Monday, July 30th will be a memorable day in the Herrick house. It was the day that we said “See you soon,” to a place that we enjoyed our first 2 years of marriage and to people we grew very close to. It was also the first day of our EPIC road trip across the US to our new home in PA.
Nothin’ really to show here. We drove 11 hours straight from Santa Barbara down the coast through LA, through the desert up I-15, through Vegas and St. George, to set up camp in the dark at Zion NP. Don’t they tell you not to do that?
State Count: 4 (CA, NV, AZ, UT)
Day Two: “D*$#, it feels good to be a gangsta.” (07/31/2007)
That’s right, 3 National Parks in one day. Oh yeah. The best part about it was that we milked every penny out of that Annual National Parks pass we bought last year to go to Grand Canyon on the day of expiration!
Jeff got a quick hike in at Zion NP before we drove up to Bryce Canyon for a quick look before dropping down into Arizona to camp at Lake Powell (Glen Canyon National Recreation Area).
Best scenery to wake-up to: Zion
Krista’s vote for Cool-er than Grand Canyon: Bryce Canyon
Best campground of the trip: Lake Powell
State Count: 4 (CA, NV, AZ, UT)
Day Three: “For only $3, you too can vacation in 4 states in ONE DAY!” (08/01/2007)
So after taking a quick dip in Lake Powell that morning, we drove through Northern Arizona to 4 corners, and continued on to Durango, CO, our favorite destination on last year’s summer road trip. Last year, we didn’t stop for the 4 corners monument when we learned that it would be $3 pp to visit the “4 corners.” But this year, we couldn’t pass it up. We went back to our favorite campground from last year’s road trip in Durango and enjoyed a night on the town in Historic Downtown Durango.
Best $3 spent on the trip: 4 corners (The best $2 spent was to feed a cow in Springdale, UT)
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