After Karen began riding in the backseat to help soothe Jude, and once Gregory Alan Isakov's album began playing on the stereo, we the parents had conquered the road trip. Yes, we traveled with a yoga ball which had to be inflated and deflated at each stop; yes, I spent much of my time upon arrival at each location, getting the yoga ball immediately inflated, and campsite set up, so Karen could soothe Jude; yes, we were up at 5:30/6am each morning and packed up by 6:30am in order to avoid having our crying baby wake up other campers. Given our tiny little camping adversary, these were all parts of a successful camping trip.
Below is a photo journal of the trip. The last image is a screenshot of the route we took for our 1,750 mile journey.
Great Grandma Bernie holding baby next to littler people holding a litter baby.
Visiting Auntie Michelle's Camas Valley Farm
Natural Narcissist at Wildlife Safari in Winston.
Holding Jude with Bear Hands, Wildlife Safari
Visiting Grandparents (Ian's parents) in Southern OR.
Baby Guitar. Jude, as compared to Ian's miniature travel guitar.
Baby food stop at Crescent City.
Stop with the Babes. (that's a triple pun people!) Klamath CA
Enjoying the Sunset, Arcata CA
New Thing on Old Thing - Redwoods N. California
Baby food stop - Redwoods N. California
Mendocino, CA
Visiting Uncle Chris with a hike through the Headlands, San Francisco CA
Chillin' outside SF Grandparents' House
From Mirror Lake (all dried up), looking up at Half Dome, Yosemite
Karen and Jude at Glacier Point, Yosemite.
Me and Jude at Glacier Point, Yosemite
Breakfast at Glacier Point, Yosemite.
Taft Point, Glacier Point, Yosemite.
Ascent of Half Dome, Yosemite
Final climb up the back of the Dome!
Alex on the cables (half way up the back of the dome)
The top of the Dome!
Yosemite Valley
Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite
Food Stop at (the surreal) Mono Lake, CA
Sunset at Lake Tahoe, CA
Shoe Tree, near the California/Nevada Border
Baby Jude and Momma at Crater Lake, OR
Diamond Lake Camp Site. The best campsite of the trip...also our last night on the road. - Arriving just days after a very nearby fire was contained, and at the end of the summer season, we ended up with the lake almost to ourselves!
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