WARNING. this post contains one zillion pictures of redwood trees, the ocean, and lidkids. as we normally do at any national park, we first stopped at the visitor center to get junior ranger books, advice and the lay of the land. redwood national and state parks is different from most national parks because, as the […]
junior ranger
lassen volcanic national park.
sooooooooooo…. from lake tahoe, via reno, we moved onto lassen volcanic national park. i really had absolutely no idea what to expect from a volcano themed national park. our campsite was on manzanita lake, in the northwest corner of the park and basically had zero cell signal, which meant it was going to be a […]
point reyes national seashore adventures.
while we were in manteca, california, the high temps were creeping up to 105° and maybe higher. it was hott. then, we hopped in the camper and car and drove towards the coast. and when we settled into our cute little shady campsite among the redwoods, just two hours away, at samuel p. taylor state […]
san francisco. day two.sea lions, aquarium, alcatraz.
after an excellent-ish night’s rest in our hotel beds (girls in one bed, boys in the other), derek and isaac went to partake in the complimentary breakfast buffet for two, while anna and hazel and i had oatmeal and yogurt and boiled eggs, respectively, to fuel up for our day of adventure. then, before anything […]
san francisco. day one.fort point, academy of science, lombard st.
after yosemite, we had two days to regroup and get ready to head to san francisco for a three day, two night stay at a HOTEL!! we got up super early on sunday (last sunday, i’m almost caught up with blogging!!), and heading into the bay area. after we picked up our city pass, we […]
yosemite. part one.
ok. so. yosemite. “the crown jewel of the national park service”. we were both excited to see it and a little bit dreading the crowds. our campground was about an hour out of the valley and had no cell signal, so derek took the first week off entirely to explore and adventure and we would […]
sequoia national park.foggy general sherman.
with derek’s big test in the rear view mirror, we were pretty excited for the next leg of our trip, a few weeks in sequoia, kings canyon and yosemite. first up, a week in sequoia national forest, sort of in between sequoia and kings canyon, which are two separate parks, but the park service runs […]
manzanar and cesar chavez field trips.
when we moved from death valley to lone pine, and started researching things to do in the area, both derek and i were pretty excited about checking out manzanar national historical site. but then we were planning to leave early, so we had to cram it in on the afternoon before we left, after derek […]
death valley days.
we had high hopes for death valley. the drive in was pretty intense. you have to go over two mountain ranges, which is tough on derek driving this billion ton rv. the road and scenery was exactly how you would imagine they would be in a place called death valley. once we met back up […]
tent camping on santa cruz island.part 2.
welcome to part two of the adventures of anna and sarah on santa cruz island. you can read about part one, here. anna and i had a pretty good night, you know, considering we were sleeping on a mat that took 12 breaths to blow up. it wasn’t too cold, which was my biggest worry […]
