Have you ever flown into Salt Lake City, and looked out of your window?  If you have, you probably saw the salt flats, which cover over 30,000 acres of land in Utah.  I always wondered what it would look like up close, what it would feel like – could you even get that close to it?  From the sky, it looks like there is nothing else around them.  Come to find out, there is more to the salt flats than just barren, white land. At first glance, from a distance, it looks like snow.  It could be 85 degrees outside, but sitting inside the truck, on a cloudy day,…

What a fantastic week!  Milo McIver State Park turned out to be the perfect get away for the week!  The weather cooperated the entire time and while the park was usually pretty full, it is big enough, with enough to do, that it never felt busy.  It was a week full of adventures, both on land, and on water.  There was so much to see and explore, that I ended up taking over 500 pictures during the week!  There was no internet connection, and cell service was spotty at best, adding to the peacefulness and relaxation of the week.  Sometimes it is nice to just break away from everything, and…

Welcome to Milo McIver State Park in Estacada, Oregon –  home base for this weeks adventures! Oh, how I have missed the Pacific Northwest – it has a smell, a look and a “feel” all its own.  There is just something about the Pacific Northwest that seems to speak to me.  I am excited for our week here! We hit the road late yesterday to get here.  When we left Nevada, the sun was shining and it was actually pretty hot out – close to 80 I’d say!  Not long after crossing into Idaho though, all of that changed!  Storm clouds were forming all around us as we made our…

  The time had come to try out the new kayaks (look for my kayak review later this week), and we could not have asked for better weather, or a better place to take them, than The Great Salt Lake! Before heading out, I not only checked the weather and water conditions for the day, but decided to do a little research on the lake itself.  There are some interesting facts about the lake that I found out. We probably are all aware that the lake is salty, but just how salty?  The salinity of the lake actually changes very frequently due to the level of the lake water.  The…

Nevada, the number one state for the most naturally occurring hot springs, is home to over 300 of them!  Most of them are located on public land, but there are some that are located on private land and ranches.  We had the opportunity this weekend to visit one of these little gems, which happens to be located on private property.  The owners of the property are gracious enough to open the hot springs to the public.  This being said, it is important that everyone do their part to keep the land, as well as the springs, as natural and litter free as it should be.  They do not prohibit food…