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We’ve discovered a magical place that most people have never heard of. It’s called Antelope Canyon. Actually, we didn’t discover it, but we had read about it and wanted to see if it lived up to the hype. Ju...
Days 2-4 ZION National Park
Zion's 147,000 acres are a study of contrasts. Part extreme desert, part lush green areas made possible by water seepage from the various rocks (mostly Navaho sandstone), and all geological formations from millions of years ago, it gets (according to ...
Side note: the RV Rental Process
This note is intended for those who are interested in more info on the RV rental process.
After arriving at El Monte RV, the first step was to watch a 15-20 minute video detailing the various features and functions of the RV and describing all of th...
Day 1: Leaving Las Vegas, Onward to Zion
Today was the day we picked up our RV from El Monte RV in Las Vegas. Being total newbies at RV'ing, we weren't sure what to expect and had a lot of concerns about everything that could go wrong with the rental process. The first concern was when we'd...
Sep 2017 - National Parks Trip Map & Itinerary
PointDayDateLocations A19/05Las Vegas, NV - Pick up RV at El Monte, travel to Zion CanyonB1-59/05-09Zion National Park, UTC
D5-79/09-9/11Page, AZ - Antelope Canyon
Lake PowellE
F7-89/11-12Monument Valley, UT
Forest Gump Point G
H8-99/12-13Four Corne...
Pre-RV: Las Vegas-great eats, crowded and hot!
We arrived on Thursday evening in 107 degree temps-only got a few degrees below that all week. Saw a couple of shows including Penn and a Teller who were mesmerizing and incredible. Our special splurge was a dinner at the famed Picasso restaurant in t...
Epilogue - Wendy’s Reflections on our China Trip
We’ve been home a week, and not a day goes by where I haven’t read a huge article in the paper about China—the economy (bad), their stock market (very bad), building problems, transportation problems, some medical information, etc. I feel that we got ...
Day 19 - traveling home through Tokyo
Although we are not looking forward to more than 16 hours of traveling, several interesting things happened on our way home. Hong Kong airport is huge, and a delight to go through—well marked, very organized, clean, etc. We had no problems with the p...
Day 18 - Hong Kong - Victoria Peak, Stanley Market, and HK at Night
Unbelievably, this is our last day in China. The buffet breakfast was the best here of all the Shangri-Las we stayed at. It is going to be hard to come home to regular food...
Our tour guide, Joyce met us to go to Victoria Peak, the number one tour...
Day 17 - Guilin to Hong Kong - Tea Institute, Hong Kong at Night
We started off the morning not too early driving through Guilin to the governments Tea Research Institue where they grow tea, showed us how it is picked and dried, had a very informative lesson in the proper etiquette of the tea ceremony in China, and ...
Jim and Wendy Damoulakis
A journal of our major travels
Scandinavia and Iceland
July 2024
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Jordan and Israel
May 2023
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London and Scotland
Sep 2022
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Machu Picchu and Galapagos
May 2019
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Portugal and Spain
September 2018
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Southwest US
September 2017
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China
June -July 2015