Journey of a Lifetime
We woke up just outside Santa Fe to a pleasant chill in the air, we thought we wouldn’t have any cool weather on our trip but we got lucky. We slept in our car again and it was a good night’s sleep. Once we got ready for the day we got back on the road … Read more
Sunday in Page, AZ We had a decent night’s sleep in our Prius but it still was a little uncomfortable due to the heat. We had our fans going that lasted until around 3 am and it was around then that we realized the Walmart in Page was not a 24 hour so we couldn’t … Read more
Driving to Grand Canyon National Park Thursday the 23rd we woke up in St. George and got ready for the drive to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The drive took about 3 hours and we went from 2500 feet elevation to nearly over 8,000. We were definitely feeling the difference in altitude. We … Read more
If you have been reading along, all the previous days to this post have been preparation adventures. We have now officially said goodbyes to several friends and family for the summer and have packed everything into our Prius. It took nearly 2 full days to pack and clean our bedroom and pack the car. After … Read more
May 26th- 31st, 2016 This trip was planned because of the shortened Summer trip due to the Orange County School of Art’s first day of school starting back up a week earlier than anticipated. However, we recently found out that the first day of school was pushed back to when we had intended and so … Read more
May 21, 2016 We accomplished the old Famous Boy Scout Hike up to the top of Baden Powell. This hike consisted of more switchbacks than any other hike Skylar has ever done. The top is about 2/3 mile straight up but you have to hike roughly 4.5 miles of switchbacks to get there. On this … Read more
This weekend we skipped going hiking due to a ward fundraiser that involved breakfast burritos and a 22 mile bike ride in Aliso Woods. This biking course consisted of doing all the climbs possible in Aliso woods which were 6 trails. I asked dad if he wanted to join me on this expedition and he … Read more
April 30, 2016 Time to embrace the Saddleback hike up Holy Jim Trail. I had been dreading this hike for a long time. Last year we hiked up the Joplin trail to the top of Modjeska Peak which is the back hump of the saddle or the second tallest peak of the San Gabriel Mountains, … Read more
April 23, 2016 Los Pinos was the hike chosen to do this day in preparation of the Grand Canyon hike. We had already done this exact same hike last year up in Trabuco Canyon but we had parked about a half mile away before the trail head and this time we got a parking spot … Read more
March 30th, 2016 We decided to buy Six Flags Season Passes so that we could visit some of the other Six Flags theme parks while traveling across the nation. This was our first visit this year and we got Mom and Hannah to come with us. Hannah’s friend was supposed to come but backed out … Read more