The Wawona Meadow Loop in Yosemite is rated as “easy”, but we went in mid April 2023 after some snow melt and found a few challenges such as the trail being completely covered in water in some sections, then a rushing stream about 10-12 feet wide.
Category: National Parks
Yellowstone Waterfalls
Our visit was in June 2019, before Covid. Below is a description of each of the falls included in the video. Here’s the full YouTube video ! Or if you prefer, check out a few of the pics below. (But there’s a lot more in the video 🙂) FIREHOLE FALLS:We had just entered the park…
West Yellowstone Campgrounds (2) Review!
Our first campground, Holiday RV Park (Click for link) (If you prefer the video version of this review, CLICK HERE!) A beautiful campground right on Lake Hegben! It’s about 10 minutes from the city of West Yellowstone, and about 12 miles from Yellowstone’s West Entrance. Open Memorial Day through the end of September (weather permitting), the…
Yosemite for Thanksgiving – November 2018
The day before Thanksgiving we headed out at 4:30am, hoping to beat the holiday traffic and the storm that was coming to Yosemite, stopping only for a potty break and Starbucks, then lunch. We arrived at Upper Pines (site 228) around 1:30 PM, the earliest we’ve ever made it! We also beat the storm. As…
24 Hour Trip to Yosemite & Hite Cove – April 2018
Our original plan was to stay in Monterey for 2 nights (see previous post), but when I realized my other family members were only staying 1 night, I proposed the idea to Scott of cancelling our 2nd night at the Lodge (no cancellation fee) and taking a spontaneous trip to Yosemite for one night. He…
2018 Road Trip Last Stop – Yosemite!
After a quick breakfast in Tonopah, NV, we set out for Yosemite. The drive just to the border of NV/CA seemed like forever, but once we got across the border it wasn’t too long until we started seeing prettier scenery. As we entered Yosemite from the Tioga Pass entrance (9945 elevation) well, it just keeps…
2018 Road Trip Part 3 – Zion National Park & Panguitch Lake, UT
This will not be the normal, happy, “amazing!” blog. Though we did have some of those moments, we also had quite a few challenges. Before we get to that, the campground… On Wednesday, June 13, we drove from Moab to Panguitch Lake Campground in UT, a 5+ hour drive. There was a lot of nothing…
2018 Road Trip – Part 2 – Canyonlands & Arches National Parks
The Moab Valley RV Resort Campground is a nice place in a great location with full hookups, essential for us in the summer heat of Moab. Each site has a little bit of grass, and the campground also has laundry facilities, Wifi (though unfortunately it was down the entire time we were there), showers, and…
2018 Road Trip – Part 1 – Grand Canyon & Four Corners Monument
We’ve learned that if the GPS estimates 8 hours, add at least 1.5 to 2 more for bathroom stops, lunch, and the fact that travel is always slower when you’re pulling a trailer. So, when GPS estimated travel to the Grand Canyon would be close to 10 hours, we decided to find a place to…
Joshua Tree National Park – Black Rock Campground
The theme of this trip was COOOOOLLLLDDD! The low was 23 with a “feels like” 15 degrees, and very windy! In our pop up we used a propane heater and we were so glad to have it! On the first night there was even snow flurries! We stayed at Black Rock Campground (Site 68) which…
Summer Vacation June 2017 Part 4 – Sequoia National Park-Lodgepole
The last leg of our trip was a stay at the beautiful Lodgepole Campground in Sequoia National Park. Once again our site (152) was right on the water, the Marble Fork of the Kaweah River. The rapids were strong and yet soothing to the ear. Oh, the views! One afternoon we went for a bike…
Summer Vacation June 2017 – Part 3 Yosemite-Wawona Campground
Our plan was to enter Yosemite via the Arch Rock Entrance since we’d never been there before, but there had been a rock fall in the area of the 140, so we went south and took the entrance near Fish Camp. We’d never stayed at Wawona Campground before and were pleasantly surprised. We were in…
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