Day 34 – July 12, 2016 Mileage – 80,829 Hiked – 0.0 Rapid City, SD It’s only an hour to the Badlands, so Jenney and Kevin decide to let the girls sleep in. Work is commenced on catching up on blogs and cleaning up a bit in the RV. Kevin checks out the dump station […]
Day 33 – July 11, 2016 Mileage – 80,713 Hiked – 1.0 miles Comanche Park Campground, outside Custer, South Dakota As recommended we arrive at Jewel Cave before 8am. Though the visitor’s center doesn’t open for another 15 minutes there is already a significant line. Armed with hope Kevin and Teryn head to get tickets […]
Day 32 – July 10, 2016 Mileage – 80,532 Hiked – 1.0 Casper, WY It has been a while since we boondocked at a Walmart and grocery provisions were running low. So the first order of the day was to resupply. Once again, a free camping location in a Walmart parking lot parted us with […]
Day 31 – July 9, 2016 Mileage – 80,130 Hiked – 10.71 miles Outside Teton National Park, WY The ranger yesterday promised us that the Jenny Lake parking lot fills up by 9am, so we jump out of bed early. We are there by 8am having successfully spied wildlife on the way. The park seems […]
Day 30 – July 8, 2016 Mileage – 80,005 Hiked – 8.5 miles Day two in Yellowstone we target at exploring the geyser basin and getting in a good hike between Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. Having been advised by many people that the geysers are beautiful and less crowded in the early morning we […]
We pause here to give special thanks to Sally and Dodger Newhall for opening up their hearts and home to us over the holiday weekend. Glad that Andrew convinced Jenney to slow down a bit, we had one of the best 4th of July’s ever. Flathead Lake is a special place, one obviously loved by […]
Day 20 – June 28, 2016 Mileage – 77,956 Crescent City, California (Teryn) We started the morning at a parking lot of a Walmart. Jenney made pancakes for breakfast. They were delicious. It’s good to have a homemade breakfast once in a while. After breakfast we headed on the road. Logan and Teryn didn’t know where […]
Day 19 – June 27, 2016 Mileage – 77,727 MacKerricher State Park, California This morning we set an alarm from 6:30 am to head out to see the harbor seals. Logan’s not so sure she wants to get up. After some cajoling she decides to join the rest of us. The harbor seal rookery is […]
Day 18 – June 26, 2016 Mileage – 77,506 (4,229 miles travel so far!) Dillon Beach, CA We wake thick, thick, grey fog. The world simply feels overcast; grey predominates and sucks the color out of everything. Today we back track a little bit, along the coast. In land it clears into bluebird skies […]
Day 17 – June 25, 2016 Mileage – 77,447 (minus the distance back to Candlestick) San Francisco, CA We are excited to start our urban exploration today, but first order of business is to scrub 2 weeks of grime off of people and home. We have electric and water hook up and onsite laundry, […]