Since Jack Kerouac and his compatriots road tripped down American highways in the 1950s and infused our culture with the fantasy of freeway freedom, the cross-country road trip has established itself as a summer must-do. Yet while it remained firmly entrenched in the American consciousness, the actual practice of road tripping as a popular vacation […]
Anyone who’s ever piloted a recreational vehicle for very long in America— and its 4 million-odd miles of highways and byways—will develop some favorite drives based on sheer looks alone. Where, though, are the best of the country’s most beautiful drives? If you’re looking to take an All-American road trip, look to one of these […]
People who live in the West are indeed blessed. They really don’t have to travel very far to visit one of America’s great national parks. In California, there’s Yosemite, Joshua Tree, and Sequoia and Kings Canyon. To the west in Arizona, there’s the Grand Canyon, and north in the state of Utah, you can also […]
John Wesley Powell said it best, “The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself.” A universally recognizable iconic destination, Grand Canyon National Park is a true marvel of nature that’s on every RVer’s bucket list. A powerful and inspiring landscape, Grand Canyon overwhelms our senses […]
A comparatively little-known canyon, Canyon de Chelly (pronounced “de shay”) has sandstone walls rising up to 1,000 feet, scenic overlooks, well-preserved Anasazi ruins, and an insight into the present day life of the Navajo, who still inhabit and cultivate the valley floor. People have lived in the canyon for more than 5,000 years, archaeologists believe, making it […]
When it comes to standing in awe of nature’s magnificence, it’s hard to beat the Grand Circle Tour—especially the northern arc that carves across southern Utah and encompasses Zion National Park at the western edge and Arches National Park to the east. In between are the natural wonders of Cedar Breaks National Monument, Bryce Canyon National Park, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Natural Bridges […]
These tall, irregular spires of rock created through erosion usually protrude upward from dry bottomland, and Bryce Canyon National Park offers the most abundant concentration of them in the U.S. Hoodoos range in stature from 6 feet to as tall as a 10-story building, but Bryce Canyon’s hoodoos are being slowly worn away by the same forces […]
The vast and rugged desert surrounding Moab is known for its starkly beautiful red-rock country and fantastic rock formations. Moab is also unique in that it has two national parks just outside city limits: Arches and Canyonlands, about 10 miles apart, and each represent different visions of what a national park can be. Arches National […]
The world knows Bryce Canyon as a vast wonderland of brilliant-colored spires, rising like sentinels into the clear blue sky above. In a previous story on Vogel Talks RVing, we introduced the wonders of Bryce National Park from a hiker’s perspective. But if hiking isn’t your thing, you can still enjoy the landscape from the […]
Five miles east of Moab in southeastern Utah, the world’s largest concentration of natural sandstone arches are preserved at Arches National Park. The arches come in all sizes, ranging from an opening of only 3 feet to the 306-foot span of Landscape Arch, one of the largest in North America. Arches National Park is a […]