A Little Background

About three years ago we were despairing of ever seeing this country. After all, you really need a good couple of months, minimum, to do it right, right? Then we hit upon the idea of taking it in pieces. We started in 2005 from our front door in Wethersfield, CT, packing up the car and driving West. We ended up in the Black Hills of South Dakota before turning around and hoofing it home. This trip taught us that we really could camp. So long as we had a decent air mattress.

In 2006, we picked up where we left off. We flew out to Denver and drove around Wyoming and Montana. So far, this has been our best trip hands down. We never realized there were places that beautiful in the world.

Last year, we flew out to Portland and toured the Pacific Northwest. We reached one goal: going coast to coast from east to west.

Now that we'd done that, the question became What next? Continue with the counter-clockwise circle we'd started or try something different?

We've heard great things about places in California and we've heard about the canyons in the Four Corners region. Amy wrote away for information. We got in the mail a very nice brochure from California. And one from Arizona as well. But something strange was happening. EVERY DAY we'd go to the mailbox and there'd be something new from Utah. Each piece was more jaw-droppingly beautiful than the last. It was canyon porn. And it was relentless. The siege continued for a good month and finally we cried Uncle! We made the decision to spend our time in the Four Corners area.