Exploring Lake Louise by canoe and Moraine Lake with a visit from some old friends.

Exploring icefields parkway while getting snowed on in June.

Border crossing: We had a quick stay at Mount Revelstoke NP, followed by drive-throughs of Glacier and Yoho NPs over to Icefields Parkway.

Short stops in North Cascades and seeing an old friend in Washington.

The Tiny One conquers Mount Rainier :P

A short hike along Hurricane Ridge and to Marymere Falls in Olympic NP.

Hoh Rainforest was a completely different experience than the rest of the country.

Prairie creek trail in Redwoods. The Tiny Vlogger was born.

A quick stop at Lassen Volcanic NP and arrival to Redwoods exploring Fern Canyon, aka Jurassic Park.

Few nights at Pinnacles with a hike to Bear Gulch Reservoir through a cave.

We lucked out majorly and got to bike up glacier point road with no cars (or even any other people).

Perfect arrival to Yosemite and hike along the Mist Trail, Jordan's first real hike on her own two tiny legs.

Exploring the amazing Sequoia trees after a tough drive.

Joshua Tree NP was a pleasant surprise for us in terms of sights to see.

Our first great family bike ride in Saguaro National Park and a nice hike among the giant cacti.

White Sands was the first standout park of the trip for us with multiple fun experiences. The Tiny Photographer came into her own.

We headed down into the caverns with a much better experience than we had at Mammoth Cave in 2023.

Our first pause in the drive to explore the Great Smoky Mountains briefly.

Overnight stays at cool locations. We didn't get to explore much, but at least got a brief introduction.

What we would have done differently in retrospect.