Cedar City + BLM Camping
October 29, 2016
The Tabernacle! Such a pretty building.
One of the mannnny theatre's on campus - this one is called the Shakespeare theatre.
Really delicious pizza and one of the coolest chalk walls I've seen!
This is Blake's blogger pose - he's been practicing.
The view and the little creek at our campsite.
Hey there! Today we are hanging out in Cedar City, Utah. We were here yesterday too and planned to leave this morning but got distracted by a parade and 'sheep festival' which I guess is a big deal here. It's a really cute town though and its been super fun so far! I have to say, I know were only a week in but we have gotten super lucky with free camping! I found a website called freecampsites.net and the sites we have gone to from it have worked really nicely. The spot in Cedar City is just outside of town on the river! The only thing I don't love is that we have been without hookups almost the whole time. We stopped into a rec center in Moab but otherwise we've been a little grungy. This morning I washed my hair in the parking lot of a park.. nice little intro to the next year.
One thing I have really liked about Utah so far is the trails. They have so many paved walking and biking trails that are in really good shape. Yesterday we walked around and let the dogs play near some baseball fields to burn off some energy. Teddi has been a little bit of a nut case the last few days.. I guess she's always kind of a nut case but it's been pretty bad. It's like she's suddenly terrified every time we get in the car and start moving. Soooo - not great for a dog that will be on a perma road trip. I'm going back and forth between just letting her figure out that she's not dying and getting her on some puppy Xanax. Keep your fingers crossed for her - we might have to leave her here... Just kidding, just kidding.
Like I said though - today was the sheep festival and they had a cute little parade! I haven't seen a small town parade since high school and I loved it! Lots of tractors just buzzing down the street and little kids walking their sheep and tossing candy. Cedar City is also the home of Southern Utah University which is a really cool school! I don't actually know anything about it, but their campus is pretty and we had fun walking around. They have a few different theatre and fine arts buildings that are really pretty. I guess there was a Shakespeare festival here last week and they built a few new stages and things near a cool succulent garden. We ate at the Centro woodier Pizzeria and it was delicious just like google said it would be. They had a neat chalkboard wall in there that I was pretty into. All in all this little town kind of stole our hearts! We have had so much fun here. Tomorrow we are moving on to Zion National Park and will hopefully see the Emerald Pools and some other awesome stuff.
Have an awesome weekend everyone and we'll be back next week!
Moab + Dead Horse State Park
October 28, 2016
Good Afternoon!
We just got back into Moab after spending the last two days camping near Canyon Lands Nation Park. Its really beautiful out there! We ended up finding a lot of really nice, free camp spots back near the entrance to Dead Horse State Park. I don't think they are advertised anywhere - or at least we didn't see them on any of the maps or web pages we were looking at. We got lucky though because we had Brett with us and he chatted up some nice mountain bikers who told us about it. The spot we choose ended up being right next to a place people go to watch the sunrises and sunsets over the canyon. I had seen it in the New York Times 36 Hours U.S. and Canada book - if you guys haven't ever checked that out you definitely should!
I'm so glad we decided to go because the views were incredible. The canyon that we were overlooking was formed by the Colorado and Green Rivers and its just crazy to see the vastness of it. You can learn more about it <here> if you're interested. You feel really tiny up there. I'm not the biggest fan of heights so I did get a little nervous but it was worth it. If you guys saw my Instagram or Facebook, I told the story on there but I had the two dogs and my camera and was trying to get some cool shots of Blake and Brett on the rocks opposite me. I wanted to Blake to take them so that I could run back and get a different lens so I jogged over to them without paying super close attention to where I was going. I saw a big crack in between the rocks I was on and the one they were on but it was a little too late and Teddi had already jumped it. It was probably about a 3 foot gap and not a big deal at all for her but I freaked out because I'm a giant baby and didn't let go of Huck's leash when he tried to jump. He slipped and ended up falling down in the crack. Thank heavens - and Blake because he found them - but he had his harness on and I was able to pull him out without strangling him. I know that's a sad story but he really, really, really was okay. He barely cared and tried to jump across again as soon as I got him out of there - and when I looked down afterward he really wouldn't have fallen that far.... but still, I was really sad about it and felt bad for a while afterward.
On to a more fun note - we flew the drone!! We got a 3D Robotics Solo Drone about 3 months ago and have just been so busy (and maybe a little scared) that we haven't flown it but its the coolest thing ever! I love it!! I am sitting at a coffee shop charging the battery right now so I can hopefully get some cool footage to show you guys later. It's really fun though and you can hook the GoPro up to it and the app shows you exactly what the drone see's so you can toggle the camera and film and it will automatically save the footage to your phone!! I could barely believe it. One more techy thing - I cannot figure out how to work the GoPro. I have messed around with it so much and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong! I think that a kindergartener would understand this thing better than I do. Help me!
