Day 3 - Moving Day to Big Timber We experienced our chilliest morning yet when we awoke Wednesday, following rain that dropped temperatures in the middle of the night. For the first time, I started my workout outdoors wearing a sweatshirt! We pulled out shortly after 7am since this day was a moving day, traveling …
Grandparent Yellowstone Trip 2025, Day 3 – Mount Rushmore
We awoke in Ogallala on day 3, enjoyed coffee, exercised in cooler weather, and heated breakfast prepped items before leaving before 8 again. The kids and I did another day of school work during the morning hours as we drove, and we stopped at a gas station at noon, grabbing Subway for our lunch. We …
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Grandparent Yellowstone Trip of 2025, Intro, Prep and Days 1-2
What a treat it is to title a trip with that name! We are thrilled to take this summer’s adventure with Nick’s parents and my mom joining us! When Nick was going into the eight grade, his grandparents, Ma and Pa, took his entire family on a trip that centered around Yellowstone National Park. Although …
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2024 RV Vacation to California Day 10 – Kings Canyon National Park- Grant Grove and Cedar Grove regions
This was the day for Kings Canyon National Park! Although we could have taken the same path as yesterday for the first portion, we chose a different route, which sadly still required the use of multiple vomit bags by the same child. It took us almost two hours to get to our first stop on …
2024 RV Vacation to California Day 9 – Sequoia National Park – Giant Forest Region
Although our RV park was only 8 miles from the entrance to Sequoia National Park, it took about an hour of driving to get to our first stop. I knew the road would be windy, but no idea how intense it would be. Thankfully, this product proved to be useful for these two days at …
2024 RV Vacation to California Day 8 – Moving Day to Sequoia RV Ranch
We spent our eighth day as a moving day from Yosemite down to the edge of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park. We knew the road out of our RV park would be challenging so we started with me driving the car to make the trip easier on the RV. I drove the first few …
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2024 RV California Vacation Day 7 – our third day in Yosemite National Park – John Muir trail to Vernal Falls
This day was the coolest one yet in regards to temperatures, and I’m so glad it was because it’s the day I think we accomplished one of the most challenging feats. I’d read on one blog and learned from a friend that this trail was not for the faint of heart. It’s STEEP and pretty …
2024 RV California Vacation Day 6 – our second day in Yosemite – Bridalveil Falls, Glacier Point, Tunnel View, Meadow Boardwalks, El Capitan Picnic area and West Valley Loop Trail
We started today even earlier than we did the previous day, leaving for the park by 7am. Although it’s recommended to be at Glacier Point by sunrise, I just didn’t see us making it that early after the tiring day we had yesterday. It turned out that we were still early enough to find parking …
2024 RV California Vacation Day 5 – Our first day in Yosemite National park – Biking the Valley Loop & Hiking Mirror Lake and Lower Yosemite Falls
Wow, what a day! Let’s see how many of our adventures I can remember. We experienced multiple failed plans where we needed to shift and adjust (I only felt like crying once), but managed to cover about 15 miles of biking and hiking in this one day! The resounding tip I read from other blogs …
2024 RV California Vacation Day 4 – Moving day to Yosemite Lakes
Day 4 - Moving Day to Thousand Trails Yosemite Lakes Today was quite the adventure when it came to driving. We opted for the quickest route to our RV park, located about 7 miles outside of the entrance into Yosemite National Park. This meant we took several smaller highways and even private roads with little …
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