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Sierra Nevada – Mono Valley and June Lake
After a fantastic time in Bridgeport, CA we move on to a couple of other areas in the Sierra Nevada. As we want to drive the highly recommended June Lake Scenic Drive, we spend one night at June Lake. After that, we are in Lee Vining for 3 nights from where we will explore the…
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Sierra Nevada – Bridgeport
After a fantastic time at Lake Tahoe our next destination is Bridgeport, CA. We are getting closer to Yosemite, and originally wanted to get there after a few days in the Sierra Nevada. As it was close to impossible to get a campground reservation at the National Park, we decided to stay at different locations…
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Lake Tahoe
During our long drive after Great Basin National Park on the way to Lake Tahoe we cross endless valleys of sagebrush. We stay at Cold Springs Station Resort miles before the little town of Fallon, NV. What we didn’t know is that this area is the home to Mormon Crickets – the most creepy insect…
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Great Basin National Park
We leave Cedar City after some food shopping. We will be in rather isolated areas for the next days, so we want to make sure we have all the essentials. We are on our way to one of the least visited National Parks: Great Basin. From there we are going to continue our journey towards…
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Zion National Park and Cedar, UT
We arrive at Zion National Park the Tuesday after Memorial Day, after a 2 hour 45 minute drive. We unfortunately had to circumvent the more scenic route through parts of Zion that cross through a tunnel and require a permit and some extra time to cross accompanied by a ranger vehicle. The campground is packed.…
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Lake Powell
When we started planning our travels we were clear that we didn’t want to spend Holidays in National Parks. Why would we deal with heavy crowds if we don’t have to? We decided to spend Memorial weekend and a few days around it at Lake Powell. From here we will move back to our original…
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Kodachrome Basin State Park and Bryce Canyon
On our way from Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument to Bryce Canyon National Park we drive by another hidden gem: Kodachrome Basin State Park. We are still in Utah, and including the detour to the state park our whole drive only takes 1.5 hours. The scenery is dominated by monolithic stone spires called sedimentary pipes.…
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Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Happy Birthday, Dave!!! Let’s celebrate your birthday with one of Americas most scenic drives, and the best campground we had on our trip – you deserve it! ❤️ But let’s start at the beginning. As we have a short travel day, and it’s Dave birthday, no alarm clock is set. We prepare ourselves a weekend…
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Goblin Valley State Park and Capitol Reef National Park
We leave Moab after a week with the feeling we could have stayed even longer and found things to do. Our travels take us to Capitol Reef National Park. On our way we have planned a stop at Goblin Valley State park. After paying our entrance fee we follow the signs to the valley, and…
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Arches National Park
Our first day in Moab is dedicated to Arches National Park. We had to get entrance reservations 3 month before our visit, otherwise you can’t even enter the park between 7 AM and 4 PM. Knowing how popular this park is, we decide the night before to not even use our 8 AM entrance reservation,…