For our second day in Yosemite National Park, we opted for one of the most popular full-day hikes: Four Mile Trail. The trail is oddly named, as a full round-trip hike will clock in at around 10 miles (10.12, according…
A canyon of kings; a trainwreck of an election
We spent the day at Kings Canyon National Park, which is awesome. But I’m not going to write a full recap, because we just spent the whole night unable to tear ourselves away from the US election coverage (yikes, America!).…
Sequoia, oh boya!
We were back in Sequoia National Park today for another dose of absurdly large trees. The smog we saw yesterday was mostly gone today, so it was nice to see the trees and other sights against a backdrop of mountains and sky instead of…
Death Valley is hot
Today we drove from our little inn on the Nevada/California border to Death Valley National Park. We encountered nothing but empty desert on the 35 minute drive to the park, which was unfortunate because we were hoping to top off our…
Bye, Flagstaff—it’s been fun!
Tonight is our last night in Flagstaff, Arizona. The area around Flagstaff has been one of the more varied and interesting stops on our tour of America. We’ve ventured underground into a dark lava tube cave, explored prairies littered with…
We’re in Flagstaff, Arizona
Just arrived in Flagstaff, AZ after a long day of driving (we detoured to see the north rim of the Grand Canyon on the way). It’s late, so no time for a real update tonight, but we’ll post something tomorrow!
Monument Valley: I obsess over admission fees
After thunderstorms and rain all last night, this morning we woke up to a beautiful day in Page, Arizona. For today’s activity, we debated between Antelope Canyon and Monument Valley. After some Googling, we found that visitors to Antelope Canyon are…
Roadtrip stats!
We’ve been on the road for just over a month now, so I thought it’d be interesting to take a look at some numbers we’ve collected. When we set out, we didn’t have any real goals, other than to see…
Hoodoo? We do!
Today we drove through Utah from Green River to Panguitch, headed for a hotel located about 15 minutes outside of Bryce Canyon National Park. We opted for the longer scenic route that took us down Route 12, and also planned a short detour to visit Goblin…
So many arches!
Short post tonight because I’m exhausted, but I wanted to at least get some photos up. Today we hiked the Devil’s Garden primitive trail loop at Arches National Park. The trail is roughly 7-8 miles, offers excellent views of eight different arches,…