This will be a short post because I just finished sorting through about a thousand photos of hummingbirds (!), and now it’s late. Today we hung out at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson. Lori came across it online yesterday, and it…
Plenty of planes and a Titan II, too!
And now for something completely different…at least as far as our cross-country trip is concerned. Instead of taking in mountains, streams, forests, deserts, and canyons, today we took in planes, helicopters, and nuclear warheads! It turns out that Tucson area is…
Birds & bees of Saguaro National Park
We spent our first day in Tucson, Arizona, touring the eastern half of Saguaro National Park. This is easily the strangest national park we’ve visited so far. It’s essentially just miles and miles of saguaro cacti (and the various critters that live…
Prickly teddy bears!
Today we began our drive back east! We left Twentynine Palms, California and drove six hours to Tuscon, Arizona where we will be spending a few days checking out the cool things around the area. We are both looking forward…
The unique charm of Joshua Tree National Park
Tucked into the southeastern corner of California is Joshua Tree National Park, our adventure destination for today. The park gives visitors a chance to experience two unique deserts: the Mojave and the Colorado. Each has its own unique plants and…
Yosemite is paradise on earth
Today is Day 51 of our cross-country adventure. It’s crazy to think that we left New York more than seven weeks ago! We have a new president and everything (ugh). We’ve managed to keep expenses to about $118 a day and…
Yosemite, day 2
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…
The grandeur of Yosemite National Park
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…