Traveling with Troy and Teal

After the Tetons, we stayed near Salt Lake City and drove through the desert to Great Basin National Park in Nevada.  This is a smaller one and didn't seem to be too busy.  The tickets to see the cave were sold out, so we found a hike to

On Monday, we arrived to West Yellowstone in the afternoon.  I knew there would be lots of wildlife, so I guessed that we would see an animal within ten minutes of entering the park.  Exactly ten minutes later, we came across some bison in a meadow.  On our way to

Yosemite has so much to do that we took a whole day to explore it and could have  spent at least one more day there.  From our campsite, we drove into the valley and started at the visitors center info desk.  The volunteer suggested a shorter hike that took us

I was writing the last post on shaky Mcdonalds wifi, so I was having a hard time uploading the pictures.  Now we're just outside Yosemite.  We had originally planned to go to Yosemite right after King's Canyon, but they require reservations because of COVID so we

Like you might guess, we didn't hike very much in Death Valley.  On our way to the visitors center towards the middle of the park, we stopped at Zabriskie Point for a cool lookout.  The tan mountains were a texture and shape that made them look soft.  From

The dealership was very busy and didn't fix the van for a few days, so we had a break a hotel for a few nights.  On Friday, they finally finished and gave us a ride to the dealership.  From there, White Sands National Park was only about 10

My last post was as I was leaving Florida after visiting Everglades, Dry Tortugas, and Biscayne.  A lot has happened since then. After staying in northern Florida for the night, we drove over to Meridian, Mississippi to visit Duane and Elaine (my uncle and aunt).  It was nice to see

On Monday, May 24th, we got up early to ride the ferry to Dry Tortugas National Park. Like Isle Royale up in the UP, the only way to get there is ferry or seaplane. This park is much different than Isle Royale though.  After the 2.5 hour ride, we

On Sunday, we drove a few hours down Everglades National Park.  It's quite large, and has only one road that leads through the park with several stops along the way.  The first stop had a path along a river that turned into a boardwalk.  Within the first 100

We left off Sunday morning right before heading into Acadia National Park in Maine.  First, I drove up Cadillac Mountain to get an amazing view of the park and surrounding area. After that, we continued on a looping drive through the park, stopping for lunch on the rocks by the

I will be traveling with Teal to all of the parks.  For those of you who haven't met her, here's a picture. I was waiting for a last minute package to arrive, and then we started the trip around noon.  The first park on the list

After I got downstate from college, the van prep started. First, I took out the back and middle rows of seats.  The middle seats normally would fold into the floor, so that leaves me plenty of storage space. I built the frame out of 2x4's and one 3ft