What is open in Utah? It's a question I'm asking as my family adjusts our summer plans for COVID-19. We are looking for fun places close to home that we can visit safely and responsibly. So, I've created this list of fun family activities in Utah that are currently open. I will update it as […]
Hey there! Duchesne County is not Utah's best known or most visited destination, but that hardly means that there is nothing fun to do there. In fact, Duchesne (pronounced doo-SHAYN) County has a lot to offer fun-loving families. Duchesne County is located less than two hours' drive from Salt Lake City, and less than one hour from […]
Hey there! Does anyone in your family love dinosaurs? Are you considering a trip to Dinosaur National Monument? The Utah Field House of Natural History in Vernal exceeded my family's expectations. I had visited this museum years before as a teen, and remembered a dusty, old-fashioned museum full of dusty old dinosaur bones. On our last trip, […]
I love to find ancient rock art in our travels, and feel lucky to live in Utah where we have a lot of good sites. Seeing a figure that was painstakingly chipped into a rock face and has been preserved for a thousand years or more inspires my imagination. Petroglyphs help me to feel connected […]
Hey there! If anyone in your family loves dinosaurs, then it's hard to ignore the appeal of Dinosaur National Monument near Vernal, Utah. I have been to Dinosaur National Monument a few times, but my kids had never seen it until we visited last summer. At ages 10 and 7, they were the perfect ages […]
Vernal is the heart of Utah's Dinosaurland, which has one of Utah's best family destinations for decades. Last summer, my family returned to Vernal for the first time in ten years and I was surprised to find how much the city had changed since our last visit. We found new playgrounds, museums, restaurants, shopping and hotels […]
When I told my children we were going to visit Starvation State Park (now Fred Hayes State Park at Starvation), they were not sure they liked the idea. They were completely confused when I told them we'd have a picnic at Starvation. Even I was not sure what to expect at this reservoir with a […]
Whitewater rafting is a FUN summer adventure for families. We recently joined Adrift Adventures for a one-day Green River rafting trip through Dinosaur National Monument in eastern Utah. We rafted nine miles through Split Mountain Gorge. Here is what you can expect when you raft Dinosaur National Monument with Adrift Adventures. Fun for families Children as […]
Utah has a lot of good dinosaur museums, and my family has visited most of them. We think it's really cool that in parts of Utah, it's difficult to dig a hole without finding a dinosaur in it. Price, Utah is one of those places. We stopped to visit the USU-Eastern Prehistoric Museum in Price […]
