Ash Fork Vegas and Bruno Mars were amazing, but my plans of hitting the Grand Canyon afterwards were soundly put to sleep by a dead alternator right outside of the Sonoran Desert. I’ve honestly been broken down in worse places, but sitting around in 95 degree heat with a busted vehicle also wasn’t my ideal use of that particular day. Expectations aside, I ended up spending a day in the scenic town of Ash Fork, AZ while my car got…
The Redwoods and Klamath Heading from southern Oregon to northern California was easily my favorite day of driving on the whole trip. Just beautiful everywhere. I did have to laugh that I saw my first burned out trees about three minutes after passing into California, but the forests are just absolutely gorgeous. Before hitting my campsite in Klamath I stopped off at a vista and then relaxed a bit at the campsite. Nothing too crazy but I figured I’d get…
Mt. Rainier National Park After a very nice break in Seattle visiting family, I got back on the road and started hitting up the trails again. After a short(ish) morning drive away from the SeaTac traffic nightmare, I made my way to Mt. Rainier National Park. Since I still had plans to do some driving later in the afternoon, I chose the Ranger Falls trail. The hike up past Ranger Falls up to Green Lake is a beautiful and quiet…