Shortly after visiting Petrified Forest NP and camping in our Element for the first time Ryan and I set out on a week long road trip from Scottsdale to California. We had learned a few things from our first camping trip in the Element and were prepared with new gear and a better strategy for packing and sleeping. On this trip we were hoping to see Sequoia, Kings Canyon, Yosemite and potentially Pinncales. Ryan was participating in the Flag2GC mountain bike race on Saturday so I was going to meet him at the Grand Canyon campsite where the race finished and then we would leave on Sunday morning. (more…)
Black Bear
Glacier National Park Part 2: Going to the Sun Road, Logan Pass & Many Glacier
Glacier National Park – Hidden Lake
On our second day at GNP the whole family piled into our Tahoe and drove the Going to the Sun Road. Any book about National Parks highlights the Going to the Sun Road as one of the most scenic drives in North America. The road is 52 miles long and starts out like many other park roads, winding through trees along the lakes and rivers. After passing the Avalanche trailhead the road starts to get pretty amazing and quite intense. You gain a lot of elevation in a short time, which means there is a steep drop off on one side of the car at all times. The drive is not for the faint of heart or people with vertigo, there are many sharp turns and there is no guardrail to separate your car from the glacier carved valley below. (more…)
Goolds Gone Wild 