Day 21 & 22 – June 29 & 30, 2016 Mileage June 29th – 78,316 Portland, Oregon/ Olympic National Park As we started our trek to the Olympic National Park we gave thanks to the warm and open hearts of Gary and Kate who welcomed us to their home and offer us a safe place […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]