We started today by heading to Pinnacles National Park, which is one of the few California NPS sites we were missing.  As with the first time we attempted to visit, the weather was forecast to be in the upper 90s and sunny.  Unlike last time, we stuck to our plans and went anyway. We got... Continue Reading →

And, we're back to posting.  We got distracted by a busy summer and will try to get caught up.  Picking up where we left off starts with us spending a day in jail.  So, we spent a day in jail..  No, really, we did.  Andrew worked from the hotel before we headed to Alcatraz Island. ... Continue Reading →

Despite most of our trips being to wilderness or less inhabited areas, we do have the occasional city trips.  In this case, the itinerary called for three days in San Francisco to visit a few more national park sites and give Andrew a base for a few days of remote work. We started off with... Continue Reading →

As with every trip, plans we laid out months ago don't always make sense in the moment. Flexibility and willingness to change plans on the fly are both key in our ongoing travel success.  The next leg of our trip was supposed to have us spending the night in Eastern Colorado, followed by the Denver... Continue Reading →

It was now time to work on our  project of visiting all ~430 National Park Service  sites. We passed the halfway point earlier this year but still have plenty remaining. Despite our many cross-country road trips, there are a handful of parks that were just a little too far off our route to make it... Continue Reading →