Warm Winter Vacations: 20 Getaways to Escape the Cold

If you’re planning to beat the Winter blues and escape the cold for warm winter vacations, you’re not alone. Many people actually explore good warm getaways to avoid the chilly weather, at least for a couple of days. In a perfect world, anyone who wants to visit warm places in December to February outside the … Continue Reading

Feeling Adventurous? Try One of These 7 Cattle Drive Vacations

If you’ve ever dreamt of riding off into the sunset on the back of a horse surrounded by staggering Western landscapes, then a cattle drive vacation is for you. Ah… What’s more American than a cowboy in the Wild Wild West? The lure of the American West has long been a dream for all adventurous … Continue Reading

Everything You Need to Know About Monument Valley

With its brick-red spindles, slender pinnacles and huge buttes – Monument Valley has long been a symbol of Southwestern USA. The star of countless movies, classic Hollywood westerns, and ads rises majestically from the surrounding desert floor and is easily one of the top things to see in Utah. Its beauty is heightened by the … Continue Reading

Your Guide to the Old and New Route 66 Attractions

There’s no road trip more epic than a drive through the countless historical, quirky, and one-of-a-kind Route 66 attractions. If your folks were wanderers-by-heart or were forced to migrate west during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, then you’d probably heard extraordinary stories of their days-long Route 66 tour. For those lucky enough to visit … Continue Reading

How to Visit All 8 Mountain States via National Parks

Photo Credit: Jacob W. Frank / National Park Service National Parks are a great way to see all 8 of the Mountain West States (Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico).  This group of states is both vast and diverse and it includes mountains, plains, and deserts.  In fact, all major deserts … Continue Reading