It is wild to think that we have already reached our final leg of our incredible adventure through the west of the United States! We have seen and experienced so much together! As our trip is coming to a close, the two of us feel so lucky to have had such enthusiastic travel buddies throughout [...]
Trek West #3
As we have ventured into Northern California, it is incredible to see the landscape change so drastically and to enjoy the beauties that each place has to offer. We began our exploration of Yosemite National Park by ascending the Mist Trail early Monday morning. On this trek, we encountered three massive waterfalls and ascended approximately [...]
We hope you all had a relaxing weekend. We geared up for this weekend with another day of service on Friday. We volunteered at the LA Food Bank, helping them prepare food packages for hungry individuals and families in the city. By the afternoon, we had prepared enough packages to feed 1,200 people – a [...]
After a long bus ride, we finally made it to Los Angeles on Wednesday. We enjoyed a quick lunch in Beverly Hills before making our way to the Museum of Tolerance, a museum that focused on prejudice and social movements that have taken place in the last century in the United States. In the museum, [...]
We have wrapped up our first week of Trek West and are continuing to have lots of fun seeing amazing sites with your kids! We left the Ponderosa Ranch early on Monday to head to Las Vegas. We were greeted with 100+ degree heat (luckily the hotels and our dorms were air conditioned) and a [...]
We began our journey to Utah early Friday morning. We broke up our long drive north with a quick visit to a beautiful lookout over Glenn Canyon dam on Lake Powell. It was amazing to see the turquoise waters amidst the burnt red landscape. We then stopped for lunch at a park right past the [...]
Greetings from Flagstaff! We have been having so much fun these past two days getting to know your kids! We are so excited to spend the next couple of weeks getting to know them more as we explore the West! After spending Tuesday afternoon doing ice breakers, spending time at the pool – Phoenix welcomed [...]