Mojave National Preserve
Have you visited Mojave National Preserve? Abundant wildflowers, exceptional views, rocks to climb on, evening campfires makes Mojave desert camping one of our favorite things to do.
Europe
When we sold our house and stuff to travel for a year, we went to Europe. It’s the place we know best after the United States. Then we went back and spent another three months exploring the UK and continental Europe. We’ve even made plans for another two months in winter 2019-20. Suffice to say, we love Europe and it’s so easy to travel there.
Since we spend a month at a time in each location, we get the chance to know our destinations pretty well. We’d love to help you plan your trip.
Super Bloom flowers of Death Valley
Super bloom! This spring is a super bloom spring in the Mojave Desert. Just the words “super bloom” brings great joy to my wildflower-loving heart. When the right amount of rain falls at the right time of year, the desert comes alive with flowers. All those seeds that have been waiting for just the right …
{Yosemite} Yosemite Falls, Junior Ranger, & Bridalveil Fall
I took so many photos in Yosemite, and I am having a tough time picking through them, so I’m on to the second day of Yosemite pics. After our walk to the top of Vernal Falls we had appetites for more waterfalls. Yosemite Falls were dry, but the new loop trail that gets you there …
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{Sedona} Couthouse Butte, Bell Rock vortex & lots of eating
For our last full day in Sedona, we wanted to get in another hike, enjoy a massage and, of course, keep on eating. We pretty much ate our way through that place. We started with a walk along the four-mile trail around Courthouse Butte and Bell Rock. Apparently there is another vortex at Bell Rock. …
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{Sedona} Palatki and Doe Mountain
Welcome to Palatki Palatki With our auras read, it was time to hit the trail. We started with a short walk at Palatki Heritage Site. Palatki and its sister site, Honanki were the largest cliff dwellings of the Red Rock country between A.D.1150 – 1300. They were first described by Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes, famous …
{Sedona} eating, red rocks, and aura readings
My airport bed. It took awhile to get to Sedona, Ariz. (via Denver in February), but it was worth the tribulations. After a delayed flight out of Bozeman, a night spent in the Denver airport and no luggage in Phoenix, I made the final shuttle to Sedona. My good friend and college roommate, Jen, was …
17 Reasons To Love Devils Tower
We first visited Devils Tower National Monument in 2011 and fell in love with the big monolith. I knew it would be cool to see, but it was more than just an oddity. It’s a place of spiritual connection for some Native American tribes and has a special feeling. It doesn’t hurt that the whole …
California: Channel Islands National Park
I don’t know what day it was, but the boys and I, along with my dad, Karen and Scott, made a visit to the Channel Islands National Park visitor center at Ventura Harbor. There is a beautiful native garden, tidepool tank, big relief maps of all the islands and an observation tower from which you …
California: swimming, farming and exploring
And the vacation kept going and going… We went swimming at the pool at my mom’s condo. Not so much me since it was FREEZING, but the boys didn’t seem to notice. And we went to Underwood Family Farm, which my mom qualified as half Disneyland, half farm. We played on the equipment, pet animals …
California: Wildwood
On our first full day at my mom’s, we went for a hike in Wildwood Park. My brother and I have memories of an epic water balloon battle in a fort that used to be at the trailhead. I told the boys all about the fort, only to find it was torn down. It was …