2017 – Page 3 – BaresNation

Day 20 – Mariposa

Leo injured his shoulder and elbow yesterday after flipping his bike while riding at our campground in King’s Canyon. He’s ok but we thought we’d take it easy today—he was supposed to post about our otherwise awesome day in King’s Canyon but he’s off the hook until he feels ready. We saddled up this morningContinueContinue reading “Day 20 – Mariposa”

Day 19 – Kings Canyon

Another great day at Kings Canyon National park. With the roaring river and the stunning view we drove down Kings Canyon and at the bottom there was a gift shop and a restaurant. And at the restaurant I tried to order a turkey and Swiss cheese and instead I got ham and cheddar. And myContinueContinue reading “Day 19 – Kings Canyon”

Day 18 – Sequoia

Check out the third comic: today we went to sequoia national park. there are lots of big trees.the. coolest thing that we saw was the general Sherman tree its the biggest living thing on earth. lunch was pretty funny. we went to the park lodge for lunch and we saw lots of good things onContinueContinue reading “Day 18 – Sequoia”

Day 17 – California

And so it begins … our trip through the National Parks located in California. We had made it to North of Bakersfield, picked a strategic location on route 99 so we could be off to Kings Canyon first thing in the morning. After two hours of driving we traded very straight roads and flat landscapeContinueContinue reading “Day 17 – California”

Day 16 – Vegas to LA (almost)

So we’re almost back on schedule after re-routing because of the Utah fires. We decided to leave Vegas a day early; two days in the big city is enough for us cross country RV road trippers. Not that we didn’t enjoy its comforts after 10 days in the American outback. Among the Vegas highlights: swimmingContinueContinue reading “Day 16 – Vegas to LA (almost)”

Day 15 – Las Vegas, Michael Jackson and Malls

finally we were in a hotel to get out of the bad smoke in Utah. We went to the mall and bought 2 mini lego sets and went to Dairy Queen for some ice cream. And went to the Michael Jackson show my favorite part was them bouncing on the trampolines and the slackContinueContinue reading “Day 15 – Las Vegas, Michael Jackson and Malls”

Day 14 – VEGAS

finally,VEGAS! we are finally not sleeping in our rv !finally in a hotel. and relaxing today we walked around the strip, saw a a medieval dinner show ,went to M&M world and saw a lot of casinos. the dinner show was about medieval jousting. the factions that were jousting was, Ireland, Russia, Norway, Hungary, Austria,ContinueContinue reading “Day 14 – VEGAS”

Day 13 – Nothing but the sky above & the river below (Bryce Canyon & Zion)

Thanks to the weather gods, who blew the forest fire smoke into a different direction today, we didn’t have to cancel our plans visiting two amazing parks after all, but because we had made alternate plans we squeezed a 2.5 day visit into 1. At first glance, the parks have a lot in common: they’reContinueContinue reading “Day 13 – Nothing but the sky above & the river below (Bryce Canyon & Zion)”

Day 12 – Paging Smokey…

Let’s update Smokey’s list for today’s more discerning American: Did you really just use a flamethrower to clear out weeds in your yard here in bone-dry Utah? Did it ever cross your mind that you might do millions in damage and destroy priceless habitats, or cost family vacationers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to enjoy Bryce CanyonContinueContinue reading “Day 12 – Paging Smokey…”

Day 11 – Capitol Reef

Capitol Reef National Park. we stayed at a very nice campsite. it had pies and an orchard and some ice cream and chips and a nice bathroom. we rode our bikes around the campground and did a really Nice hike up a mountain. we also got to feed some horses and saw aContinueContinue reading “Day 11 – Capitol Reef”