A transcription of the journal entries shown in these photos begins below the last photo. A more proper blog post with lots of photos will be up soon! Transcription: Saturday, July 23 to Monday, July 25, 2002SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK Five-star tours from the King and Queen of the park! Pat and Dyanne are family friends … More Laura’s Journal: Three Days in Shenandoah
Transcription of the photographed journal pages can be found below! Also, photos! Transcription: Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15, 2022STARFEST! Welcome to the last StarFest of… well, ever. Due to financial and practical strains, this will be the last ever StarFest, #45, which is a crying shame. This weird, wonderful convergence of people is … More Laura’s Journal: The Last StarFest
A transcription of the photographed journal pages can be found below! Also, photographs of real things. Transcription: Tuesday, May 10, 2022OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO TO RENO We got Matt out of San Francisco! It was close – he suffered a few moments of Leavers’ Remorse over the last couple days of our stay, but by … More Laura’s Journal: San Francisco to Reno
A transcription of the photographed journal pages can be found at the bottom of the page. Also, lots of photos because it turns out I’m too far behind on regular blog posts to catch up. So! Transcription: Sunday, May 8 and Monday, May 9, 2022GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREASUTRO BATHS & FORT POINT When I … More Sutro Baths & Golden Gate
A transcription of the photographed journal pages can be found at the bottom of this post. I’ve given up on the idea that I’ll ever turn this into a proper blog post, so a slideshow of photos is also included. Joy! Cocktails woooo! The things you find hanging on walls… Transcription: Saturday, May 7, 2022 … More Laura’s Journal: We eat, drink, and read our way through San Francisco
Transcriptions of the journal pages in the photographs below can be found at the bottom of the page. I’ve stopped believing I’ll ever turn this into a proper blog post, so I’ve included photos here. The gulls do not care. Transcription: Thursday, May 5, 2022 GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION: ALCATRAZ ISLAND Welcome to San Francisco! … More Laura’s Journals: Alcatraz, of course
For a transcription of these photographed journal pages, please scroll down! A fancier blog post with loads of pictures will hopefully get posted someday. Transcription of photographed journal pages: Tuesday, May 3, 2022GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK Who knew Nevada was so high?? In my defense, apparently I’ve spent my whole life under the impression that … More Laura’s Journal: Great Basin National Park
Aaaah!! This park is so cool and so infuriating!! The folks at Vermillion Cliffs NM didn’t even know the start of it when they described “demoralizing loose sand.” But, oh! How it’s made up for by the awesomeness of the sheer amount of sand. Of the height of sand. I’ve never seen dunes before, and I am smitten. … More Laura’s Journal: Great Sand Dunes National Park
Hello, Colorado! How much more like home you feel. I’ve missed my granites and pine trees. I do love to explore, but I will always be a mountain girl at heart. … More Laura’s Journal: Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
We arrived early but not quite early enough in Utah’s most iconic park. Pulling up at 8:05, we still wound up waiting about 20 minutes to get in through the entry gate. We stopped oh-so-briefly at the visitor’s center before heading all the way to the Devil’s Garden trailhead at the end of the scenic drive. We thought that by doing that first, skipping the more obvious stops at Balanced Rock and Delicate Arch, we might beat the crowds. Haha. We drove around the huge parking lot 6 times before we got lucky and found someone pulling out. … More Laura’s Journal: Arches National Park
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