Food #3
Calories - Calories - Crazy food - and more calories More great food and more crazy American food, in this round we have; 1.Fresh/tasty vietnamese …
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Parking #2
Some more great parking efforts and our truck/RV hanging out with the semi’s
FarewellRV
We packed up the RV and farewelled it as it headed to Pennsylvania were we will collect it once we return. The truck was collected a few days later and headed …
Denver
The Museum of Nature and Science is cool - a lot of great exhibits, many of which are interactive. The kids had a blast and we ended up staying longer than …
Rocky Mountains
Aaannnd… mum is done with uphill, rocky hikes at high altitudes. We didn’t have a lot of time in the Rocky Mountains (1 short day) so we completed …
Colorado Springs
Garden of the Gods - Manitou Springs - Penny Arcade We visited Garden of the Gods and walked the main trail. We started chatting with another family at lunch …
Kiwi Co2
Two more Kiwi Co boxes - a levitating lamp and a basketball shot. So far the kids have managed to knock the lamp off its careful placement so it is looking a …
Glenwood Springs
The hike we planned to do now requires a reservation and payment so we gave it a miss. Spent the day at the local pool which is a hot spring pool so warm! It …
Arches
One day in Arches National Park. View from our campsite was great and plenty of rocks/places for kids to explore. Kids went to the nightly ranger program which …
Bryce Canyon
We had one full day in Bryce Canyon. We completed a hike down to the floor - yep the picture above was the way out - a series of switchbacks (or a version of …
Salt Lake City Area
Gardens - Museum of Curiosity - Planetarium - Temple Square We had two days near Salt Lake City. We headed into Thanksgiving Point and visited Ashton Gardens …
Food #2
The wonders of American food continues… Our weird and wonderful, and sometimes tasty finds…. Cake: Yep - a cookie cake - very rich! It helps to …
Grand Teton
Taggart Lake - Jenny Lake - Mormon Row We spent three days in Grand Tetons - our photos do not do it justice - the 3 Tetons (mountains) are amazing. We had one …
Yellowstone Day 2
Grand Prismatic Spring - Old Faithful - Bison - Junior Ranger - Mud Volcano trail - West Thumb Our second day in Yellowstone National Park. We toured the South …
West Yellowstone
We Spent a day out of the National Park and in West Yellowstone. Ropes Course - Bear Centre - Imax We started at a ropes course which the kids loved. One kid …
Yellowstone Day 1
Hikes - Views - Bison - Geothermal springs Yellowstone - the first national park. It is celebrating its 150 year birthday this year. We saw Bison!!! Very …
Glacier National Park
Hikes - Lakes - Junior Ranger Another amazing national park but very large so a lot of driving. We were able to use the internal shuttle system which was great …
Mount Rainier
Hikes - Junior Ranger - River exploration - unintended detours Mount Rainier is in Washington State. It is a beautiful park with a snow capped peak. We visited …
Portland area
Columbia River Gorge - Multnomah Falls - doughnuts It was a long drive from our campsite the other side of Portland, but we drove up the Columbia river to a …
Parking#1
The joys of parking a 60 foot set up - we take up approximately 7 parking spaces or a truck spot. Loving truck stops - coffee, coke, large parking spaces - …
Fort Vancouver
A fort built during the fur trade. It is in Vancouver Washington State, just across the river from Portland Oregon. It was really cool, and again they have …
Fort Clatsop
Fort Clatsop has a replica of the fort Lewis and Clark built to stay out the winter before continuing their travels. They have volunteers who take on the dress …
Oregon Coast
The Oregon coast is super cute! It was busy due to school holidays and a heat wave inland towards Portland. The kids made friends at the RV park we stayed at, …
Tillamook Creamery
Tillamook is famous for its dairy industry. We had lunch at the creamery (cheese curds, mac n cheese, cheese toasted sandwich and pizza), visited the exhibits, …
Food #1
So many awesome/random foods; our set up shop lucky charms which the kids HAD to have and are still sitting in the cupboard as the taste is not as bright as the …
Kiwi Co
We bought some Kiwi Co boxes for the kids to build whilst we are in the RV - they were very excited by the robot who places dominos! They like watching Mark …
Crater Lake
Crater Lake is breathtaking. The water is so smooth, it is hard to tell where the shore line is due to the reflection of the mountains. Yep - that is still …
Turtle Bay
We visited Turtle Bay whilst in Anderson to give the kids a break from shopping and setting up the RV. They had an exhibit of replicas of Ancient Egyptian …
RV
We finally collected our RV!!!! It is big - 37ft, although looked small on the lot next to the 5th wheels. So glad to have stopped jumping between hotels with …
Lake Tahoe
Spent two nights at Lake Tahoe - due to lack of availability of accomodation, we ended up at Tahoe City - not the prettiest part of the lake unfortunately and …
Yosemite
We had a day in Yosemite which we spent cycling around the valley floor and hopping on the shuttle for a 30 minute trip in air conditioning. There was a small …
Truck
Our ridiculously huge truck!! Kids were so excited!! I’m glad we added the side step, otherwise we would need to carry a step ladder to get in and out 🤦 …
San Francisco
San Francisco. A lot of walking plus we hired bikes on the last day and rode around to Fort Point. A little stressful with one kid wildly veering and forgetting …
Travel Daze
2+ days of travel - exhausting but we made it! Bags packed and ready to go Qantas re-routing our travel - again - this time, whilst we stood at the check in …