Our third stop on our Epic Summer Road Trip was the central Oregon Coast, for a visit with our grandparents. We normally visit once or twice a year, but hadn’t been able to visit since before, well, 2020. This was the first time we’d taken our Alto to the coast, Read more…
Our second destination on our Epic Summer Road Trip was Crater Lake National Park. We had been to Crater Lake in 2018, during a summer of intense wildfire ativity in California and Oregon (much like this summer, and last summer.) When we arrived at Crater Lake, there was so much Read more…
This summer we embarked on an Epic Summer Road Trip, traversing two states, four national parks (and seashores), and visiting several new campgrounds. After just one successful camp weekend with our cats, we decided they were definitely ready to tackle twenty nights in the Alto and away from home. This Read more…
Two years ago, we adopted two cats from a local shelter, and since that day, Cloud and Solar have been integral members of our family. Spending time with them makes us happy and being away from them is tough. The only thing the boys dislike about camping (well, aside from Read more…
Part Three of our Spring Break Series Our last day in Sequoia National Park turned out nothing like we planned. This spring, we were navigating two kinds of closures. Parts of the park were closed because there was still snow to be navigated. Parts of the park were closed because Read more…
Part Two of our Sequoia Spring Break Trip I remember lots of amazing moments hiking with my family. Epic waterfalls in Olympic National Park. The elk we saw in Fern Canyon in Redwood National Park. So many hikes to beaches, where the guys would dig and dig and dig. A Read more…
We set out for Sequoia and King’s Canyon National Park for our Spring Break trip. Just a little too far for a weekend trip, but still an easy day’s drive, these parks were on our Must Visit list for the year. Only one of us had ever been to these Read more…
Do you have a favorite local campsite? Somewhere close to home, where you return to again and again when you just want to spend a weekend outdoors? Somewhere familiar, where you’ve hiked nearby trails, and know the beaches? A place where you look around and see not just the individual Read more…
As part of our “twenty four hikes this year” project, I’ve been keeping an eye on the POST Hiking Calendar. Pescadero Marsh was the easiest option for January, and I thought the boys would like an easy hike to start the year off on the right foot. We added The Read more…
Yes, it’s bold to make plans for travel, camping, and exploration in the middle of a pandemic, but we’re in the mood to look forward. Last year certainly taught us that plans are always changing, hard to predict, and likely to be canceled. Still. It’s a new year and hope Read more…