So, this morning we drove south from Lyons to Denver Airport for our flight to San Francisco. When we dropped off the car, we'd clocked 2832 miles in 3 weeks! That's an average of just under 135 miles per day! It didn't feel that far - unlike Australia - because there were more things to do in between destinations and the scenery (for the most part) was very diverse. I guess, as with many other things in life, it's not just about the end destination but how you g...

Went for a coffee in the Teahouse which was brought over from Tajikistan as a gift from the people of Dushanbe (Boulder's "sister city") in 1990. It took 3 years to create the multicoloured, beautifully crafted Central Asian artwork (painted in the ceilings and sculpted in the columns) in Tajikistan and 8 years to reconstruct in Colorado! With over 100 different teas to choose from, I tried the Lotus Flower. Walked along the Boulder Creek path and watched the ho...

I asked Wendy to drive today so I could relax as I've been driving for most of the trip and need a break. I do love driving, but sometimes it's good to leave the reins to someone else, so to speak. Heard on a local radio station, on our way to Boulder, that 72 people a day are arrested in the state of Colorado for driving drunk (or DUI as it is known in the States). Now, I do realise that Colorado is a huge state, but that seems quite excessively high! If my calc...

Moab is a short drive from Arches National Park and, as far as I'm concerned, one of the highlights of Utah's NPs, if not the most spectacular park in the Southwest! We left Moab early Sunday morning so we could do some hikes in Arches before the midday sun was at it's hottest. It's difficult to describe the sheer scale of the park and the unique sandstone rock formations within. Wendy was reading out the geological information from the park's handouts as we wen...

Our morning drive through Capitol Reef National Park revealed the heritage orchards of the lush, historical Fruita District and the mystical Ancient Fremont petroglyphs carved into the canyon cliffs. We didn't stay for long as we still had a way to go, but I stopped over at the Gifford Homestead to check out some artefacts from the pioneer Mormon days. They had a lovely gift shop selling artisan pies and I bought the Forest Berry pie! After driving through hundr...