Moab is the central location for a number of national parks and other recreational areas full of places to hike, bike, offroad, and have a lot of fun! Naturally, we enjoyed the national

Mesa Verde National Park is absolutely spectacular! I don't think any of us expected to experience what was saw and we learned a lot about the native people in the area.

We originally planned to spend a few days in Dallas for a conference but the excessive heat wreaked havoc on us so we detoured somewhere a bit cooler - Cañon City, Colorado! This

For the second week in Oregon we stayed in Seaside, which is right on the coast and has a number of really cute towns in either direction. Go south and you have Cannon Beach, go north and you have Astoria.

We made it to Oregon with the intent to slow down a bit, but we were able to pack a lot into one week and enjoyed our time in Newport, Oregon.