Eric’s Dream

I slept in the car last night outside of Kingman, AZ. It was getting late and I wanted to get up early so I didn’t mind staying in my car. It’s always easier to wake up at sunrise that way. With a stop at the Hoover Dam and Las Vegas on the day’s schedule, I was

After navigating the “City Sea,” better known as L.A., I made it to my Grandmother’s brother and sister in-laws house. Kermit and Nadine. Yes, Kermit. Don’t worry about the name bringing thoughts of another famous Kermit to mind because he has one of the most

I arrived in San Diego on October 15th having no idea what to expect. I knew that I would be staying with my grandmother’s brother and sister in-law (great aunt and uncle,) and I would later meet my grandfathers brother and sister in-law, but since I don’t remember meeting any of

The day and night were spent in the outskirts of L.A. With a large orange glow and a building arsenal of trucks beginning to surround me, I suspected something was up. I turned on the radio and sure enough, there were out of control forest fires in the San Fernando Valley, just miles from where I was

I have watched countless hours of Travel Channel specials, including the ones that review America’s Parks. Almost always, Yosemite comes in second on the list, right behind Yellowstone. With that being said, my expectations for Yosemite were to be

I was beginning to dread my trip into San Francisco. Traffic an hour north of the city was already terrible and someone once warned me that driving in downtown San Francisco is much like driving in Manhattan, which is something I really don’t care to

Thursday and Friday consisted of a lot of driving. I waited for a little while Thursday morning in Portland before deciding to leave but I finally left around 11am.
The drive was filled with on again, off again rain. I originally planned to check out Crater Lake in southern Oregon, but the rain changed my plans. I didn’t want to