July 17, 2017 Today we drove to the California coast. We stopped in Redding for lunch and gas and it was 99 degrees at noon. There was a nice lake we stopped and put our toes in, Whiskey town lake. When we got to the coast it was barely 70 degrees. I had class so…
July 15, 2017 We finally got to Lassen a day late but eager to explore the park. When we got to the visitor center we found out that the road through the park was closed. This cancelled a few hikes we wanted to do but one bug one we could still do. We drove to…
July 14, 2017 We were supposed to drive to Lassen today but that didn’t happen. Last night when we left Yosemite we heard a grinding in our brakes. We hoped it was a rock but it wasn’t. We needed two new brakes and rotors. $550 and six hours later we did not have enough time…
July 13, 2017 Wow! We just spent three days in Yosemite and it absolutely lived up to the hype. We drove in after leaving Sequoia at about 3-4 pm. We wandered around and took some pictures. The first stop is tunnel view. You come out of this tunnel and its this amazing view featuring Yosemite’s…
July 9 and 10, 2017 We woke up and had a delicious free breakfast in our hotel and headed out. It took a few hours but we finally started heading up the mountains. We gained about 7,000 feet on the road up to the park. We stopped at the King’s Canyon visitor center to buy…
July 8, 2017 Today was a very long and very hot drive. Before I complain about that I’ll tell you about our return trip to Crater Lake National Park. We went last April and it was covered in about 15 feet of snow. We walked around and got some re-created pictures from when we came…
July 7, 2017 Today started out how all Portlandians start out their days. We went to Voodoo Doughnuts. I’d actually never been there so it was very exciting. I got a Cap’n Crunch doughnut and an Oreo doughnut because I couldn’t choose. Kirk got and apple fritter. They were worth the hype. We drove up…
July 6, 2017 Easy day for the first day. We started about noon and made it to Federal Way for lunch with Elle. At 1:30 we were back on the road. Luckily 2pm on a Thursday means decent traffic through Tacoma. The rest of the drive was easy but so very hot. No AC in…
April 15, 2017 Yesterday we left Zion and made our trek back home. It was mostly sad to leave Utah but we did our best to make the best of it. On our way to Nevada we stopped by the Salt Flats. They were impressive but wet so we couldn’t drive on them. For dinner…
April 14. 2017 People told us about Zion. They warned us. They said it was their favorite park. Still, we weren’t prepared for the impressiveness hat is Zion National Park. We drove through the typical Utah desert and then you get to Zion and it is so vast. You begin by being dwarfed by this…
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