Odometer, 51,625Time: All dayToday we take a break after some exhausting trips we relax at Debbie’s Hide A Way, catch-up on our emails and enjoy the birds and the little pond in the backyard of…

Odometer: 51,554Time: 08:30The sky is still not totally clear, but the heavy clouds are gone. As we don’t feel like hanging out at the lake we choose another day-trip up into the Smoky Mountains, hoping…

Odometer: 51,446Time: 09:30We get used to checking the weather forecast before deciding what to do that day. Today seems to be ok again until mid afternoon, when they predict some thunderstorms again. This gives us…

Odometer: 51,331Time: 08:00The weather forecast looks good until mid afternoon, so we have enough time for the Cottonwood Canyon Road, which is a 39 miles long gravel and dirt road through the Grand Staircase Escalante…

Odometer: 51,315Time: 09:30We get up late, according to the weather forecast the probability of rain is very high again in the afternoon and as it is late already we decide to postpone longer trips to…

Odometer: 51’236Time: 09:00After a rain last night we check the weather and then decide that it is safe to do some gravel roads and river beds. So we take Smoky Mountain Road all the way…