like our previous two weeks in newport, washington, our time in quincy was pretty low key and chill. we took this little four week detour to give southern utah a bit of time to cool off before we make our way down. and the two campgrounds were in our thousand trail network, making them free […]
roadschool
glacier national park. week 1.
friend hikes and the best junior ranger program ever.
after our weekend of exploring glacier by car and boat, i was very excited to do some hiking. but, a lot of the hikes were too long to do with the kids. and the ones that weren’t, we wanted to save for the weekend to do with derek. also, we had moved the camper 4 […]
grand tetons.
mormon row, death canyon, string lake 2.0
welcome to part two of my grand teton adventures blog. i’m going to cram in a lot, so get ready. without further ado… we kicked off our tuesday (at 1:30pm) with a trip to mormon row. it’s a little abandoned settlement that sits on the national park property and has some old barns that make […]
yellowstone.
canyons and the rest.
let’s see. when i left off, we were still at yellowstone, having completed an epic day at grand prismatic and old faithful. the rest of our time there was a little more laid back and/or disappointing, so i’m cramming it all into this post. (and as for the long blog break, we were without good […]
yellowstone.
old faithful and grand prismatic.
picture the scene. the fourth of july. at one of the busiest national parks in america. we prepared ourselves for a frustrating day. but we also took preventative measures to be as successful as possible. so, we planned to get up at the crack of dawn, drag the kids out of bed, maybe change them […]
yellowstone.
junior rangers and artist paint pots.
on our second full day at yellowstone, we took it pretty easy. derek had to work, so it was just me and the three kiddos, so we decided to hit the junior ranger station closest to our entrance and then stroll around the artist paint pots boardwalk and take in some geothermal activity. the junior […]
yellowstone.
upper loop drive and mammoth hotsprings.
our trip from salt lake city-ish to west yellowstone was a long one, at around 5 hours and 40 minutes. we usually like to stick to about 2-4 hours. add in packing up, bathroom, gas and food breaks, registering at the campground and setting up, and we had a long and not fun day. i […]
middle-of-nowhere, utah.
after our dinosaur national monument weekend, we headed down the road a bit to a campground just outside duchesne, utah. there was very little to do in the area. we took it as an opportunity to lay low, regroup, and get back into a bit of a routine. once we were settled in, we got […]
dinosaur national monument
on saturday, we rolled into our 22nd state, leaving colorado and entering utah. we camped at dinosaur national monument, which spans both states. after we settled in to our campsite (which wasn’t hard, because we didn’t have any hookups – sewer, electric, or water. which means we basically just parked), we headed over to the […]
rifle, colorado.
our final week in colorado was spent at rifle gap state park, just a bit north of rifle. aside from our trip to hanging rock and aspen on our first day, we didn’t do much, besides recover from several weeks of friends, family and constant adventure. first things first, we settled back into some routine. […]