Monthly Archives: July 2015

Life at 55 MPH (Give or Take a Few MPH)

If you think your job is boring, imagine doing this all day: At least when we ran into this long wait (at least 30 minutes) for the escorted ride past this road work we were entertained by the antics of … Continue reading

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A Saint in St George

After shopping Springdale on our non-hiking days, we were ready to venture a little farther down the road — and St. George was the perfect place to explore. We followed our GPS through major road construction to find what was … Continue reading

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Making a Point of Observation

After just a day’s rest from hiking Angel’s Landing in Zion National Park this past May, we headed up the Observation Point Trail. It had been a chilly, wet spring , and it seemed everyone was in the park, so … Continue reading

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Life Elevated

Though we’d squeezed a few hikes into the few nice days we had at the Grand Canyon, we were eager to be outside, to feel the hard earth beneath our feet. For that, few places offer as many options as … Continue reading

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With Reservations….

If you’ve been following along the with the Adventures of Bob and Ellen for very long, you know we don’t make reservations — we didn’t even make them on our trip to Alaska. So what in the world would make … Continue reading

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Tick Tock!

Time is running out! Before long you won’t be able to get the first edition of Road Tales: Short Stories About Full-Time RVing. That’s good news and bad news. The good news: I’m retiring a blooper-ridden book. And you’re getting … Continue reading

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