We thought about staying here a little longer and hitting Arches National Park and a few others but we have both been here a few times and so we're going to move on but thats what we've been up to so far! We've spent a lot of time playing with the dogs, laying in the sun and catching up with Brett. We're on our own again though for the next week or so, so wish us luck! I'll pop back in with some more pics soon!
Happy Friday!
I'm so glad we decided to go because the views were incredible. The canyon that we were overlooking was formed by the Colorado and Green Rivers and its just crazy to see the vastness of it. You can learn more about it <here> if you're interested. You feel really tiny up there. I'm not the biggest fan of heights so I did get a little nervous but it was worth it. If you guys saw my Instagram or Facebook, I told the story on there but I had the two dogs and my camera and was trying to get some cool shots of Blake and Brett on the rocks opposite me. I wanted to Blake to take them so that I could run back and get a different lens so I jogged over to them without paying super close attention to where I was going. I saw a big crack in between the rocks I was on and the one they were on but it was a little too late and Teddi had already jumped it. It was probably about a 3 foot gap and not a big deal at all for her but I freaked out because I'm a giant baby and didn't let go of Huck's leash when he tried to jump. He slipped and ended up falling down in the crack. Thank heavens - and Blake because he found them - but he had his harness on and I was able to pull him out without strangling him. I know that's a sad story but he really, really, really was okay. He barely cared and tried to jump across again as soon as I got him out of there - and when I looked down afterward he really wouldn't have fallen that far.... but still, I was really sad about it and felt bad for a while afterward.
On to a more fun note - we flew the drone!! We got a 3D Robotics Solo Drone about 3 months ago and have just been so busy (and maybe a little scared) that we haven't flown it but its the coolest thing ever! I love it!! I am sitting at a coffee shop charging the battery right now so I can hopefully get some cool footage to show you guys later. It's really fun though and you can hook the GoPro up to it and the app shows you exactly what the drone see's so you can toggle the camera and film and it will automatically save the footage to your phone!! I could barely believe it. One more techy thing - I cannot figure out how to work the GoPro. I have messed around with it so much and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong! I think that a kindergartener would understand this thing better than I do. Help me!
We thought about staying here a little longer and hitting Arches National Park and a few others but we have both been here a few times and so we're going to move on but thats what we've been up to so far! We've spent a lot of time playing with the dogs, laying in the sun and catching up with Brett. We're on our own again though for the next week or so, so wish us luck! I'll pop back in with some more pics soon!
Happy Friday!
Intro + Palisade Harvest Host
October 25, 2016
Hello from Palisade, Colorado!
For those of you that know us in real life this first post might be kind of boring but for everyone else, here is a little intro.
We are Blake and Britney Menter. Newly-ish weds who decided to quit our jobs, sell our house, and travel for a year with our two dogs! It might sound impulsive but this has actually been a long time coming. This plan has been floating around in our heads for about 3 years. It started out as a reason to chicken out on buying house. We thought if they didn't accept out offer we would just buy a van and go - but then they did - and so we were homeowners.
We kept talking about it though and earlier this year we started getting more serious about it. We bought the RV a few months ago and decided to sell the house. It went a little faster than I thought it would and we had to get serious pretty quickly about leaving. We stored a lot of things with my very wonderful and generous parents and stayed with our equally generous brother and sister in law for a few weeks while we wrapped up work and got the rest of our things in order.
And now - after what seems like forever, and also just 3 seconds at the same time - we are on the road! We don't have a super solid plan but we do plan to post our map, what we liked most about where we've been and an occasional video if we can get it together. Until we are totally up and running check on Instagram to see where we are and a few more pics!
Anyway, our first day of travel was a pretty long one. We headed from my parents house near Colorado Springs all the way here to Palisade. Its probably one of the longer days of driving that we will have. We stayed here at a Harvest Host location. If you guys haven't heard of it - it's really cool. Brewery's, Winery's and Small Farms participate in this program that allows RVers to stay for free if they make a small purchase from the business. Our first night was at St. Katherine's Cellars and it's really pretty here. It's a cute little winery and vineyard and made for a great first night. I was hoping to see a few more RV's but it is pretty late in the season.
Next up is Moab!
We will be back later today or tomorrow to show you guys where we are and what we're doing. We're planning on hitting Arches National Park so I'm sure we'll get some good photos:)
Happy Tuesday!
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