It’s a long drive to San Diego from Ohio but we did it! We visited six different National Parks along the way and were pleasantly surprised at each one. Carlsbad Caverns was the most impressive, I’d highly recommend it. Saguaro was probably second place on account of the insane amount of huge cacti we saw there. Below is just a big photo dump, enjoy!
Here we go! Jake inside Mammoth CaveGot to see Angie, one of my oldest friends, in Memphis for breakfast💛Very cool architecture in Hot Springs, AR. We filled our water bottles at the cold spring taps, drove up the mountain, and enjoyed a beer with lunch at the Superior Bathhouse.It was bright and windy… this was the best photo of the bunch. The view walking down into the huge Carlsbad Cavern. This place is enormous!A huge field of Saguaro.More cacti! The tall one is an ocotillo which we saw many of, all with new blooming flowers. A blooming Saguaro. It’s a Joshua tree, in Joshua Tree NP! Shipping our bounce box to Idyllwild. When we were getting all our things together in the parking lot a guy stopped to chat about hiking the PCT. Apparently we already look like hikers.Homeless, jobless, carless…Here we go!
PCT Hike 
Is that carless or careless, or BOTH! I am so excited to be following along!
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