Hiking the Grand Tetons
We drove up to the Grand Tetons, right as soon as the orchestra music began to play in the car! It was so funny and so perfect! Today we...
Yellowstone National Park – Mud Paint Pots and Hot Springs
We made it to Yellowstone! 1200+ miles, only 4 coffees, and 3 jars of peanut butter and the six of us were ready for an adventure in the forest! It was so beautiful here we just pulled over and had a picnic right in the park. If it was like this all the time, I'd move...
How to View the Sun Safely
If you've ever wanted to view the sun, you know how dangerous it is to point ANYTHING with lenses at the sun. I mean, you can really fry your retina faster than you can say "sunlight". So what do you do if your kid who's crazy wild about astronomy, but don't know how...
Blasting Boiling Hot Water Sky High in Yellowstone
We made it to Yellowstone National Park! 1242 miles, 4 kids, and 3 jars of peanut butter later, we find ourselves looking at one of the very few places on earth for there are natural geysers. We started our tour with on Firehole Lake Drive (which is a road that you...
Crossing Nevada
We had an interesting day today crossing Nevada. We started in South Lake Tahoe, spending a beautiful afternoon in a playground park so the kids could run around near the lake. Then we crossed the state line into Nevada. We decided to make this a long drive, so we...
Western Sierra Nevadas
Today I got to wake up in one of the most beautiful places in California, the Sierra Nevadas! I did a Facebook Live here on how to use it. One of the things that struck me on our drive was how many different varieties of pine trees there were, within such a close...
The end of the drive on the first day!
We made it to our first destination, nearly! Here are the the last couple of miles...
Driving the First Day
We made an ambitious plan to drive the first day about seven hours to get to just stopping short of South Lake Tahoe from San Luis Obispo. We were rewarded with a beautiful spot to have lunch, it was nearly a hundred degrees even though it was 4 p.m.! The kids did...
Packing it all up!
We're packing! I've had only one coffee today, but already have been so productive in Preparing for our trip! I went to the grocery store, the dollar store, and office supply store, a gas station, and a coffee shop which was first. Originally I had only planned out...
Come with me on a Science Road Trip Adventure!
This month, I’m going on a road trip…. AND YOU’RE INVITED! Get away from every life with me! Come with me and my family on a road trip to Yellowstone National Park (an incredible place not only for Earth Science, but also for Life Science). Along the way, I’ll show...
