Road Trip West Day 14 (Arches & Home)

We woke up early and got a early start on the day. We went to see 'Delicate Arch' first thing. After hiking up to see that we drove through the park a little bit more. We really used the park as a stopping point and have intentions to return soon and spend an 'appropriate' ammount of time in the park.







You can see more pictures HERE!

Road Trip West Day 13 (Zion National Park & Arches)

We woke up super early, checked in and out of our campsite since we arrived after the park was closed, and hit the canyon, not literally, but figuratively. We took a free shuttle up into the canyon and took a couple small hikes along the way. We took an awesome 2 mile hike that had pools of water and waterfalls all along the way! Around Mid-Day we headed out to our next location, Arches National Park

Road Trip West Day 6 (Sequoia & Ventura)

There's a bunch for this day!!! This was our last day at Sequoia National Park. When doing research before we left on the trip, we found that the park has a Cave underneath one of the Sequoia groves. We thought it might not get better than that so we went. Abbey had never been to a cave, and it had been years, maybe 15 or so since I had been with my Dad in Arkansas. New experiences rock! We woke up early that morning, had a cup of tea as seen below, and packed camp.

cup of tea

We then hiked a big rock, Moro Rock. A granite formation in Sequoia. Super cool hike. 360 views of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Beautiful.

We then began our tour of Crystal Cave. Crystal Cave is mostly Marble, which I learned actually comes from Limestone! Kinda like Coal turns to diamonds but after some intense geo-plate smashing and shifting and then intense heat and ocean waters cooling down at the same time, crazy. Crystal Cave is home to many endemic creatures. We learned a lot about them, had a cool tour, the guide even turned all the lights off for a minute so we could experience complete blackness! Awesome!! Here are some pics of the cave. Unfortunately I didn't take notes and don't have a clue what these are. Any Geologists out there????


















We then left the park and headed to Ventura, our resting place for 5 days! We arrived at Kevin & Annie's place and it was so nice to be in a place that felt like home after a week of camping! We had an awesome meal and a great time chatting with each other.