In our attempt to slow down travels, we spent a couple days in a campground in the tiny Town of Eden. It gave us some time to rest and wander around. But mostly it gave us a fantastic jumping off point for Antelope Island. Antelope Island was not the experience I thought it would be. […]

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After we headed inland, we wandered a little aimless, trying to figure out where to go for the next leg of the trip. As I said, we were too far ahead of schedule, and so needed to find some alternate things to do. Craters of the Moon National Monument showed up on our map and […]

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Ok, so I know I’ve been gone a long time, it’s been a weird couple weeks. We realized we had almost finished the whole list of places that we’d started out with (minus the ones we weren’t able to see, Yosemite, Sequoia, Kings Canyon, Crater Lake, Lassen Volcano) so we’ve had to refigure a lot […]

Read more "Pacific coast, days 33-43 Oregon and a teeny part of Cali"

It has been the most frustrating of weeks. We’ve been running way ahead of schedule. Like a month ahead. Well this finally came back to bite is in the butt now that we are in the mountains. We were unable to see Sequoia, Kings Canyon, or YOSEMITE! I am bothered by missing my chance at […]

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Yesterday we took the opportunity to drive through Death Valley on our way back north. It’s a drive I highly recommend! They day was trying in other ways, and even at the start of April Death Valley is HOT! But I’ve been to the lowest elevation in North America now, and seen some lovely salt […]

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Joshua tree was one of the places I had been looking forward to the most. After driving through the dense forests of Joshua trees in the Mojave preservation, I was thrilled to be up close and personal with them. I had wanted to see a Joshua tree since I had read Weetzie Bat as a […]

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I’ve discovered that I truly love the desert. The Mojave is a beautiful and expansive place, and at night it is quieter than I have ever heard. We took our day to climb a GIANT sand dune. Believe me, sand dunes don’t look that big until you are on top of the And you can […]

Read more "Day 22 Mojave National Preserve, California"

Something went glitchy with my last post about Bryce Canyon, so we’ll see if I end up having to do the whole thing over. In the meantime though, I’ve been at Zion National Park. One of the single most beautiful places I’ve seen. I wish I could describe the rock faces better. They are not […]

Read more "Day 19-20-21 Zion National Park. Utah"

We drove to a campsite the night before going to Bryce Canyon. It has been raining for a few hours so we spent some time “indoors” (read: in the car) for a while. After setting up in a windy wet mess (glad that I am in the car for bedtime) we went to sleep, only […]

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