Miles Of Carlisles Blog

We lived out our Star Wars dream staying at this Sci-fi Glamping experience, in the middle of nowhere Utah. We stayed at Outpost X, an Instagram-famous hotel, that is themed like a star wars sand town. The even had sand cruisers, like from Star Wars. On our first...

We spent 2 days soaking up the beauty of Zion, surrounded by the beautiful mountains and meadows.To get into Zion, we had to drive straight down the middle of a tunnel, in the big rig. Let's just say it was a tight fit!! The Narrows- Day 1 On day 1, we went on a...

We spent a day volunteering at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, UT. We knew about this sanctuary from one of my mom's friends who worked here. We were able to volunteer for a day with the amazing dogs. We started with a tour of the sanctuary, which has pigs,...

We drove to Dinosaur, UT, to see the Dinosaur National Park, which has a wall full of dinosaur bones. It was amazing to see something from 200 million+ years ago so well preserved in time. It really brings into perspective the idea that these magnificent creatures...

We drove through victor on our way to Dinosaur, UT to collect one of moms trolls!!! It turned out to be a cute old mining town. We met a couple at the troll and they gave us each a peice of quartz!!! They also recommended that we should go to the 1899 Saloon for...

We spent a few days at Garden of the Gods National Park enjoying the natural beauty of the red rocks. It was amazing to see the straight-up spires of rocks that seemed to be jumping out of the ground. We hiked to the Siamese Twins and were able to look through the...

This might be my #1 activity of the trip!!! On Easter night, I went to a hockey game with Mom and Dad!!!! We drove an hour from the Garden of the Gods to Denver. We went to see the Colorado Avalanche, which is the #1 team in the league. Even though they lost to the...

We met up with Douglas in Phoenix. It was 103-107 while we were there, which was record-breaking temperatures for Arizona in March. We spent a lot of time in their pool!! [video width="1280" height="720"...

We drove down to San Antonio to enjoy a day at the rodeo!!! We saw pigs race, enjoyed fair food, and watched a rodeo/show. The rodeo was energy-packed with bull riding, saddle bronc, and we even got to see two brothers from Everett, WA!!! After the rodeo we got to see...

Waco has been on my bucket list since the start of this trip, specifically for the Dr Pepper Museum. In Waco, we stayed at Harvest Host for free, with no amenities. This harvest host was a farm with horses, donkeys, dogs, and a potbellied pig named Bacon (very...

Friends Reunion!!!! If you go check out our Cody, WY post (Cody Post), you will see that we met the Yordys at a rodeo in Cody, and we were hoping to meet them at their house in Wichita, KS. Well, it became real!!! We spent a weekend with them, seeing what Wichita had...

Happy Birthday to Me!!! A night at the PBR, and who doesn’t love cowboys!!

We spent 7 days in Cuba and every day was packed with amazing activities and unforgettable experiences. By far my favorite part of Cuba was the trip to the Tobacco farm in Vinales, Cuba. There were no more fancy vintage taxis. The remainder of our trip was by yellow...

  Being in Key West at Christmas and only 90 miles away from Cuba, was just too tempting. Should we go? Do we have the time? When faced with difficult decisions on this trip, we have a family meeting and ask ourselves a few questions... "Is this something we as a...

Did you know that Iguanas are considered an invasive pest in Florida?

2 days before we leave for Cuba… there was no more relevant time to visit the Nike Missile Site.

It is in the works... a little complicated with government stuff, but we are already so close... so why not?

Cruisin’ with cousin Branon and Jamie!

Merry Christmas from the most Southernest point of the US - Key West!  Apparently we are spending Christmas about as far from Seattle as you can possibly get! The best part of this Christmas is getting to spend it with family. My cousin Branon and his husband Jamie...

Big problems seem to always occur when we are miles away from services.