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Day 2 Among the Big Trees!

August 11, 2017August 12, 2017
Maddie
Pacific Northwest 2017

In the morning we woke to the sounds of screaming children, barking dogs, and birds that sounded like they were laughing maniacally. So we decided to have eggs in a nest for breakfast, and then we headed out for the

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Redwoods NP Lives up to its Name!

August 9, 2017August 9, 2017
Claire
Pacific Northwest 2017

Today we had a slow morning, with eggs for breakfast. After getting ready, we hopped in the car and drove onto a dirt road in Jedediah Smith State Park. On both sides of us, there were huge trees (Hence the name:

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Giant Trees!

August 15, 2015July 24, 2017
Noah
Southwest 2015

Did you know that Sequoias are the biggest living things on Earth?  Or that they adapt to their surroundings and some are over three thousand years old?  I know it’s hard to believe, but it’s true.  While we were hiking

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Golden Gate Bridge and Sausalito

August 15, 2015July 24, 2017
Claire
Southwest 2015

On Thursday, we got up and drove to the Golden Gate Bridge. We thought we had seen it from a distance earlier, but that turned out to be the Bay Bridge. The Golden Gate Bridge was taller and redder than

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5 Modes of Transportation in One Day!

August 13, 2015July 24, 2017
Maddie
Southwest 2015

We woke up at the campsite, and it was really cold. We ate a quick breakfast (cold pizza from the night before) and it was really cold. We hopped in the car (#1) and drove to the train station. We

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Playing in the Ocean

August 13, 2015July 24, 2017
Noah
Southwest 2015

After we packed up our tents and had breakfast Daddy and Grace went to a four hour art class and we went to the lodge, used some wifi, and had a brilliant lunch.  Then we drove to our new campground

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Art Class

August 13, 2015July 24, 2017
Jeff
Southwest 2015

Grace and I signed up to attend a watercolor painting class for our last morning at Yosemite NP.  Heather and the other kids were looking forward to some downtime near a wifi spot and some lunch while we took the

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Yosemite!!!

August 11, 2015July 24, 2017
Maddie
Southwest 2015

Instead of doing a post for each day, we’re going to make a big post about our time at Yosemite. This park is different from some of the others we’ve been to for a couple reasons: It’s bigger and there

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