I never got to post pictures of Zion National park so here are a few. One afternoon I got to do a hike by myself to Angels landing. I probably should have looked up more about the hike. I saw a sign that said there had been 13 deaths from…
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Katie van der Hoeven
Well, we made it to Utah and have been dispersed camping outside Zion National Park. We drove through our first day to get a feel for the place and it was beautiful! It's a gorgeous drive and the red rocks, and mountains are beautiful. I'm so…
We stayed around an extra day to pick up some mail in Clovis but unfortunately, our water filters got delayed and we had to cancel the order and travel to our next destination. Lake Isabella. We haven't explored much yet but it's the first time in…
We drove downhill through the mountains via small curvy roads before going back up more curvy and narrow roads up the mountain to Shaver Lake. The Shaver Lake community experienced a big fire last year and we passed through many burned areas, but the fire fighters obviously worked hard to…
We headed a couple hours south to Yosemite National Park. We found a place to dry camp for free, just 5 minutes outside of the park. It was reassuring to see others doing the same. We had a three day pass to explore. We saw the highlights in the valley,…
We've had to keep an eye on the fires of California making our way down to South Lake Tahoe. Fortunately, the Caldor fire got under control a week or so before we made our way down. This destination I was very much looking forward to because we would…
We made our way into California last week. We tried dispersed camping outside of Jedidiah Smith State Park. That did not go well. There's a difference between State parks, National Parks, and the National Forest and we got ticketed for being in the National Forest (which is normally…
We kind of breezed through Oregon but I don't want it to miss its post. Clara learned how to do the Strider bike. We upgraded Pierce's bike right before we left in June and I told Luke Clara would figure out the strider by September. She…