Life's Secret Sauce
Airstream life and field notes from the road.

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17
Jun
Huntington State Park

Huntington State Park

A smaller Utah state park with reservoir walks, cinnamon-colored buttes, and Jurassic National Monument nearby
5 min read
14
Jun
Jurassic National Monument

Jurassic National Monument

A quiet monument built around one of the strangest Jurassic fossil quarries in the West
4 min read
12
May
Dead Horse Point State Park

Dead Horse Point State Park

A half-day rim walk above the Colorado River
5 min read
10
May
Canyonlands National Park | Island In The Sky

Canyonlands National Park | Island In The Sky

A peek into the Island in the Sky district, where rims, benches, rivers, roads, and rock layers stack into one massive desert landscape
9 min read
09
May
Arches National Park

Arches National Park

Arches is crowded, famous, and photographed constantly. It is also still better in person than it has any right to be
9 min read
08
May
Moab, Utah

Moab, Utah

Our first pilgrimage to the church of red rock and big sky.
8 min read
06
May
Navajo State Park

Navajo State Park

Big reservoir views and quiet camp days in our first Colorado state park.
4 min read
02
May
Chimney Rock National Monument

Chimney Rock National Monument

A mesa-top ride into Chacoan history, sandstone pinnacles, and wide-open Colorado views.
4 min read
30
Apr
El Vado Lake State Park

El Vado Lake State Park

No hookups, no neighbors, and a cliff-edge view over El Vado Lake.
5 min read
26
Apr
Bottomless Lakes State Park

Bottomless Lakes State Park

A windy stay near Roswell with clear desert water, sinkhole lakes, and stunning sunsets at New Mexico’s first state park.
4 min read