After exploring Painted Hills, we were on our way to Blue Basin, part of Sheep Rock Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. In hind sight, I wished we would have started at this unit, because it has a little museum with actual fossils of the animals that existed back in the day. We’re … [Read more…]
Painted Hills is one of those places I’ve been Insta stalking for a while now. This weekend was the time to go explore. In true road-trip spirit, we checked the oil, filled up on gas, stopped by Starbucks and hit the road for a 5 hours drive to Oregon. Quite a few podcast episodes later, … [Read more…]
If you haven’t been to Idaho, you are missing out. Idaho has hit many top ____ lists for years, and for good reason- it’s absolutely gorgeous! One minute you are in the desert surrounded by the smell of sagebrush and the next minute you are in the most amazing forests surrounded by the smell of … [Read more…]
This hike was on my list for a while! Sadly, we were ready to go to this hike months ago and Idaho + Oregon were up in flames. The day we were scheduled to leave both highways that led to Eagle Creek Trail, in Cascade Locks, Oregon were closed. We ended up going to Stanley, Idaho … [Read more…]
Day 2 began bright and early around 7 a.m. (which was actually a bit too late). Again, this is a holiday weekend + it’s hot as balls outside, so climbing up a 1400 ft. rock formation over 2.4 miles in 100 degree weather was not the best idea. My sister Morgan, myself, and Tony made … [Read more…]
2.5 days before July 4, 2015 we decided to take a spontaneous, 9.5 hour drive from Boise to Zion National Park. My family was driving back from Disney Land and we were going to meet them outside of St. George, UT. So we filled up on gas, grabbed some sunflower seeds, and hit the road. … [Read more…]