Day 31 & 32 - Adam
We drove from South Lake Tahoe to Mammoth Lakes. We checked into our hotel. We drove around to check out the lakes but there was snow everywhere. So we could only see Twin Lakes, not Mary Lake. So we went and rented fishing rods for the next day. Then we had dinner and went swimming in our hotel’s p...
Day 29 & 30 - Adam
This is our story of Lake Yahoe. So we got there ate lunch then drove around Lake Yahoe or Tahoe. We stopped along the way we stopped and ate ice cream. We got back to South Lake Tahoe and went to check in at the Timber Lodge Resort. The hotel is huge and we where at the end of floor 4. After that w...
Day 28 - James
We were going to go to Lassen, but it was closed due to much snow. So we started driving to Reno. About 30 minutes later we noticed signs for Lava Beds National Monument. We didn’t know what it was but we decided to stop. It turns out it is a bunch of lava tube caves that you can explore. We first w...
Day 27 - James
SNOW!!!! We went to Crater Lake and they still had snow. So I played in the snow. The lake was pretty too.
Day 27 - Adam
Today we got to go to breakfast with Aunt Gwen and Uncle Allan. Then we left and drove to Crater Lake. The lake is bluer than blue if that explains it. The lake has the world record for best clarity in the world. It was formed by a volcano that was there before Crater Lake, Mount Mazama was 12000 fe...
Day 26 - James
My daddy’s aunt and uncle live in Roseburg. So we stayed the night with them and visited with them. They live in an odd house. My mom said it is modern style. So we didn’t do much since we were visiting with them. But we did go to the Umpqua River fish ladder. We saw some of the fish climbing the la...
Day 25 - Adam
Today in the Morning we got up early and ate breakfast. Then we went kayaking in the river at Bend. We didn’t get any pictures because my mom was worried about her phone getting wet. This is the first time I have gone kayaking so I was nervous about it. But when we got in the kayak and out in the wa...
Day 24 - James
So we slept in since we were up late. After we got up we left Boise and headed to Bend, Oregon. There isn’t really much going on between these towns. We stopped for lunch at a rest area. There were bees so I didn’t like that. After many long hours later we finally got to Bend. I wanted to stay at th...
Day 23 - Adam
Today we got to go to church with some friends from Santa Clarita that now live in Boise. Then we had lunch with them. After that we went to this park that had paddle boats. We drove the paddle boats around the little lake, I went with my mom in one, and James went with Daddy. Then we went to the tr...
Day 22 - Adam
We drove out of Idaho Falls, and stopped at a nuclear power plant for a tour. I was worried that I was going to be radioactive, but I wasn’t. My Daddy told us all about science, radiation, and uranium. I also got to see my name on a sign. It was Atoms, which is my name. Then we drove to Craters of t...
Day 21 - Adam and James
We got up and started driving to Idaho Falls. It was raining almost the whole way there. James is excited to get to Idaho so he can try a Idaho potato. Once we got there we went to where they had these man made falls off the Snake River. They had a trail that you could take walking around it. We als...
Day 20 - James
In the morning we got up and went to Jenny Lake to take a boat ride across the lake. Then we went hiking to this waterfall. It started raining while we were hiking. But we still finished our hike, then went back to the boat. The boat ride was fun. Then we went and had lunch, and went to String Lake...
Day 20 - Adam
In the morning we got up early to drive to Jenny Lake before the crowds came. When we arrived, there were already a lot of people there. But the boat ride did not open until 10 am, so we had to wait. I hoped that my mom wouldn’t get seasick. When we came out of the dock we started to go faster, but...
Day 19 - James
So today we left Yellowstone and headed to the Grand Teton National Park. It wasn't that far away. So we stopped at Jackson Lake for lunch. Adam and I got to skip stones at the beach there. Then we drove over to our hotel, but our room wasn't ready yet. So we drove the loop roads of the park. There...
Days 16 to 18 - Adam
So the big Yellowstone trip and I got it confused with Yosemite but it was a great trip to Yellowstone. Here is my story about Yellowstone. So we went to the North Entrance and we went to see the geysers because we saw Mammoth Hot Springs the day earlier but we first went to Fountain Geyser Basin. W...
Day 15 - Bryan and James
From Billings to Bozeman, we decided to take the long route through the northeast side of Yellowstone. We drove through Bear-tooth pass which was covered in snow. The snow was piled up on the road sides higher than our car. The top of the pass was called “top of the world”. We entered Yellowstone th...
Day 14 - The story of Little Big Horn by Adam
In the Westward Expansion, who are the good and bad guys is complicated. The U.S. was coming out of the Civil War and wanted to expand Westward for more farm land. So they made a treaty with the Great Plains Native American tribes like the Lakota and Dakota. This treaty limited the Native Americans...
Day 14 - Adam
The day started of us doing schoolwork until we finished or I finished. Then we were driving a lot until we stopped for lunch. Then we got to Little Bighorn Battle Field (in a different blog I will tell you the story) and the Memorial were they had last stand hill where General Custer had his last s...
Day 13 - James
When we got up we went to the gym. Then we ate breakfast. After that we packed up and left and went to Bear Country USA. We saw lots of different animals. My favorites were the mountain lion, Linx, and the bobcat. Then we went to the gift shop, and got rubber band guns. After that we went to Devils...
Day 13 - Adam
We got up, packed our stuff in the car, and left. Then we drove to Bear Country, USA. It is this drive thru wildlife park. I thought we were going to get killed by the bears. But the bears and other animals didn’t seem to care about us. So we drove thru and we saw all sorts of animals — bears, elk,...
