San Jose, CA

Time to hit the road! Well, we are ready to head out on our cross country road trip. Boston, here we come with more than a few stops along the way.
Occidental College

A quick peek at Oxy for Casey. It was very pretty, but the surrounding area was a bit sketchy. Seeing Jack Kemp Field was a treat. It is just as amazing as you would think. 😉 (I should have wrappedもっと詳しく
Claremont Colleges

A quick visit to Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, Harvey Mudd and Scripps. No pictures, we drove around for about 20 minutes and didn't get out.
University of California, Riverside

Another quick peek. We drove around UC Riverside at night a few months ago. This time, we got to see it in the daytime. It is a nice campus. Again, we mostly drove around, but we did stop and stroll.もっと詳しく
Palm Desert, CA - End of Day 1

Too dark for pictures, I'll post some in the morning. 479.7 miles traveled today. Phew...
Palm Desert, CA

Good morning, Palm Desert! 91 degrees at 7am. Yikes!
Love's Truck Stop - Buckeye, AZ

Quick refuel stop on the way to The Grand Canyon. Should I have gotten Jenn a new purse?
It's only 106 degrees here. Cool for the area, I am told. 😊
Grand Canyon Village - South Rim

Wow, what a day at The Grand Canyon! First of all, amazing! We arrived at 4pm. The park radio announcements said there would be no parking. We found a spot right out front of the village!
Also, weもっと詳しく
Morning at The Grand Canyon

We are up and ready to go. Some last looks at the canyon and then we are off to Bryce Canyon on our way to Yellowstone.
Miles Traveled Day 2: 466
Total: 945.7
Page, AZ

After 150 miles of driving, it was time for a break. There has nothing around us for the entire drive and all of a sudden, Page is a major metropolis. A stop at Safeway to replenish supplies and thenもっと詳しく
Bryce Canyon

We arrived at Bryce Canyon late in the day. We were weary from travel, but Bryce did not disappoint! In fact, you would think it would be hard to impress us after seeing The Grand Canyon. Nope. Bryceもっと詳しく
Beaver, UT - End of Day 3

We found a place to stay the night. Beaver is the largest city in the county. That isn't saying much. Of the 10 or so food places in town most close at 9pm. We rolled in at 9:06 and were mostly out ofもっと詳しく
Day 4 - Beaver, UT - Let's Get Going!

Day 3 Miles: 373.8
Total Miles: 1,319.5
Well, today the family got to rest a bit. We decided not to make a huge push and get to Yellowstone today. Instead, we decided to sleep late (8am) and have aもっと詳しく
Salt Lake City

Utah is pretty sparse on I15 North until you get within 25 minutes or so of Salt Lake City. Then civilization hits you like a brick!
We ate lunch at a beautiful mall just across the street fromもっと詳しく
Temple Square

Seeing The Salt Lake Temple is always a treat. We may not be LDS, but we can appreciate the site. We took a stroll through the grounds, toured the visitor's center and went into the tabernacle.
Idaho Potato Museum

You know what they say, "You can't go to Idaho without seeing the Potato Museum." Well, we were no exception. We rolled in 40 minutes before closing and it didn't disappoint!
We learned the historyもっと詳しく
Idaho Falls, ID - End of Day 4

We eventually made it to Idaho Falls. It is the largest city in Eastern Idaho with a population of almost 60,000.
We had dinner at The Bees Knees. A grunge like dive bar/restaurant. It was triviaもっと詳しく
Day 5 - Yellowstone, Here We Come!

Day 4 Miles: 424.9
Total Miles: 1,744.4
We are only a couple hours from Yellowstone. We'll power up with some breakfast at La Quinta and head out.
I wasn't impressed with La Quinta. The carpet wasもっと詳しく
Yellowstone - Animal Jam!

We had just entered Yellowstone heading for Old Faithful when we got stuck in a traffic jam. We found out a half hour or so later that it as an animal jam!
A heard of American Bison (Buffalo) wereもっと詳しく
Yellowstone - Geysers Galore!

Yellowstone is know for its geothermal activity and it lived up to the hype! We witnessed a handful of great eruptions. We weren't always fast enough to get a picture, but here are a few good ones.
Yellowstone - Hot Spring Heaven

There are plenty of hot springs and mud pots in Yellowstone. We visited quite a few. 😊
Yellowstone - Old Faithful

We were a little early for Old Faithful, so we hit the gift shop and had some ice cream! Old Faithful didn't disappoint. Yellowstone uses http://geysertimes.org for eruption predictions. Theもっと詳しく
Crossing the Continental Divide

While in Yellowstone, we crossed the continental divide. There is a little lake, Isa Lake, which is more of a pond and straddles the continental divide. Part of the lake feeds into the Pacific and theもっと詳しく
Yellowstone - End of a Great Day

Yellowstone was awesome! We'd like to come back and spend a week. One day. One day... 😊
On the way out, we ate dinner at a little diner. Quinn asked for bacon in his grilled cheese and theもっと詳しく
Cody, WY - End of Day 5

The drive to Cody was in the dark. Man, it gets dark on out there.
Late checkin and straight to bed! One quirk... we stayed at a Super 8, which was fine, except we were on the second floor and itもっと詳しく