Today we decided to hit up a few more places that Travis remembered (or thought he did) from the last time he was in Banff. The first place we stopped was Lake Louise, which had the turquoise waters of yesterday’s Lake Minnewonka, but the mountains in the background had glaciers on them! We [...]

Today we left Lake Tahoe in the morning and began the journey towards Death Valley — we decided we weren’t necessarily arriving at Death Valley today (so we could spend more time being aimless and seeing sites on the road). In the end, drove most of the way to Death Valley (stopped in Bishop, [...]

I had been wondering how Travis and I would cope now that the visiting friends part of our journey is over, and now it’s just us wandering aimlessly — but, we both managed to make new friends in Lake Tahoe!
At our first Lake Tahoe photo attempt, it was snowy over on the mountain side so [...]

No doubt about it, it is infinitely prettier in Napa than it was staring in Bakersfield. We had fun yesterday wandering around the vineyards and a nearby lake. The vineyards themselves aren’t super exciting because all the plants are very small still, but there were a lot of nice wildflowers and other scenery. [...]