This trip has been amazing, maybe too amazing. It was probably time for Murphy’s Law to catch up with us. Unfortunately, Murphy arrived in the form of Ava skiing into a tree in Big Sky, Montana. Short story: nothing irreparable, we are very lucky; a broken patella (kneecap), broken nose and soft tissue damage to both knees. Longer story; our trip to Big Sky had...
Lassen is the National Park that we almost had to miss. When we first set the goal of seeing all the lower 48 NPs, we knew that weather would be a critical factor. In the winter time, several parks shut down everything but one visitor center operating on limited hours. Or they become almost inaccessible, especially to someone in a large RV. The challenge we faced...
Spanish first, English translation below: Hola! Nosotros acabo de venir de un valle magnífico con grandes cascadas. Se llama la Valle de Yosemite. La Valle de Yosemite tiene muchos fanáticos cosas desde es escarpados acantilados a la cascada la segunda cascada más alta en el 48 contiguo, Yosemite Falls. Era fantástico...
Spanish first, English translation below Spanish: Hola! Esto es de Sequoia y Kings Canyon NP! Primera nosotros fue a Sequoia NP y nosotros tiene que manejar en una montaña para llegar (que estallar mis oídos mucho!) Cuando nosotros están casi a la arriba de la montaña empezamos a ver nieve! Muchas de nieve como una pie y medio que no es mucho para tu pero si es para...
The Channel Islands are a chain of 8 islands off the coast of southern California. The biggest ones, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, Santa Barbara and San Miguel are remnants of old California. Arid, scrubby mountains with grassy canyons and the tang of the Pacific in the air. Refreshingly void of both people and progress. No roads, hotels or...
Merry Christmas! Just a brief note to wish all of our “subscribers” a very Merry Christmas. We have been blessed in 2019 to take this trip and to have our friends and family – and folks we don’t even know – cheer us on. Especially blessed to spend Christmas on the Pacific Ocean with dear friends. We met Bekah Underwood (nee Ball) over 12 years ago in Ava’s first...
When I sat down to write this a few days ago, it was my birthday. Due to vagaries of timing on this trip, I celebrated in a wonderful place called Death Valley National Park. Not sure how auspicious this is, especially since we had to cross over the Funeral Mountains to get here…. And with fun names like “Devils Golf course”, “Dante’s view” and “Furnace Creek”, I...
Spanish first, English translation below: Hola otra vez! Acabamos de llegar del Gran Cañón. Era fantastica! En la primera día no lo hacemos mucho. Solo hacemos la lavandería y yo leo un muy buen libro. También, durante la lavandería yo facetimed mi amiga de Nashville, Tennessee. Era maravilloso hablar con ella otra vez. Después de esto tenemos...
I am an east coast girl. I have lived most of my life east of the Mississippi and the two years I lived west of the Mississippi barely count as distance goes. Dan and I lived in Davenport, Iowa after business school. If I ever had a notion to scale our roof in Davenport, I would have seen the mighty Mississippi swirling by less than a half mile away. Technically...
Spanish first, English translation below Hola! Hoy estamos en Santa Fe New Mexico. La primer dia nosotros no hizo mucha pero fue a La Choza para la cena. Pero tiene una espera de una hora y medio. Nosotros tengo mucho hambre entonces compra chips y guacamole. Yo conseguir una burrito de frijoles con queso y avocate. Se fue muy bien. El día siguiente se fue a la...