Big Trees!

Day: 303 Sequoia National Park contains the worlds 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 6th largest trees (by mass). There are taller trees like the California Coastal Redwoods which get up to 391feet or some very squat trees in south western Australia which get much bigger around, but I found these mammoth trees named after dead American [...]

Sunset or Rainbow?

Day: 302 How do you argue with a three year old?  After a day at the laundromat, eating pizza and drinking beers with Matt, and an extensive drive from Grass Valley to Sequoia National Park,  Regan decided to argue with me… “Hey girls, check out the sunset!” “No!” Regan screamed. “That’s a rainbow!” “Uhh… I [...]

Jesus Camp

Day: 301 After a day in one of the world’s excessively liberal cities, my family felt like it needed a little balance and I went along for the ride. We headed up to the Christian summer camp where my brother works and has worked for the last five summers. The majority of my family classifies [...]

Day: 300!

Day: 300 I know, I know, every time I hit a round number post I give myself a big congrats and that you for all reading. So I thought, I’d do it again (I guess I just did) and let you all know that I also crossed the 300,000 line on overall hits on this [...]

Happy B-Day Matt (& Me)!

Day: 299 This morning was much like every other morning for the past two weeks, coffee, breakfast, cold… etc.  We called my sister and found she had the same idea as us to drive up and surprise my brother on his birthday, and she was already en route.  Instead of having to walk we were [...]