Day 16 – June 24, 2016 Mileage – 77,157 Yosemite National Park, CA Peaceful morning start with secluded forest campsites, alone (or almost alone) in the heart of woods. As par usual Jenney and Kevin are up before the girls, rousing them with protests from Logan. Several hours span the distance between San Fransisco and […]
Author: Jenney Samuelson
Yosemite Valley, CA (Day 1)
Day 15 – June 23, 2016 Mileage – 77,048 Yosemite National Park, CA – 10 Miles We packed a lot in today. Our goal is to get an early start, first stop the Park Service Reservation Office to see if there is a campsite available in the park for the night. We pull up stakes […]
Sequoia National Park, CA
Day 14 – June 22, 2016 Mileage – 76,884 Sequoia National Park, CA This morning we woke up in shifts on the edge of a meadow to the sound of the birds. Kevin did his short walk around the RV while he and Jenney waited for the girls to wake up. The smell of […]
Across Nevada Headed to Sequoia National Park
Day 13 – June 21, 2016 Mileage – 76,264 Nevada/California Border to Sequoia National Park, CA Today is a travel day with a goal to make it to Sequoia National Park in California. Last night we stayed in a Flying J parking lot with hundreds of long haul trucks and a few RVs. Set up […]
Zion National Park, UT
Day 11 – June 20, 2016 Mileage – 76,264 Outside Zion National Park Distance traveled since we started this journey on June 10 = 2,987 miles. Last night we started off trying to sleep in 100F heat, it finally dropped to the 90s in the middle of the night. We just aren’t used to […]
Bryce Canyon National Park
Day 10 – June 19, 2016 Mileage – 76,127 Outside Bryce Canyon National Park Bryce Canyon, like Rocky Mountain National Park, was more than we had hoped for. Our expectations from our last visit were low, but we (Jenney and Kevin) quickly realized we hadn’t really visited the heart of the park when we were […]
Capitol Reef National Park and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT
Day 9 – June 18, 2016 Mileage – 75,966 Outside Capitol Reef National Park (Kevin and Jenney) Kevin woke up early this morning to catch the sunrise over the canyon, a beautiful sight. Eventually the kids got up. We have been moving at a good pace on our cross-country journey, with a little bit […]
Arches National Park, UT
Day 8 – June 17, 2016 Mileage – 75,741 Near Moab, Utah The sun was bright this morning and we waited for the girls to wake up, with a view of the Colorado River back dropped by red canyons. And we waited and waited. Finally the girls awoke when Kevin couldn’t take it any […]
Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park
Day 7 – June 16, 2016 Mileage – 75,381 Rocky Mountain National Park (Kevin and Jenney) Today we left our campsite full of beautiful views of snow caped Mountains to head to points of interest west. Our objective by nightfall is Arches National Park, Utah. But first we tackled the famous Trail Ridge Road […]
Entering the Rocky Mountains
And the National Park Tour begins in earnest. Inspiring views on the drive into Estes, topped only by those in the Park; jagged snow capped peaks, bubbling streams, rapidly moving rivers, wild flowers, and mountain lakes. We were able to get a campsite at Glacier Basin campground on the southeast side of the park. The […]