Day 1 in Death Valley National Park | 20 Mule Team Canyon | Dante View | Camping in Sunset Campground | December 2024 Today was the day that we were finally visiting Death Valley for our first time! We felt a little underprepared, as we hadn’t made any sort of reservations and didn’t know how…
Driving from Mojave National Preserve to Death Valley National Park | Hiking in the Salt Creek Hills | Visiting the China Ranch Date Farm | Tecopa, CA | December 2024 This morning, we packed up our campsite in Mojave National Preserve to continue our drive North to Death Valley. We knew we had hardly scratched…
Kingman, AZ to Mojave National Preserve | Hiking Hackberry Peak | Camping in Mojave National Preserve | December 2024 Jess: This morning, we left our campsite off of AZ-68 and headed West, crossing the Colorado River into Nevada at Laughlin. As it was nearing the last day of the year, our reason for taking this…
Driving from Camp Verde to Kingman, AZ | Visiting Tuzigoot National Monument | December 2024 As if yesterday wasn’t a good enough first day back in Arizona, today started off with a long-anticipated sighting for us. We started this morning with driving over to a nearby campground/trailhead so that Curtis could find a letterbox. As…
Driving from Datil, NM to Camp Verde, AZ | Hiking Baker Butte | December 2024 After spending several days planted in the mountains near Datil, NM, we were feeling refreshed and ready to resume our drive West — and especially excited to return to our favorite state of Arizona! This visit would be brief as…
Spending Christmas in Datil, NM | Hiking in the Crosby Mountains | December 2024 In order to break up the driving and avoid inconveniencing anyone over Christmas, we opted to find a place to plant from December 23-26. Since we were going to stay several days, we had some requirements for whatever campsite we chose:…