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We have been to Big Sur twice and both trips were over the Thanksgiving holiday. Visiting during this time of year can mean gorgeous sunsets, uncrowded hikes, mild weather during the day and slightly lower temperatures at night.

After a few nonstop work-filled weeks, Scott and I desperately needed to spend a weekend together, communing with nature. We passed through the inland heat with the A/C blowing full blast, but as soon as we started climbing the mountains on Hwy 243…

As the evening of Friday the 13th grew closer, I was beginning to have Deja Vu from our last camping trip. I stopped at the coffee shop near our house to load up on caffeine for what I expected to be a long night ahead.

We gathered our things, with eyes still sleepy, and prepared ourselves for the upcoming ten mile hike into the Havasupai canyon. I was thankful Scott agreed with me about paying for a mule to carry our large packs. Ten miles is a long hike…

It was not too long ago that we headed up to Yellowstone National Park for a camping trip. As we were taking inventory, we realized that flying to our destination was going to limit what camping equipment we could bring.

Have you ever been in a moment where for a split second you thought you might die? I know it sounds dramatic, but these are the thoughts I desperately tried to push out of my mind one night in the Grand Canyon.

After reading No Vacation Required’s blog post entitled, “It’s all about the Journey,” I realized we had not yet shared the frustrating part of our journey in Yellowstone. Up until now, it’s been all rainbows and butterflies with…

Helpful travel tips to help you prepare for a camping trip to Yellowstone National Park.

I wouldn’t recommend driving through the desert in the middle of September in a car with no air conditioning, however we are living proof that it can be done. From Southern California we passed through the blazing heat of Nevada and Arizona before…