Passing by Lassen Volcanic & Crater Lake San Jose to Portland May 27, 2017 Miles Driven: 663 Sunrise (San Jose): 5:50am / Sunset (Portland): 8:48pm Latitude: 37.34N to 45.38N Sites Visited: 0 Oh to be on the open road again! The joys, like eating fabulous Vietnamese food in a too-hip-for-me restaurant! The perils, like the…
Last Minute Dash San Jose May 26, 2017 Miles Driven: 0 Sites Visited: 0 You know, some days time seems to slow down and you enjoy each precious moment. This is not one of those days. During the flurry of activities this week, time just seemed to keep speeding up. The more things I crossed off…
Packing & Prep At Home in San Jose May 21-26, 2017 Miles Driven: 0 Sites Visited: 0 Well, here I am again, embarking on another of my adventurous road trips. When I was little, the idea of spending time in a car driving from place to place seemed rather dull. Of course, the occasional landscape…
Devils Postpile National Monument & Yosemite National Park (briefly) Bishop to San Jose August 14, 2016 Miles Driven: 310 Parks Visited: 1.5 You will have to forgive me. After 16 states, 22 sites, 7,892 miles, and 23 days, I just plain fell asleep working on the blog. Coming home after a vacation is always bittersweet. I can tell you…
Cedar Breaks National Monument Cedar City to Bishop August 13, 2016 Miles Driven: 509 Parks Visited: 1 It was a perfect end. Well, I’m not quite home yet, but it was still perfect. I almost didn’t go too. But as I said yesterday, always take the option to interact. So, tonight, even though I was tired,…
Pipe Spring National Monument & Grand Canyon National Park Kanab to Cedar City August 12, 2016 Miles Driven: 251 Parks Visited: 2 Some days, you just have to slow down a bit. Now, I don’t mean to say that I didn’t visit two sites today. In fact, I did and I am quite tired. Rather, I…
Colorado National Monument & Arches National Park Grand Junction to Kanab August 11, 2016 Miles Driven: 494 Parks Visited: 2 So is the entire state of Utah a National Park or Monument?! If not, why not? Having just driven from the northeast to the southwest regions of the state, I don’t think I was without spectacular…
Dinosaur National Monument North Platte to Craig August 10, 2016 Miles Driven: 332 Parks Visited: 1 Holy Moly! I do not understand why Dinosaur is not a national park. It’s like a slightly shallower Grand Canyon with piles of dinosaur bones. In fact, I did ask the owners of the Bedrock Depot, while I was sipping…
Scotts Bluff National Monument & Fort Laramie National Historic Site North Platte to Craig August 9, 2016 Miles Driven: 653 Parks Visited: 2 I saw a moose! In the middle of a clearing. He was just standing there. No mistake about it. I think I saw two moose in Yellowstone, but I’m really not sure….
no destinations GenCon to North Platte August 8, 2016 Miles Driven: 890 Parks Visited: 0 I shall admit up front that today’s blog will be a bit more of a visual montage since my brains are muddled after such a long drive. Really, I’ve got only three stories standing out in my mind. Illinois -…