“Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” — John Muir
7/18/2019- Road Trip Day 10: Have You Even Seen the Color Blue?
Ashford, WA –> Crater Lake National Park –> Union Creek, OR We woke up in the morning debating if we should go back into rainier or continue on our way, since our hotel was about 50 feet from the park entrance sign. It was foggy and wet, but blue skies started to peak through with…
7/17/2019- Road Trip Day 9: The Stereotype
Lake Moses, WA –> Mount Rainier National Park –> Ashford, WA We woke up and got breakfast and coffee at the truck stop across the street from our hotel, which came free with our stay. I got a bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit and Billy got a breakfast bowl with potatoes, eggs, sausage, ham and…
7/16/2019- Road Trip Day 8: A Park that Needed A Second Day to Explore
West Glacier, MT –> Glacier National Park –> Lake Moses, WA Today marks the first day we are returning to a park. After the night before’s terrifying Going-to-the Sun Road in the dark, we decided to stay in the relatively flat part of the road. So, we got up and packed, wrote directions for the…
7/15/2019: Road Trip Day 7: Going-To-The Sun
West Yellowstone, MT—> Glacier National Park —> West Glacier, MT Another tired morning, we tried to get a little more rest and got on the road around 9:30 to drive through Wyoming, a small part of Idaho, and across Montana. We passed through lots of mountains and grasslands, and ranches all over. It was neat…
7/14/2019: Road Trip Day 6- The First National Park
Flagg Ranch, WY —>Yellowstone National Park —> West Yellowstone, MT Another early morning, we were eager to get into Yellowstone National Park. This was the first day we left earlier than planned! (not to mention one of the only times we stayed on schedule during the trip). Our drive into Yellowstone was much quicker than…
7/13/2019: Road Trip Day 5- Snow in July?
Dubois WY –> Grand Tetons National Park–> Flagg Ranch, WY We woke up and admired the mountains around us and the cute atmosphere of the Branding Iron Inn. We were greeted with our first chilly morning that needed additional layers! We packed up the car and checked out, I took some photos from across the…
7/12/19: Road Trip Day 4- The 2-A-Day
Rapid City SD—>Mount Rushmore SD —>Wind Cave National Park, SD —> Dubois, WY As I am going out west to work, unfortunately I had some medical testing that did not get done while at home, and this was one of the first cities we were staying at that I could get them done, especially since…
7/11/2019: Roadtrip Day 3- Bucket List Checkoff
Luverne MN —> Pipestone National Monument —> Badlands National Park —> Rapid City, SD Another early start from Luverne, Minnesota. The day was off to a smoother start since we wrote out the beginning of the directions the night before, and finished them in the car once we hit the road. After breakfast we loaded…
7/10/2019: Road Trip Day 2: The day of 90 West
Michigan City, IN –> Indiana Dunes State Park –> Indiana Dunes National Park –> Luverne, MN For how tired we were last night, neither of us slept as well as we hoped. Our morning started with a morning session of hotel breakfast and planning our day and writing directions. This seemed to take longer than…
7/9/2019 Road Trip Day 1: The Day of 80W
Central NJ –> Cuyahoga Valley National Park, OH –> Michigan City, IN 800 miles, 14 hours of driving, 4 states, 2.5 tanks of gas, 5 rest stops, 1 National Park, too much coffee! Our day started off early, trying to leave around 7AM. We had some logistical things that needed to be done before we…
Bill and Gab’s Excellent Adventure 