Tag: California
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Week #27 ~ Recap
1,543 miles driven, 1,314 miles flown, 10 states driven through, 3 hotels, 1 New Years Eve visit with a dear friend in Kansas City on the way to 1 family wedding in Wichita, 3 of Marla’s 5 siblings, 2 flights, 1 major surgery for a family member, 3 days of extra quality time with 1…
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Tree hugging and old friends
Redwoods are enormous–there’s no denying that. The Giant Sequoia is the biggest by volume, but the Redwood is the world’s tallest tree by height. The Redwood National Parks are managed by both the National Park Service and California State Parks. Marla and I ventured into a grove off of Howland Hill Road in Jedidiah Smith…
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Week #2 – Recap
Week 2 was full of….California. 796 Total miles, 1 National Park, 1 National Forest, 1 HipCamp campsite one massive state. We are approximately $650 under budget this week. California…..we drove for what seemed a very long time and still only drove through about ½ of the state. We spent three nights in Yosemite, which is it’s…
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Big waterfalls, big trees, big rocks
Day 10 – 13: Yosemite National Park The scale of nature in Yosemite National Park is simply off the charts. Everything seems huge: giant rocks formed by glaciers, massive waterfalls that pour over them, and 300 foot giant sequoias that climb high into the sky. We spent 3 days in Yosemite National Park. One full…
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Wherever is Your Heart, I Call Home
“Wherever is your heart, I call home… Though your feet may take you far from me, I know… Wherever is your heart, I call home.” — Brandi Carlisle, “Wherever is your heart, I call home” Funny how when you move all your stuff out of your home, it becomes just a house. You don’t lose…