Deciding to stay at Crater Lake for the night and sleep was an excellent choice! Haha. We headed out bright and early on our exciting adventure home. We saw a lot of smoke from forest fires :(, a lot of trees, and after a while, a lot of sage brush. Hahaha. After a long time,…
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#ERT_2015 Day 13 – Toketee Falls and Crater Lake National Park – 08.08.15
This morning got off to a bit of a slow start, but we weren’t in too much of a hurry. We stopped at Walmart to get some quick last-minute supplies for our group dinner in the evening and snacks for the way home the next day. After about a three hour drive, we stopped at…
#ERT_2015 Day 12 – Oregon Coast – 08.07.15
Our first stop this morning was Cannon Beach. If you’ve ever seen the Goonies, you’ll recognize it. After enjoying a decent portion of the morning on the beach or tidepooling, we headed down to the Tillamook Cheese Factory for a tour and some lunch! It was cool to see the huge blocks of cheese, try…
#ERT_2015 Day 11 – Mount Rainier National Park – 08.06.15
This morning we had the option to either go on a hike that ran straight through our campground (which was awesome), or sleep in a bit. I chose the option to sleep in a bit (of course), and once everyone was packed up and ready to go we headed to the Grove of the Patriarchs….
#ERT_2015 Day 10 – Olympic National Park – 08.05.15
After arriving to camp pretty late in the evening (and setting up our tent in impossibly hard ground in the dark) and a long day ahead of us, we got less of an early start that I’d hoped, but we still got on the road in decent time. In the morning some of us explored…
#ERT_2015 Day 9 – North Cascades NP to Olympic NP – 08.04.15
This morning started off with a super fabulous hike at Diablo Lake! It was probably my favorite hike of the trip- it had a lot of varied terrain and the trail was beautiful! Those who decided not to hike got to play in the lake. After our hike and lunch, we started our journey to…
#ERT_2015 Day 8 – Whistler to North Cascades – 08.03.15
This morning started off pretty leisurely, and the only bad thing that happened was that I lost my favorite hairbrush. 😦 First world problems, I know. Anyway, we also had a bit of a tough time finding where we were supposed to go for our TreeTrek, which was put on by ZipTrek EcoTours. Side note:…
#ERT_2015 Day 7 – Revelstoke to Whistler – 08.02.15
We started out our morning with our first “big” grocery stop, at the Walmart in Salmon Arm. It was a little strange to be in a Walmart but not find the things you’d find at the Walmart at home in Utah. I’ll be honest though, we bought and drank a ton of Five Alive. One…
#ERT_2015 Day 6 – Kootenay, Glacier, and Mt Revelstoke National Parks – 08.01.15
We started off the morning with a brief little excursion to Lake Louise, which is impressively close to the campgrounds. The most amusing experience of our morning was when I noticed a half-empty cup of coffee sitting on the edge of the sidewalk which ran around the lake. I picked it up (it was cold),…
#ERT_2015 Day 5 – Banff and Yoho National Parks – 07.31.15
Whew. This day was a crazy whirlwind! So much to see in such a short amount of time. Lots of short little stops to see as many cool things as we could. Banff DEFINITELY deserves its own trip! (Prepare yourself- photo OVERLOAD ahead.) We started off the day at Cave and Basin National Monument, which…
THE WILD GROVES 