One of the most spectacular parts of the country in the United States is in the Southwestern corridor! Together with the incredible rock formations, red rock cliffs and canyons, open desert landscapes and the earth’s energetic vortex, will have you saying WOW over and over again. Travel Tribe guest blog Fit Life Travel for WhereGalsWander

Along one of the turns, we saw a crashed van pulling a boat on the side of the road where yellow caution tape was up. We all had our theories about what possibly could have happened. Did the van get too close to the edge? Did foul play happen because it looked like gunshots in the windows? We’ll never know. We pulled over by the lake for a picnic lunch and enjoyed the serene views. When we got to the dam, we stopped and marveled at the history of all that this land holds and tried to imagine riding this trail via stagecoach. It was an adventure even by car.

I've been writing a lot about road trips lately, and everything I've seen, but I had to create a list of road trip attractions along the way on these trips. These are the things that had me pull off to the shoulder, or park and explore or just shake my head moments.