Sunday Summary #145

Something new is coming to Scho & Jo…

Hi there,

Welcome to Scho & Jo’s 145th Sunday Summary. This edition of the Sunday Summary was written on public lands just outside of Capitol Reef National Park in Utah.

Last Week(s).

After New Mexico, we kicked off a road trip across Southern Utah with our good friends Adam and Kathryn from @theadventuresofaplusk. If you didn’t know, Adam and Kathryn have lived in their van Brisket for over five years! We’ve had some fun adventures boating with them, as well as biking across Iowa, and now are enjoying vanlife together.

We’re also joined by some new friends, Katie and Joey from @katieandjoonthego. They have a red van, Clifford, and they’re on a mission to visit all 63 US National Parks!

We started in Zion National Park together, and Zion immediately became our favorite National Park yet. Driving through the park entry tunnel was an unforgettable experience, to the point that seeing Zion Canyon for the first time brought Jen to tears (read: sobbing, ugly crying). We hiked for five days and saw multiple different areas of the park.

After Zion, we toured the Hoodoos at Bryce Canyon National Park. If you didn’t know, Hoodoo is the Paiute word for “scary,” and the geological formations are unlike anything else.

Our last National Park was Capitol Reef, which we just finished exploring this weekend! Amongst the killer hiking, we also took Summit down a 4x4 road to Cathedral Valley. We borrowed Adam and Kathryn’s off-road kit and deflated out tires for the adventure. It was so much fun, hopefully we can do it more in the future!

This Week.

After the whirlwind of the last two weeks, we are taking this week a bit slower. We’re heading to Moab area to meet with Elliot’s sister Nicole, who we’ve had on the vlog a couple times. We’re excited to get some good quality family time for a few days. After, we’ll be staging our next two National Parks, Arches and Canyonlands!

New to Scho and Jo.

As we’ve traveled over the past 5 years, we’ve started to lean more and more into photography. More than our videos, we try and highlight one particular memory that stands out to us. Towards that end, we’re now selling prints of our favorite photos! Each print will only be available for one month, so if you spot one you like be sure to grab it while it lasts. The photo will rotate every month, so if you have a particular destination you’ve seen in our travels that sparks your interest, let us know!

Videos.

Here are all the vlogs we’ve released since our last Sunday Summary:

Blogs.

Here are all the blogs we’ve released since our last Sunday Summary:

From the Eyes of Ollie.

My Dad and Mom took me to see things things called “hoodoos”. I was very intrigued, i just couldn’t stop staring. I can see so many from this vantage point!

Gratitudes.

We’re extremely grateful for our friend group we’ve traveled with for the past couple of weeks. When your home is in a different state every other week, community is hard. We’re grateful that Adam, Kathryn, Katie, and Joey were able to fit this time in with their busy schedules for us to explore some of these destinations together. We had a killer time together and can’t wait to meet up again. From s’mores around a campfire to Mario Kart projected on A+K’s van to family dinners, this is a time we won’t ever forget!

Peace and love,

Jen + Elliot

 P.S.

If you are new to our Sunday Summary, you can take a look at previous issues here.