The Last Great Road Trip

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Mount Rushmore
We arrived at my aunt and uncle’s house in Rapid City just in time to avoid driving in a pretty serious snow storm, but my uncle, being the dyed in the wool South Dakotan that he is, decided that a snow storm was the perfect time to go see Mount Rushmore. Turns out, he [...]

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Highway 60 from Globe to Show Low, AZ
After much too brief of a stop at my sister Vanessa’s house, we began a new phase of the road trip — the all driving, minimal stopping, hauling of our behinds to get across the country in time to spend Christmas with my grandparents in western New York. [...]

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Driving through Mojave National Preserve
Sean says: Thanks to a recommendation from Michael, we made our way from Joshua Tree to Death Valley via the scenic Kelbaker road through the Mojave National Preserve.
Zabriskie Point in Death Valley
Sean says: Zabriskie Point is a nice stop on your way into Death Valley from the southeast entrance. From on [...]

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Hidden Valley in Joshua Tree N.P.
Joshua Tree is the kind of place where it would be downright difficult to live an ordinary life. Even the rocks and strangely animated plants seem as though they must have interesting back stories simply because an uneventful existence couldn’t possibly result in such strangely shaped creatures. Hidden Valley is [...]

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Mono Vista RV Park showers in Lee Vining
Very clean, pretty cheap and about as close as you can get to Tioga Pass without going over, these showers were just what we were looking for.
Saddlebag Lake
Unfortunately for us, the parking lot at Saddlebag Lake was so snow-filled we couldn’t maneuver Arvin into a spot and we [...]