Today we visited Arches national park. Now the question arises, how in the world were these utterly weird rock formations created? Aliens? Erosion? There are several challenging scientific theories about how they were formed, so I decided to shed some light on the mystery. I had to dig deep to find the truth. It was an interesting journey through US culture and history. Now, the mystery is finally solved. All questions answered. The shocking truth revealed. If you can't handle the truth, do...

To make this a perfect day, we signed up for the northern lights tour in the evening. The aurora borealis is supposed to be one of the most magnificent natural phenomenons in the world. This is from the brochure:

"Join us for a mysterious trip, on a dark night, any time from the onset of autumn darkness until the light nights of spring, we can witness one of nature’s most spectacular displays; the phenomenon which we call the Northern Lights. On a clear night, we may be lucky enough to s...

After having been awake almost the entire night the day before carrying bags and boxes, what could be more relaxing than getting up 07.50 in the morning and go on a crazy ATV fourwheel drive with roaring engines in 60 km/h in the terrain and -11°C? That wakes you up for sure! Vacation doesn't include being lazy and taking it easy! (Ok, 07.50 AM may not sound that early, but I was tired - believe me).


Evil Knievel here I come! Fear my pink gloves! (I had to change gl...

Yes, that is actually me sitting on the back of a horse. For the first time in my life. I was a little bit worried because we took a tour for "intermediate and advanced riders", wheras another tour was "little or no experience". I should have had the "complete noob" tour, but the easy one sounded a tad boring so we went for the "insane" difficulty level instead. Also it was five whole hours! I wanted a bit of a challenge and since I...