Adventure for the Long Run

Day 1: June 29, 2019 Here we go again! We are taking off on our epic 6-week journey today! Sean put together an awesome and full itinerary and prepared the Yukon for the journey, Kinsey did her research on each park, and I packed clothes, food, and books (of course!). Barrett relaxed and watched soccer, but I know he’ll really jump in to enjoy the fruits of our labor! Today we left from home in Hermosillo, Mexico and drove to Phoenix , Arizona where we will stay overnight before picking up the RV rental tomorrow morning. Here’s a look at our itinerary for the entire trip— 1.  Joshua Tree National Park 2.  Sequoia National Park 3. Kings Canyon National Park 4.  Yosemite National Park 5. Lassen Volcanic National Park 6. Crater Lake National Park 7. Mt. Rainier National Park 8. Olympic National Park 9. Spokane KOA 10. Glacier National Park 11. Yellowstone National Park 12. Mt. Rushmore National Monument 13. Crazyhorse...

Last summer, we went on an awesome RV trip through Alaska. This summer, we are building on our amazing experience and traveling through the National Parks of the western US, so before I start sharing those adventures I wanted to share some of the highlights of our Alaska trip.  We went the middle two weeks of August and the weather was rainy and cloudy a lot of days, temps in the 40s (mornings) to 60s (afternoon). There were still some very sunlit evenings—until almost 11 pm! I didn’t feel like the tourists were too bad at the places we went. Denali was crowded and we couldn’t get an RV spot right there in the park (we didn’t try to do it ahead of time), but there were plenty of places with availability outside the park. People said August/early Sept is the end of the tourist season so I think we just hit it on the downswing, which was perfect because things were still open, but not overly crowded. We flew from Phoenix into Anchorage and stayed overnight in a hotel before me...