Day 12 - James
Today we went to Mount Rushmore. There was this giant snow pile there. We first went on this trail that had special viewpoints for the 4 presidents. After we finished the trail we went back to the snow pile and got to play in it. There was not any other snow anywhere. Only snow in this big snow pile...
Day 12 - Adam
Today we got up and were excited to see Mt. Rushmore. We started driving to Rushmore and there was a good view point on a hill when we went through a tunnel. When we got to Rushmore we got to the visitors center and got our stamps on our passports. Then we walk through all of the state flags and eac...
Day 11 - James
In the beginning of the day we were planning on going to Mount Rushmore, but it was raining really hard and foggy. So we went to Badlands National Park instead. There were 8 hikes you could do, but we only did 1 because of the rain. We also saw lots of animals. We saw a buffalo, big horn sheep, and...
Day 11 - Adam
Today in the morning it was pouring and the rain didn’t stop. But we went to Badlands National Park and saw lots of Bison and Pronghorn. We stayed in the car for most of it but we sometimes got out in the rain and saw Mars uh I mean the Badlands. They should also name it the Good lands not the Badla...
Day 10 - Adam
Today we got up early and went to Wind Cave National Park, and got tickets for a tour. When we went in the cave it was a little dark and it made my mom feel sick and panicked even though she has been in caves before with no problem. We went thru the cave, and we saw box work, popcorn, and Frost work...
Day 9 - Adam and James
Me (Adam) and daddy went on a sunrise hike of Sprauge Lake. We saw lots of deer out early in the morning. After we got back we loaded up the car and headed to Cheyenne. We stopped there for lunch, and walked around the downtown area. They had a lot of painted boots everywhere. They reminded me of th...
Day 8 - Adam and James
We got up and went to Rocky Mountain National Park. We got to see some big horn sheep eating in the grass by a small lake. There was a ranger doing a talk about the sheep, so we listened to that. Then we went to Hidden Valley, and we got to play in the snow. We had some snowball fights, and we built...
Day 7 - Adam and James
After breakfast we walked around the Colorado Hotel. Teddy Roosevelt visited it for 3 weeks, which made it the White House for 3 weeks. It had a bunch of old decorations and furniture in it. Then we started driving. We stopped in Vail for a few hours, and got to play in the snow. It was awesome. Ada...
Day 6 - James
Cats are awesome. So when we went to the national park it was sunny, but their was a little bit of snow on the ground. The park ranger told me that it might snow again later that day. We went on a hike while it was sunny. While we where making lunch it started to hail on us. So we ate in the car. Th...
Day 6 - Adam
Today we got up then left, after we ate breakfast. Then we went to Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP. There we went on our first hike on the Warner Point Trail. There we got to see the Metamorphic Rocks on the Black Canyon. Then we stopped to make lunch on a picnic table, but it started to rain and a...
Day 5 - James
Today we went to Grand Junction. We went to the science center there. My favorite part was getting zapped by the static machine. I also liked this chair that would speed up or slow down if you put your arms out or in. I fell off the chair once when I went to fast. After that we went to our hotel.
Day 5 - Adam
We got up and started to Grand Junction. We then went to a Science Center there. We did all kinds of stuff like puzzles and magnets, making dams, flying a space shuttle simulator, look at rocks, and electricity. It was super fun there, and we stayed there for a few hours and then went to Montrose by...
Day 4 - James
Today we went to Canyonlands National Park. We first got our junior ranger books. Then we went on a hike at Whale Rock. Then we did this viewpoint at Upheaval Dome. I went to the 2nd viewpoint with my daddy. It was very steep, but I didn’t fall off. While we went back me and daddy found a tiny arch....
Day 4 - Adam
In the morning we got up and got ready for Canyonlands National Park. It was farther away than Arches. The Canyonlands was a lot of Canyons and there were Canyons below Canyons. The first hike we went on was Whale Rock which was 1 mile round trip. It was a little steep on the top but other than that...
Day 3 - James
Kittens are awesome. Cats are awesome. We went on many different hikes at Arches National Park. My favorite hike was to the Sand Dune Arch. It was sandy, and a short path. We also completed the junior ranger program. So I got a badge from the rangers. The Delicate Arch was our longest hike. When we...
Day 3 - Adam
Day 3 of our trip was great. In the morning we got ready and went straight to Arches National Park. First we went to the visitors center and got our stamps in our national park passports and got stickers in it to. We also found out what you have to do to be a junior ranger. They said you have to fil...
Day 2 - James
We got up, ate breakfast, and started driving. As we were driving we had Spanish lessons, which I did not want to do. We learned a couple words, and then I had to do car work. We stopped at Cove Fort, and we got these cool tiny toys. And when you are not using them you can wear them as a necklace. I...
Day 2 - Adam
In the morning we got up for day two. So we got driving in the morning and, we start Spanish lessons in the car. We learned eating, drinking, running, and reading. Also boy, man, women ,and girl. On the way to Moab we stopped at Cove Fort and got a tour of it. It was a settlement for travelers. They...
Day 1 - James
I like cats and when we left I had to do car work (school work). I had giant blizzard at Iceberg drive thru in Utah. I saw a awesome corvette there. My daddy thought us a math lesson. I got to learn 5 grade math with negative numbers. I got all of the questions correct.
Day 1 - Adam
This is going to be my best trip ever, I hope. And it has been so far. In the morning we packed the final things and then we left. We had to do school work in the first part of driving for a hour. Then we finally got to do what we wanted. We stopped at my grandma’s house, then ate lunch there. All I...