Posted in RoadTrip 2007, USA on Mar 15th, 2007 No Comments »
We left Salt Lake City in the morning and arrived in the city of Moab, the starting point to the Arches NP, four hours later. We were ready to explore the NP in the afternoon. The park is popular for its arches, spires, balanced rocks and sandstone fins. Some of the arches are reachable by [...]
Posted in RoadTrip 2007, USA on Mar 14th, 2007 1 Comment »
Since Salt Lake City served as host to the 2002 Winter Olympics, we were ready to follow the Olympics route. We chose the Alta ski area which counts as one of the largest skiing area around Salt Lake City. The view from the top was breathtaking (the top elevation was 10,550 ft (3216 m)) and [...]
Posted in RoadTrip 2007, USA on Mar 13th, 2007 No Comments »
 We woke up early today since we wanted to watch the sunrise over Grand Teton at 7:20 am. After breakfast, we took off and drove on the most scenic road to Salt Lake City. We passed European named cities like Geneva, Montpelier and Paris. After four hours being on the road, we made it to [...]
Posted in RoadTrip 2007, USA on Mar 12th, 2007 No Comments »
   After a two hour drive from Idaho Falls to Jackson, we arrived at the Grand Teton National Park. The park is named after Grand Teton (13,770 feet or 4195 m), which is the tallest mountain in the Teton Range. Grand Teton NP is connected to Yellowstone NP which means that most animals travel between [...]
Posted in RoadTrip 2007, USA on Mar 11th, 2007 No Comments »
    We left at 7am to Gardiner, a one hour drive to the north entrance of the Yellowstone National Park. The park is famous for its various geysers, hot springs and volcano and is home to grizzly bears, wolves, bison and elk. Due to weather conditions, only the north side of the park was open [...]