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yosemite

We're squeezing in as many National Parks as we can before Emma's 4th grade pass expires. This one was on Braden's list to visit this summer. We took our craziest hike yet to get to the base of El Capitan. On the way back

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redwoods

Redwoods were on our list of things to see before we leave California. Unfortunately our route from Oregon to California wasn't anywhere near Redwood National Park. Fortunately there are a couple places in California where you can see the redwoods and this one was just over an hour

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san francisco

Our legs are tired after a full day of sightseeing in San Francisco. We did it all - Golden Gate Bridge, sea lions, Pier 39, Fisherman's Wharf, a cable car ride and hot fudge sundaes at Ghiradelli. I think the highlight for both girls was getting to ride

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california

Our first night in California was an interesting one. At 9:00 PM I got a call from the campground to let us know that we were under a mudslide evacuation warning. Um... what? Luckily we were only staying there for one night on our way down to San Francisco

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oregon

After traveling 2,225 miles over the last month, we finally made it to Oregon! Our first day in Oregon ended with Olivia losing a tooth. Our second day in Oregon ended with Olivia losing another tooth. The girls were super excited about getting to Oregon to see their cousins.

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throwback thursday (august 10, 2022)

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washington

Another day. Another new state. We had only planned a quick stop in Washington during our drive from Idaho to Oregon to visit the Riverfront Park in Spokane. Since we ended up spending a couple extra days in Idaho we decided to take a day trip to Spokane (only a

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idaho

A new state for all four of us - Idaho! Our last monarch butterfly emerged two days ago. Fun fact for Austin - the official state insect of Idaho is the monarch butterfly. So it made sense to release our last butterfly here. When we left Montana the fires were

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something old, something new

Our second trip to Glacier we did some things that we did back in 2018, sprinkled in with some new things. Plus we saw a bunch of cool animals... On our way back to the bus last night we asked the girls which they liked better - Glacier or Yellowstone.

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glacier

Glacier National Park was not one of our stops when we were planning our roadtrip this summer. We visited in 2018, but during our trip the west part of the park was closed because 11,000+ acres were on fire. Last week our plans changed a little bit and we