Glacier National Park — Part Two

This summer we set out for an almost four week trek through some of the most incredible scenery in the Western United States.  After Jackson and the Tetons, we made the short trip to Yellowstone National Park.  From Yellowstone, we drove to Glacier National Park, our first time in Montana and our Read more

Glacier National Park — Part One

This summer we set out for an almost four week trek through some of the most incredible scenery in the Western United States.  After Jackson and the Tetons, we made the short trip to Yellowstone National Park.  From Yellowstone, we drove to Glacier National Park, our first time in Montana and our Read more

Quail Snail family in front of the waterfall

Yellowstone National Park — Part Two

This summer we set out for an almost four week trek through some of the most incredible scenery in the Western United States.  After Jackson and the Tetons, we made the short trip to Yellowstone National Park. We spent a week camping in the West Yellowstone KOA and exploring the park, though Read more

In and Around Jackson, WY

This summer we set out for an almost four week trek through some of the most incredible scenery in the Western United States.  Our first stop was Jackson, Wyoming, where we visited Grand Tetons National Park and spent five days exploring the town and areas outside the park. There was Read more

Grand Teton National Park

This summer we set out for an almost four week trek through some of the most incredible scenery in the Western United States. Some parts of this trip had been in the works since 2018, when we first ordered our camper, and were delayed through 2020 and 2021. This was Read more

Pinnacles National Park

The first trip we had to cancel in March 2020 was our spring break camping trip to Pinnacles National Park. We had another reservation and cancellation later that year, and I think even one more round of reserving and cancelling in 2021. So when we finally loaded up the camper Read more

Kayaking Elkhorn Slough

Last summer, while we were camping at Lemolo Lake, the boys and I rented a pedal boat for a two hour adventure. The pedaling went much better than I expected, and when I was looking at our photos a month or so later, Noah saw himself in the pedal boat Read more

Two tule elk rest on a hill

Point Reyes National Seashore

After Redwood National Park, we continued south, back towards the Bay Area, for the fifth and final camp spot of our Epic Summer Road Trip. Point Reyes National Seashore is another spot we’d been before, but we’d never had a chance to camp nearby. Also, Point Reyes is one of Read more

Redwood National and State Park

We headed south, and crossed back into California for stop number four on our Epic Summer Road Trip. This was our second visit to Redwood National and State Park as a family, and Noah consistently lists it as his favorite national park. I’d booked us five nights at the Elk Read more