San Jose, CA
17 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
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
17 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
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 wrappedЧитать далее
Claremont Colleges
17 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
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
17 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 79 °F
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.Читать далее
Palm Desert, CA - End of Day 1
17 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 91 °F
Too dark for pictures, I'll post some in the morning. 479.7 miles traveled today. Phew...
Palm Desert, CA
18 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
Good morning, Palm Desert! 91 degrees at 7am. Yikes!
Love's Truck Stop - Buckeye, AZ
18 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 106 °F
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
18 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 75 °F
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, weЧитать далее
Bill BatesLove this picture of Quinn and the Canyon.he looks like he is meditating. I'm glad you got a room. Stay cool!
Bill BatesThanks! Yeah, we really lucked out on the room. The picture was Q's idea. 😊
Matt FeldonGreat pic! And sounds like huge early trip mojo. Love it. Good sign there!
Morning at The Grand Canyon
19 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
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
19 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 100 °F
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 thenЧитать далее
Bryce Canyon
19 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
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. BryceЧитать далее
Beaver, UT - End of Day 3
19 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 70 °F
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 ofЧитать далее
Day 4 - Beaver, UT - Let's Get Going!
20 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
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 aЧитать далее
Salt Lake City
20 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 91 °F
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 fromЧитать далее
Temple Square
20 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 93 °F
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
20 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌫 88 °F
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 historyЧитать далее
Idaho Falls, ID - End of Day 4
20 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌫 70 °F
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 triviaЧитать далее
Day 5 - Yellowstone, Here We Come!
21 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌫 66 °F
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 wasЧитать далее
Yellowstone - Animal Jam!
21 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
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) wereЧитать далее
Yellowstone - Geysers Galore!
21 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
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
21 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
There are plenty of hot springs and mud pots in Yellowstone. We visited quite a few. 😊
Yellowstone - Old Faithful
21 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
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. TheЧитать далее
Crossing the Continental Divide
21 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
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 theЧитать далее
Yellowstone - End of a Great Day
21 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
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 theЧитать далее
Cody, WY - End of Day 5
21 июня 2017 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
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 itЧитать далее