Utah Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/utah/ Funding the Adventurous Life Sun, 08 Oct 2023 17:16:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/clippingchains.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-TEST_CC_Logo-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Utah Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/utah/ 32 32 150809980 An Ode to the Road Trip https://clippingchains.com/2023/10/09/ode-to-the-road-trip/ https://clippingchains.com/2023/10/09/ode-to-the-road-trip/#respond Mon, 09 Oct 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=9664 This is a bit unusual, but why not? Here’s my love letter to the road trip. The stress and anxiety of gathering. Second-guessing. Relinquishing routine and comfort. The long drive. Sweat on the back and stiffness of the spine and interstate gas stations and pissing on gravel with open doors in raw and white daylight. …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2023/10/09/ode-to-the-road-trip/feed/ 0 9664 Summer 2021: The Life and Times https://clippingchains.com/2021/09/27/summer-2021-the-life-and-times/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/09/27/summer-2021-the-life-and-times/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:56:44 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=7749 I’m sitting watching the Harvest Moon burst from the northeastern horizon. Fat and pale in all its full moon glory, this night and this moon signifies the end of summer. I’m alone at the mouth of Maple Canyon in Utah, rising above the parched farmland below. I’ve backed my camper between two large pinyon pines, …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/09/27/summer-2021-the-life-and-times/feed/ 7 7749 The Simple and Complicated Life on the Road https://clippingchains.com/2021/01/25/the-simple-and-complicated-life-on-the-road/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/01/25/the-simple-and-complicated-life-on-the-road/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=6342 We’ve been back in a house for just over a month, which feels like a good time to reflect on our five-month 2020 life on the road. We’ve all heard the myriad benefits of a life of full-time travel: a new and ever-changing environment, chasing good weather, meeting new people, and abundant nature. And certainly, …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/01/25/the-simple-and-complicated-life-on-the-road/feed/ 3 6342 And We’re Back to Home Ownership! But Why Now? https://clippingchains.com/2020/12/14/back-to-home-ownership/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/12/14/back-to-home-ownership/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=6173 After years of planning, overanalyzing, and thinking too much, in July we listed our house in Denver for sale and hit the road. Our goal was to spend up to a year traveling in search of our next home base. Five months later and we are back to the game of home ownership again. In …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/12/14/back-to-home-ownership/feed/ 6 6173 Four Months on the Road: Can This Really Last? https://clippingchains.com/2020/11/16/four-months-on-the-road/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/11/16/four-months-on-the-road/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=6037 We’ve moved from high mountain valleys and ridge lines, to coastal tide pools and arid western expanses. As much as this journey has been the best lesson in the school of life, after four months, how much longer can we go? Today, we find ourselves at a crossroad and we’re lookin’ to make a deal. …

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