Yosemite National Park - A Test of Patience

Yosemite National Park sucks. Nah, I'm 100% joking. Yosemite was pretty amazing.Our final National Park on our trip. Our final destination through the Sierras. Sierra Nevadas. Wait. Sierra. Sierra is actually plural. If you want to blend in to the California scene, don't out yourself as an outsider. You're

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Kings Canyon National Park - A Complete 180

Kings Canyon National Park was truly a park I knew nothing about. I knew it was lumped in with Sequoia National Park and basically connected. Administratively, they ARE connected as Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks or SEKI for shorthand. Route 180 We got extremely lucky for our visit as

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Sequoia National Park -- A Cure For Heat Exhaustion

 The day before at Pinnacles National Park was far too hot and we were looking for an reprieve. We left our hotel in Coalinga, CA early morning and drove the two hours to Sequoia National Park in search of cooler weather. We couldn't get a very good picture of

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Pinnacles National Park: A Heat Exhaustion How-to

Before the Park On the third day of our California trip we went to Six Flags Magic Mountain in effort to continue our roller coaster fix. It was a hot day, but fun was had. It is in such a beautiful area too. The sights from the top of

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Channel Islands National Park -- Santa Cruz Island

 California Trip  In our effort to visit every US National Park (and hopefully then international as well) we booked ourselves a little National Park road trip type deal. Now that we live in Washington, the best of West is even closer than it was when we lived in Pennsylvania. The

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Hiking Annette Lake Trail -- Snoqualmie Pass Region

Annette Lake was not a hike I had planned for in advance. In fact, I think we planned on potentially doing Wallace Falls, Twin Falls, or a completely different hike today. It IS Mother's Day however, so we weren't entirely sure how busy the trails would be. On one

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