USon8wheels – a travel blog

by Abel April 24-27 We enjoyed this State Park a lot, and considered it as impressive as a National Park. It looked unlike anything else we have seen so far, because red rock shot up from a green-gray valley floor.…

April 19-23 by Eliza Zion is unlike any other place we’ve seen. The multitudes of cliffs are jagged and colorful. We had a campsite close to the Virgin River and had a lot of fun beach/water time! Another fun thing…

April 18, 2026 We enjoyed an unplanned stop here for an afternoon, and are so glad we did. We took the shuttle and hiked the Queen’s Garden and Navajo Loops. These trails were just so fun as we went along…

April 15-18 Capitol Reef was a quieter and more simple park. There were some pretty desert flowers here too! The kids and Matt listened to a geology talk by a ranger and learned about a few of the 19 different…

March 29-31 This post is out of order. My computer time lately has been for taxes. We were planning to go through Texas anyway, so it worked out well that I (Matt) could help with a couple of railroad surveys…

April 12-15 We were blown away by the beauty of this place! Six months ago, we had attempted, multiple days in a row, to reserve a campsite in this park without success. You can imagine how grateful we were last…

April 6-12 After Great Sand Dunes, we spent a couple nights at a peaceful and well-ordered campground on the Ute Reservation near Pagosa Springs. Then we stayed at a dog ranch near Durango for four nights. There were chickens, goats,…

April 1-4 We stayed one night at Villanueva State Park, arriving in just enough time to settle in and take a hike up to a beautiful viewpoint. Our site was a sandy place along a river with few other campers…

April 4-6 Sliding down dunes, getting covered in sand, visiting a half frozen waterfall, witnessing beautiful sunrises, sunsets and stars. This was definitely a fun stay! This was our first national park on the trip. We had a wonderful campsite…

We loved this one night stay at Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue, northwest of Tulsa, Oklahoma. When we arrived, we received a wonderful lesson about donkeys. Did you know that donkeys do best with a dry diet of hay, and if…