Friday, March 16, 2018 Day One of our Spring Break Western Extravaganza! Pre-Trip Photo After about 3 days of sporadic packing, and about 2 hours of playing "what am I forgetting?", we hit the road at about 5:30 this afternoon. The day's plan included a drive of about 4 hours to Earth City MO for … Continue reading Day 1: And They’re Off!
2018 Trip Out West
Blog posts from our March 2018 trip out west.
Day 2: Drive from St. Louis to Colorado Springs
Saturday, March 17, 2018 Happy St. Patrick's Day! The Extended Stay just kept on par this morning. What was advertised online as a free breakfast consisted of plastic-wrapped muffins, granola bars, and pretty bad coffee. The WiFi that the kids had relied on to download movies for the very long drive ahead failed as well. … Continue reading Day 2: Drive from St. Louis to Colorado Springs
Day 3: Garden of The Gods & Drive to Moab, UT
Sunday, March 18, 2018 Up nice and early for services this morning. We worshiped with the church on the northeast side of Colorado Springs, just 3 minutes from the motel. Lots of nights spent camping in a pop-up camper trained us for getting ready in this very small motel room. This morning, before services, we … Continue reading Day 3: Garden of The Gods & Drive to Moab, UT
Day 4: Canyonlands National Park
Monday, March 19, 2018 I'm already a bit behind in my updates. I hope everyone can forgive me. We ended up sleeping in a bit later than we thought we would since none of us really slept that well. After showers, Dad treated everyone to Denny's. Lots of food. Huge bill. Totally worth it. Breakfast … Continue reading Day 4: Canyonlands National Park
Day 5: Arches National Park & Drive to Glendale UT
Tuesday, March 20, 2018 We were up relatively late this morning as we were pretty spent from the day before. Laundry had to get done this morning so Sonya was up and showered and off to the resort's laundromat. The rest of us showered and waited. Breakfast consisted of cereal and pop tarts. The gallon … Continue reading Day 5: Arches National Park & Drive to Glendale UT
Day 6: Zion National Park (Day 1)
Wednesday, March 21, 2018 We got a late start to the day today, mostly from getting in late the night before. We ended up leaving the ranch at about 11 or so to head to Zion National Park. Sonya and I had been here before as well and couldn't wait to share it with the … Continue reading Day 6: Zion National Park (Day 1)
Day 7: Capitol Reef
Thursday, March 22, 2018 Up nice and early today. The plan was to be on the road at 8:00 for our 2 1/2 -ish drive. The drive it was pretty non-eventful. The landscape in this part of the state is breathtaking and I'm pretty sure I would never get used to it if I lived … Continue reading Day 7: Capitol Reef
Day 8: Bryce Canyon National Park
Friday, March 23, 2018 This is another park that Sonya and I both were very anxious to return to and to show our kids. The drive was only about an hour from the ranch. It started off with rain and turned into snow the higher up we climbed. We were worried about the weather at … Continue reading Day 8: Bryce Canyon National Park
Day 9: Zion National Park (Day 2)
Saturday, March 24, 2018 Today was more or less a free day for us to do what we wanted. The consensus was for us to return to Zion National Park since we'd felt like we hadn't seen as much of it as we'd liked on our first visit. So that's what we did. We stopped … Continue reading Day 9: Zion National Park (Day 2)
Day 10: Grand Canyon (Day 1)
Sunday, March 25, 2018 Up and at 'em! Up at 4am and out the door by about 5:15 or so for about a 5 hour drive to Flagstaff AZ for worship. We left thinking that we were going to make it with about 10 minutes to spare. But when the time updated when crossing into … Continue reading Day 10: Grand Canyon (Day 1)
The McCauley Family (Originally) From Greenwood, Indiana 