National Parks Road Trip

Donna

Trip Report: Petaluma, CA and the Lassen National Forest

While Wendy and I picked the brains of like-minded but much more experienced individuals, the kids had a blast.

Donna

Trip Report: Vineyard RV Park

“What are the chances he’s gonna have diarrhea in the one hour we’re gone?” I replied rhetorically. As it turns out, 100%.

Donna

Trip Report: San Andreas and Folsom Lake

We had listened to the Garmin, which I’m pretty sure was drunk, because it turned a 73-mile trip into a four-hour test of patience.

Donna

Trip Report: Yosemite National Park

What do you get when you cross three hours of frustrating phone calls with five hours of tedious internet searches? Nine days at Yosemite.

Donna

Trip Report: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

Wendy slept horribly the first night, convinced on several occasions that the low grumble rising from the foggy silence was a bear nearby.

Donna

Trip Report: KOA Lake Isabella/Kern River

We bickered, the kids cried, the dogs barked. It was, as Darwin says, “Not nice.”

Donna

Trip Report: Death Valley National Park

There have been a lot of firsts so far on this adventure, but today's firsts made us both need a drink.

Donna

Trip Report: Joshua Tree National Park

Though the journey was only 118 miles, it took us a few hours to get to Black Rock Canyon Campground—our new home for the next four nights.