Salt Lake City to Huntsville, UT to Bear Lake, UT

We left Salt Lake City area late afternoon on Tuesday to head to Bear Lake. We had to make a quick stop to get something on our trailer fixed which ended up needing to take more time so we stayed in Huntsville, Utah overnight. Huntsville is a really cute sleepy little town with a large reservoir so we checked in to the Atomic Chalet B&B and drove down to Pineview reservoir to jump in the water with the jet ski!

We had a great dinner at The Shooting Star Saloon which is the oldest continuously open restaurant in Utah. It has been open since the 1860s! All they have on the menu as burgers and dogs. We tried their famous Star Burger which is a double cheeseburger with polish sausage on top, all the fixings, & a side of potato chips! Yum!!! 

We left in the morning to pick up the trailer and drive up to Bear Lake through Logan Canyon which was beautiful and reminded me a lot of Colorado. We checked into a really cute B&B overlooking Bear Lake and took the jetski out for a few hours. The lake is unbelievably blue & pretty...everything we saw in pictures & more! We had a delicious dinner at a restaurant near to the B&B... Their ribs special! Currently I am sitting on the front patio of the B&B looking out at the water & we are heading out on the lake soon! We want to JetSki all the way across... It's about 50 miles! 

We will stay here in Bear Lake until Friday & then head to Jackson, WY! 

Huntsville, UT & Pineview Reservoir pics 

The Atomic Chalet B&B 

Pineview Reservoir 

Shooting Star Saloon

Drive through Logan Canyon and first day in Bear Lake pictures

The BlueBird Inn B&B 

Cooper's Restaurant - the ribs special!

The Jet Ski Chronicles

Picking up the Jet Ski at South Valley Motor Sports in Draper, UT…

Oh Brave New World!
This Yamaha Wave Runner should be fun (and a bit scary, too)!!

Aspen to Salt Lake City!!!

We took off around 10AM this morning with a full car after saying goodbye to Michael's parents who we will miss a lot because we are used to seeing them quite often over the summer. For this leg of the trip, we have our bikes on top of the car and are towing Michael's motorcycle on a hitch on the back of the Jeep until we pick up our new JetSki in here in Salt Lake City on Monday. From here, we will tow the motorcycle and JetSki on a flatbed trailer & the bikes will remain on the top of the car. The drive was about eight hours for us, six hours if you don't stop ... But it's pretty hard to drive 6 hours straight without coffee & lunch & a necessary Home Depot stop! We started our road trip diet off great… Hot dogs and potato chips courtesy of Home Depot ... Hopefully we can make up with it at dinner tonight!!! I will spare everyone the picture of lunch! 

We arrived in Salt Lake City around 6 PM and checked in to a Hyatt House Hotel which is quite comfortable and nice. We're not ready to start roughing it yet!

Driving through Utah was beautiful ... Some parts were very dry and some were very green. Now we are off to find a bite to eat for dinner... A lot of places are closed on Sunday so who knows what we'll find!!!

Tomorrow we are off to Bear Lake... described as the Caribbean of the Rockies! Half of it is in Utah and half is in Idaho... we are excited to break in the JetSki there!

Pre-trip R&R

After some most amazing R&R with Michael's family in Snowmass/Aspen we were ready to set off for our trip! It has been a very busy two months so some downtime was much needed. The mountains have gotten a lot of rain this summer so everything is so beautiful & greener than ever! 

Denver to Vail to Aspen

After a crazy 2 months of wrapping up things in Denver to be able to leave town for a few months we finally took off for Aspen/Snowmass to spend time with Michael's family for a few days before really hitting the road! We stopped half way to have dinner with our good friends in Vail ... then continued the trek to Aspen ... About a 3.5 hour drive total. As you can see the car is packed full!!! Summer in Vail is always beautiful ... as evidenced by the beautiful flowers & trees outside the restaurant where we had dinner.

T - 10 days!!!

It is no secret to anyone that we love to travel!!! In less than than 10 days we will be taking off for at least 2 months on a road trip throughout the west coast... via car, motorcycle, bike, jet ski, & tubes!!! Here is a rough idea of where we plan to go... details change constantly hence the word "rough." Any suggestions, ideas, tips, and information for any of our stops is much appreciated!

Utah

• SLC

Wyoming

• Cheyenne
• Jackson Hole
• Grand Tetons
• Yellowstone

South Dakota

• Mt Rushmore (Rapid City)
• Badlands

Montana

• Big Sky
• Bighorn
• Bozeman
• Glacier Natl Park
• Whitefish Mt Resort
• Flathead Lake
• Kalispell

Canada

Alberta

• Banff
• Lake Louise
• Jasper
• The icefields pky (btwn lake louise & jasper)
• The Glacier skywalk
• Moraine Lake/Larch Valley
• Waterton Lakes Natl park
• Vancouver & Victoria?? (BC)

Washington

• Seattle
• Mt Rainer
• Olympic Natl Park
• Hoh Rainforest
• Yakima Valley
• San Juan Islands
• Yakima Valley

Oregon

• Crater Lake
• Canon Beach
• Mt Hood
• Woodburn
• Columbia Natl Gorge
• Oregon Coast Trail
• Willamette Natl Forest
• Newport Oregon
• Hell’s Canyon

Idaho

• Coeur D’alene
• Sun Valley

Nevada

• Vegas

Cali

• Truckee
• Lake Tahoe
• Redwood Natl Park
• LA
• SF
• SB
• SD
• Del Mar
• Paso Robles
• Sonoma/Napa
• Montectio
• PCH
• Carmel by the Sea
• Monterrey
• Big Sur
• Bixby Bridge
• Pfeiffer Beach

Arizona

• Grand Canyon
• Sedona
• Flagstaff
• Scottsdale

New Mexico

• ABQ
• Santa Fe
• Taos

Stay tuned for lots of pictures & updates!

xoxo,
zoe & michael