When you pay $16.50 for a campsite, you arrive with low expectations and sometimes end up being very pleasantly surprised. Our site near...

We donated a book to Bayside Church in Roseville, CA and attended their church service. We then returned to our campsite outside the town...

We spent the day "camping" at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada.

Lake Tahoe is a beautiful place, but a bit anticlimactic after Yosemite. Also, very cold. Never the less, we had some nice hikes and...

Today we took the Tioga Pass across Yosemite National Park. Indescribable beauty. It literally takes your breath away. You want to stop...

We hiked through various parts of Yosemite Valley. This is by far the most beautiful place I have ever seen. We hope to return someday...

Today we had the privilege of staying with Mennonite Your Way hosts, Phil and Pam Franklin at their home in Modesto, CA. We very much...

We were thrilled to be able to meet up with our former church friends Ken and Jackie McLean. Ken is now working as a manufacturing...

We hung out at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. Beautiful place!

We drove up the west coast of California along Highway One but had to turn back because of a mudslide. This is probably the most scenic...

After a bit more hiking in the Los Padres National Forest, we headed to the Pismo State Beach in Oceano, CA.

We started the day visiting the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum where we toured the old Air Force One. Pretty cool! We then hiked and...

We blasted through Los Angeles today. I've spent some time here in the past and really love this city. I wish we could have spent more...

We donated a book to the huge Rock Church (https://www.sdrock.com/) and then spent the rest of our time at the beach in San Diego and...

Driving through the treacherous, south-western part of the Panamint Mountain Range, we discovered that a 10% road grade is the limit for...

Campsites in Death Valley National Park are assigned on a first come, first served basis. Knowing this, we got up early on Sunday...

We visited Las Vegas in the morning and I got a great idea for a short story titled, "Casino Breakfast". It's characters range from the...

We camped at Lake Mead and explored Hoover Dam. We couldn't take the power plant tour because the elevators weren't working (obviously...

After driving through the Kaibab National Forest we drove towards the northwest corner of Arizona where we set up camp and got caught up...

I set out at dawn for a three hour hike down the canyon. I had hoped to go further than the first rest area, but the knees and back are...