Before heading all the way to Santa Barbara, Erin and I stopped in Snowmass CO for a week long ski vacation with my mom and Matt. The drive was long, and the weather was awful -especially in Kansas. We also hit a snowstorm over Vail pass (10,666 feet high!), but fortunately it was only a…
Time off and A Stressful Job Search
We are back!!! As most of you know, after our last contract in Modesto, CA we decided to take some time off and head back to PA. We ended up taking a longer travel break than we initially planned for, but it allowed us to enjoy some much needed time with family and friends over…
Our First Year Of Travel
While driving back to Pennsylvania this fall we had the realization that in October 2018 we were heading to Washington for our first travel assignment. Our first year of travel has flown by! We want to take some time to reflect on our year of travel and how its impacted us. Leaving PA one year…
Cross Country Roadtrip Round 2
California -> Pennsylvania After 3 weeks of vacation a.k.a. funemployment in California we headed east. Before writing this post we researched our travel stats for our whole trip (Modesto, CA to Hershey, PA): Driving Miles: ~3,900 (Rounded up due to side trips)States Crossed: 16National Parks Visited: 5Days of Road Trip Vacation: 30 (9 days of…
Joshua Tree National Park
Our last National Park stop for our road trip was Joshua Tree. Patrick loved the empty desert roads on the way to the park and I frequently had to ask him to slow down so I could keep up 🙂 This park was the one I knew the least about before going and it ended…
Death Valley National Park
We are officially back in Pennsylvania… and very behind on blog posts! Death valley was our second destination on our cross country road trip and definitely one of the most unique places we have been so far. Death Valley is the hottest, driest, and lowest national park. It is also the largest park in the…
Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks
Our first stop after leaving Modesto was Sequoia National Park. Kings Canyon National Park is directly next to Sequoia National Park. They are managed as one park, and often referred to as Sequoia/Kings. Only about 3.5 hours from Modesto, it certainly was not a long drive. We had reservations for one night, due to this…
Lake Tahoe and Yosemite Vacation
This past week my mom visited California! And as is typical whenever my mom goes anywhere, she is followed by rain. From Modesto, we headed to Yosemite for 3 nights in a canvas tent cabin. Since anything even remotely near Yosemite books half a year in advance, we took what we could get: a 4…
Until Next Time Cental Valley, CA
We will be in CA for a few more weeks, but we are wrapping up our jobs and moving out of Modesto very soon! This post is a little more about what is next for us and what we are wrapping up. About The Central Valley: Our home for the last 6 months has been…
Point Reyes National Seashore
This past weekend Erin and I drove 2 and 1/2 hours west to Point Reyes National Seashore. Point Reyes is a peninsula created by the San Andreas fault. The point is actually the westernmost land mass located on the San Andreas Fault in California. The drive was not uneventful! As we were pulling off the…