After being on the road for over a week, our first multi-night stay was at Dixon Lake Recreation Area, just outside of San Diego, California. We had two sets of friends to visit in San Diego so we stayed for two nights.

Back in late November, I was quickly approaching my retirement date, and wanted to send my “farewell” letter to those I was leaving behind at Lynden. It helps to explain why Jamie and I are doing what we are doing by selling our house and traveling the country in our RV full-time. I also hope it helps inspire others, not necessarily to do what we are doing , but to move forward in life being true to their authentic self.

Our final park of the trip was Lassen Volcanic National Park. After driving for four hours we arrived at the park just before lunch. We stopped for a bite to eat in the visitor center parking lot before heading out to explore. We found some smelly bubbly puddles, some stunning lakes and a lot of trees.

Our penultimate park for the trip was Yosemite and it was perhaps the park we were most excited to see. It definitely lived up to the hype and we will for sure be visiting again!

After a very short visit to Sequoia National Park we drove up and around to Kings Canyon and got to see the second largest tree in the world!

After 3 days parked up and exploring Zion National Park, we hit the road again and drove through a couple states to get to Death Valley. We spent the night just outside the park at The Pads, an awesome dispersed camping site that we highly recommend if you're in the area! In the morning we headed out into the park and spent a few hours exploring all the highs and lows the park has to offer.

For our second day at the park we spent the whole day doing the Narrows canyon hike

Since we knew our second day at Zion would be spent hiking the Narrows, we spent our first day exploring everything else the park has to offer. To explore any of the park inside the scenic drive route, you now need a ticket for the shuttle in advance. They go ridiculously fast so make sure to get yours as soon as they go on sale if you're planning a trip!