This blog covers our trip through the middle of the United States during late spring 2024. We drove 7,368 miles through 10 states during this eight week trip, starting on April 29 and ending on June 23. During the trip, we visited 10 national parks, several state parks, and took a two-week rafting trip down the Colorado River. The blogs are divided into seven parts: 1) Driving out West, 2) The Utah Mighty Five, 3) Rafting through the Grand Canyon, 4) Arizona, Utah, and Idaho, 5) Wyoming, 6) South Dakota, 7) Driving Home.