Staring at maps became my hobby while planning this journey. On the cover of my road atlas was a picture of Angels Landing that I looked at daily. I had been obsessed with hiking it for awhile and it is partly responsible for me embarking on a long US road Read more…
There are those moments when flipping through photos that you see a place and just have to see it in person. One of those places for me were the Antelope slot canyons near Page, Arizona. Upper and Lower Antelope Canyon are located within the Navajo Nation (the largest land area Read more…
After a day spent at the Barstow / Calico KOA in the Mojave Desert, I was officially sick of the heat and decided it was time to take a break from Wolfie. I made the logical decision to head to the hottest place on Earth, Las Vegas, and they were Read more…
I made the tough decision that I no longer wanted to constantly monitor wildfires and deal with smoke-filled skies and poor air quality. This was the only time on my trip that I made a change to the itinerary. I was going to stick to the central valley of California Read more…
I was officially surrounded by wild fires and now that I was back in cellphone coverage I was constantly looking at wildfire maps and thinking about fires and smoke every day. The Dixie fire was closing in on Lassen Volcanic National Park however they were still open and I knew Read more…
While shopping at REI in preparation for the trip I told the employee that was helping me that I was going to Crater Lake and she said she got goosebumps just thinking about that place. It was also a stop on the trip that I was really looking forward to. Read more…
Before jumping into the beauty along the Oregon and Washington border, I should first cover how I got there. I left a wonderful stay at Glacier National Park to travel through mountain passes and spectacular countryside with a stop in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. I enjoyed walking around town, climbing Tubbs Read more…
Perhaps it is too soon to declare a favorite, however I feel confident enough that this statement will remain true, “Glacier National Park is my favorite”, of the parks that I have visited. It is partly because I love the mountains and it is also due to how I felt Read more…
Left the Devils Tower KOA and it was on to the Paradise Valley KOA in Montana. I was so excited to head into the mountains and was excited to see the snow capped mountains along the drive. It was my longest day of driving/towing so I was grateful for a Read more…
One of the last remaining states that I had never visited was North Dakota. As I couldn’t work it into the route with Wolfie, I opted for an overnight trip up to Theodore Roosevelt National Park while I was staying in Devils Tower. I drove up the eastern edge of Read more…
I was so excited to have family join me on the adventure and really excited to explore the sites of South Dakota across the Black Hills and the Badlands. Step one was getting there. Towing a travel trailer is a slow endeavor so I left Lincoln a day ahead of Read more…
I spent so many months planning and thinking about the trip and I was now at a stretch of days that I wasn’t looking forward to. I had just spent a wonderful long stretch in Upper Peninsula Michigan and now needed to hitch up and travel almost 900 miles over Read more…