In October of 2012, Farmer John, me, & our 3 kids went on a 15 day road trip. We went as far as the Grand Canyon before turning back towards home. Yosemite was the last National Park we visited before getting back to Oregon. It was beautiful, of course. The many different habitats surprised me the most. I wasn’t expecting the landscape to be as
Death Valley is the hottest, driest & lowest of all the National Parks. When I was looking into going to Death Valley, I read that it is a winter destination for travelers since it gets so hot in the summer. It was close to 100° when we visited in October.
We drove through Joshua Tree National Park on our way from L.A. to the Grand Canyon. We stayed the night in a hotel outside of Palm Springs & first thing in the morning we drove through Joshua Tree National Park. Farmer John said this was his favorite park from this trip. It was a completely different ecosystem than where we live – which is why
The first major stop on our 15 day road trip was the Redwood National & State Parks. I had driven through this area once when I was a kid. It was definitely time to see it again. We stayed the evening in Crescent City. First thing in the morning we stopped by the Information Center in town to grab the kids Junior Ranger pamphlets to
