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Joshua Tree National Park, CA
I made it to the desert and unlocked a new fear: rattlesnakes. Luckily, I didn’t see any in my 2 hours at Joshua Tree National Park yesterday morning. I only did one quick hike to get a sense of the landscape and then drove through the park. There is a lot of sand and rocks…
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Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, CA
Driving through the Pacific Northwest and California has been really cool. I’m driving along for hours, minding my own business, when all of a sudden, I turn a corner and there’s a huge mountain or mountain range in front of me. It’s a pretty awesome surprise. Sometimes, the mountains stay with me for the rest…
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Sacramento, CA
When I arrived in Sacramento, I realized that even though it’s been fun to explore new cities and national parks, I was craving a normal weekend. I ended up having a perfect restful weekend with family. I stayed with my cousin Glendita, her husband, Nathan, and her son, Jason. Though I barely saw Jason since…
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Crater Lake National Park, OR
Today I drove to Crater Lake National Park. It’s just 2.5 hours from Bend, so I had the afternoon to hike. You don’t need to hike to see the lake, though. Honestly, the view of the lake from the visitor center was better than the view from Garfield Peak, the top of the mountain I…
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Bend, OR
The next stop on my road trip was Bend, Oregon. I drove from Portland on Tuesday. Dawn had told me that Angeline’s Bakery in Sisters, which is right outside of Bend, has amazing bagels. I stopped there on my way in and had an egg sandwich, which was delicious. When I got to Bend, I…
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Portland, OR
I arrived in Portland, Oregon on Saturday night. I stayed with my cousin, Jaime, his wife, Dawn, and his kids, Olivia and Alexander. I hadn’t seen Jaime in 10 years! And I had never met Dawn, Olivia, or Alexander. It was really nice to spend time with them and get to know them. Dawn had…
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Coeur d’Alene, ID
This post is going to be really short because I was in Coeur d’Alene for less than 24 hours, but it felt wrong to include this in the last post since I was in a different state. Steph’s grandfather built a cabin on Coeur d’Alene Lake in Idaho many years ago. Her family still owns…
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Tenino & Spokane, WA
On Tuesday, I left Mt Rainier and Stewart’s remains and drove to Spokane, Washington. A few days earlier, I had found out that my great grandmother grew up in Tenino, WA and used to get her Christmas trees from Mt Rainier. I decided to take a short detour on my way to Spokane to check…
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Mt Rainier National Park, WA
I had 2 days to explore Mt Rainier. On Sunday, the weather was perfect. Since it was Memorial Day weekend, I knew the park would be packed, but I wasn’t sure how packed since it’s not peak season for the park. I checked Google Maps every few hours to see how long it would take…
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Squamish, BC
I decided that I can’t live with Alicia and be her nanny because getting a Canadian PR would be a headache and I’d be miserable in the winters. But I did have a really great time in Squamish and will be back to visit. I stayed with Alicia, her husband, Julien, and her kids, Luc…
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Yoho National Park & Kamloops, BC
British Columbia wins the most beautiful drive on my road trip award. I’m not done with my trip, but I doubt that anything will beat driving along snowy peaks, mountainsides covered in trees, running rivers, and blue lakes. I felt like I was in a magical fairytale kingdom. All that was missing, was the fairy…
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Banff National Park & Calgary, AB
I woke up on Thursday morning to beautiful mountain views. I planned to see Lake Louise and had booked the Banff Gondola for that day, but I wasn’t feeling great. I was exhausted. So after breakfast, I took a nap and felt better after that. I took a bus to Lake Louise, since parking there…
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The Scenic In-Between 