West 2018 Day 13 – Death Valley

Friday 5/25/18 I don’t recall where exactly we stayed that night – some random hotel between Yosemite & Death Valley.  I do recall a late-night stop at a McDonald’s on the way out of Yosemite for coffee and to use their WiFi to find a hotel.  We had a late… Continue reading

West 2018 Day 7 – Santa Cruz Island

Saturday 05/19/18 We had planned two days to visit a couple of the islands of Channel Islands National Park.  Day one was the island of Santa Cruz.  Island Packers is the only ferry operation to the island, and though I think their prices were high, we didn’t have much option… Continue reading

West 2018 Day 4 – Out of the Grand Canyon

Wednesday 5/16/18 We stuck to the 5AM plan pretty well.  We didn’t really cook breakfast since the ravens stole the oats and I think we were back at the silver suspension bridge by 5:20.  The only real stop we took before Indian Garden was at the River rest house.  We… Continue reading