We just finished another breathtaking day! Just when we thought we had seen all the best national parks that America has to offer, we found another gem. A little park named Yosemite. 🙂
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…
Walking among the ancient giants of Sequoia National Park
Today we ventured into Sequoia National Park to pay homage to the great kings of the forest. Not lions or tigers or bears (thank goodness)…but the ancient trees that give the park its name. Billy and I visited the California…
A (very) dry drive through California
Hello from ultra-crispy California! Today was a travel day from the Death Valley area to a hotel convenient to Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park. We are looking forward to the extra hour tonight to catch up on…
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…
Sedona, Arizona: land of enchantment (and lots of crowds)
Today we ventured to Sedona, a vibrant town that blends perfectly with its brilliantly colored natural surroundings. The 50-minute drive from Flagstaff took us through pine forests, colorful canyonland, and mountain roads with lots of hairpin turns. Once we started seeing bunches of cacti…
Bryce is nice…very nice…
What’s orange, peach, and pink and gorgeous all over? Bryce Canyon—today’s We Do America destination! We both visited this park as an extension to a Park City ski trip many years ago. Then, the sherbert-colored hoodoos were frosted with pure white…
Where’s the reef?
Utah has many faces. So far, we’ve seen the spires and intricate fractal elegance of the Canyonlands, the graceful shapes and mysterious fins of Arches, plus the sweeping deserts and red rocks of Moab.