My friends sent me an awesome care package a while back. Some of the items they sent I have saved for when we really needed them. One afternoon in Olympic National Park Wilson refused to nap. Jane was cranky. We had exhausted most of what the park had to offer that was within our abilities. I […]
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Oregon Rail Heritage Center
As most boys do, Wilson loves trains. So when we were in Portland we had to take a (free) trip to the Oregon Rail Heritage Center. It was hot. 101 and radiating off the black asphalt. This is an open air exhibit so that didn’t help much. On cooler Saturdays you can actually take a […]
Monthly Expenses for Full-Time RVing – August 2016
Before our trip, we created a monthly budget for our RV trip, and we planned to share our monthly expenses to see how much it costs to RV around America. We’ve shared our monthly expenses for March and April, May, June, and July. Below are our expenses for August. Let us bring you adventure every […]
Why It’s Important to Take My Kids Hiking
One of my main reasons for bringing my children on our year-long tour of state and national parks is to introduce them to the joys and pains of hiking and backpacking. My family took me on the occasional day hike when I was a child, though I was fourteen when I discovered hiking, more specifically, […]
Our First Roadside Emergency, A Shattered Window
When we were traveling out of South Dakota and into Montana a couple months back, we shattered a window in the Airstream while driving down the highway. Looking in my driver’s side view mirror as I drove, I saw what appeared to be water streaming from the side window of the trailer. In an instant, […]
Reflection on our Adventure at the Half
Last week Katie shared her thoughts on the halfway point. Her post caused me to spend a little time in San Francisco this last weekend reflecting on our first six months of adventure. I realized that this family trip now marks my longest adventure in duration. Thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail took 165 days, or about […]
A Morning Hike to Bumpass Hell, Lassen Volcanic NP
On our last day in Lassen Volcanic National Park, we decided to hike the 3-mile round trip hike to Bumpass Hell, probably the most popular hike in the whole park. The trail follows an easy grade up and over a pass to Bumpass Hell, a large area of geothermal activity, including bubbling mud pots, hissing […]
Hike around Manzanita Lake at Lassen Volcanic National Park, California
While I like to hike up and down mountains with a kid strapped to my back, I also like those hikes where Jane and Wilson can walk most or all of the trail on their own. Our pace with the kids walking is much slower than when we carry them, but slowing down to enjoy […]
Camping and Hiking at Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
Crater Lake was high on my list of the places I most wanted to see on our trip because of its uniqueness. The lake formed when a volcano erupted 7,500 years ago. The volcano walls collapsed inward, leaving a several thousand feet deep crater that slowly filled with rainwater and snowmelt over the millennia. The […]
Exploring Tide Pools, Coves, and Caves along the Oregon Coast
While staying in Coos Bay, Oregon, most of our explorations along the coast were around Shore Acres State Park and Sunset Bay State Park, which are right next to each other. We biked along the top of the cliffs, looking down on crashing waves and feeding Pacific Gray Whales, and we ventured down steep trails […]
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