I woke up to my alarm with my back hurting a bit from the stiff mattress, but no time to dawdle – we have castles to see! I actually felt good – already fairly adjusted to Portugal time. They had […]
Portugal – Day 1 / 2 – Lisbon
Off we go on the next adventure! We had all bags packed and ready to go the minute that Victoria got off her last ever elementary school bus drop off (and was hit by water balloons and water guns as […]
Portugal / Spain – The Plan
Day Date Summary of day’s events Destination 1 Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Last day of schoolFlight from ATL to Portugal Amsterdam, Netherlands 2 Thursday, May 22, 2025 LisbonAlfama DistrictSão Jorge Castle Lisbon, Portugal 3 Friday, May 23, 2025 Day trip […]
National Parks Day 13 – White Water
Woke up – Evan 445, mom 7, girls 8 Made breakfast pancakes, bacon Ran out of propane Left at 10 Sunny day Stopped at two viewpoints for pictures Drive to Jackson Stopped to take picture at national Park sign Jackson […]
National Parks Day 12 – Rain / June Lake
Rain Forgot to bring in towels Slept in Drove to jenny lake visitor center Checked on board Lunch Boat ride Hike Hidden falls Victoria not feeling great Family separated Evan inspiration point Lydia stomach issues Noelle cut finger Run down […]
National Parks Day 11 – Grand Teton
Slept in Pancake bacon breakfast Broke down camp and checked out at 10 Drove south stopped at Teton sign (not one Noelle wants) Saw mountains Pulled into Colter bay campground Internet / showers Lunch and chilled out Drive to signal […]
National Park Day 10 – Yellowstone 3
Up at 6 – let girls sleep in Poptart cereal breakfast Left later at 10 Fountain paint pots Fairly falls hike Prismatic view Falls Starving , grilled cheese in whiskey flats Bear and wolf discovery West Yellowstone Internet Gas, groceries […]
National Park Day 9 – Yellowstone Drive
Coffee Anniversary Pancake breakfast Sunny morning Left 9:25 Scenic drive through mammoth and big bridge Drove to Lamar meadow Lots of animals Short hike with buffalo Made lunch Drove back west into grand loop Stopped at Grand canyon of Yellowstone […]
National Park Day 8 – Old Faithful
We woke in the morning frozen solid. This was after waking up several times in the night freezing, trying to restart the furnace and going back to sleep thinking it’s solved, then waking up freezing again. The default mode it […]
National Parks Day 7 – Pickup Camper Van
The whole family needed to be up early today since it’s get away day. We have a time scheduled to pickup our next vehicle at 3 pm and we need to drive all the way down Montana and down into […]