

Arrive in Colordo Springs, CO Monday early afternoon:

Due little stuff Monday evening
Find a campground nearby white water rafting

White Water Rafting most of the […]

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