In 2016 we traveled to all 59 National Parks in the United States to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the National Park System.
Denali is probably the most popular park in Alaska. This most likely has to do with the comparative ease of access. We could totally just drive up to the park–something that is pretty rare for these northern parks! When we roll up to a national park, our first move is usually to find a ranger and … [Read more…]
Alaska does not hand over her parks easily; you have to earn them. Getting to Kobuk Valley was a struggle. We stewed and stewed as to how we were going to get into the park. Kobuk Valley is just so far away from everything, that chartering a flight is very expensive. If you want to spend … [Read more…]
Getting into Gates of the Arctic NP is not an easy thing. Most people access the northern most National Park by chartering a plane and flying in. This can be pretty expensive – some of the flights we looked at were asking 3000 dollars! It was out of our price range for sure. SO, we … [Read more…]
The journey to Alaska is a long one when you’re going an average of 45 mph. That’s life in Vie! It took us 5 days of driving 10-12 hours per day to make it from North Cascades NP in Washington state to Fairbanks. It was a long road, but it really wasn’t as terrible or … [Read more…]
This is officially my favorite national park sign we have seen so far. We knew that we were in for a real treat, if this is what the sign looked like! (P.s. Eyespy Vladimir) I was still having a hard time doing anything super movement intense. My knee was messed up. Instead of trying to climb … [Read more…]
Before diving into Olympic National Park, we had to check out Seattle! It’s a nice place, but we had the worst time parking. After driving around for hours in the middle of the night trying to find a place to sleep, we weren’t planning on being able to go explore Seattle at all. We had no … [Read more…]
Before we actually made it to Mount Rainier, we were tipped off about a mountain biking trail that we needed to try. We were on the beach when an older gentleman and his wife stopped to talk to us. He saw the bikes on the RV and suggested this trail. He pulled out a map and … [Read more…]
I like Oregon. They pump your gas for you! The night before we were supposed to be in Crater Lake, I couldn’t sleep. I got up, and just started driving for the park (it is pretty nice when your car is connected to your house sometimes). At about 3:30 am, I pulled into a gas … [Read more…]
On our way to Redwood National Park, we drove through Willow Creek aka the Bigfoot Capitol of the World! We had no idea where we were until we started seeing Bigfoot signs everywhere! It was hilarious. There have been a ton of sightings around the area – in fact if you watch the vlog at … [Read more…]
Hey guys! This post is a little different, but really cool and unique so I thought it would be fun to share. In Death Valley National Park we met up with our photographer friend Katch Silva to capture “A Day in the Life of Our Vie”. All photos are by Katch Silva, and let me … [Read more…]