Geothermal pools, bison, plummeting waterfalls, grizzly bears, geysers, and granite peaks — what other place on earth holds all these natural beauties? Yellowstone and Grand Teton are two of the most impressive national parks in the US. With populous large mammal wildlife, geothermal activity unlike anywhere else in the world, and towering peaks full of…
Over the last few years, we’ve been to 18 national parks as we spent a few years living in a Honda Odyssey on a neverending road trip (before settling down here in Portland, Oregon). As you might imagine, one of the questions we get asked most often – both online and in person – is…
How were we so late to the Arizona party? Despite both having been to Arizona MULTIPLE TIMES before, we were radically unprepared for the sheer beauty that we experienced over the course of our road trip. We spent around two weeks in Arizona, and already started making plans for our return. Because there is SO…
We have been lucky to call Northern California home for over a decade at this point (update for 2024: we now live in Oregon, but still make the journey down to Northern California to visit family regularly!). At the time of writing, Alysha had spent her whole life here, minus four years in college, and…
If you’ve spent any time at all in our little corner of the internet, you know that we’re big fans of both the Pacific Northwest AND Northern California, the two places we’ve called home together. The road trip we’re about to talk about – the drive between Seattle and San Francisco – takes you through…
California is our home, and we wouldn’t trade it for the world. Except for the sky-high cost of living. We’d like to trade that, please. But there’s a reason it’s expensive to live in California – it’s a pretty amazing place with unbeatable weather. Our recent California road trip reminded us of just how incredible…