Jen Wiles

Up next is a personal trip to the Washington D.C. area in November. 🏛️ Stay tuned!

I was able to squeeze one last NPS unit in before I had to head back to D.C. to fly home - Hampton National Historic Site.

I got an early start this morning, starting at Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park.

I had a busy day today.

After my work training completed at noon, I rented a car from the airport and quickly headed south to Richmond to see the Richmond National Battlefield Park.

I took advantage of a work trip to D.C. to add on some extra exploring days.

Our first stop on our last morning of the trip was at Idaho’s Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial in Boise.

Eastern Montana has some pretty scenery.

Since we had so much extra time, we decided to head to Montana for me to mark off two NPS sites I still needed.

Our day found us in Western Washington grabbing some out-of-the-way counties on our U.S. counties quest.

The Japanese American Exclusion Memorial on Bainbridge Island is a place that has been on our list for awhile and something we consider a “Bonus Site” for our WWII Japanese Internment Camp quest.

We had originally booked multiple nights of camping to hang out and explore Olympic National Park.

Woke up and said goodbye & drove to Vancouver for coffee with one of Scott’s online friends.

Explored northern Oregon while we waited for our friends to get out of work.

Explored northern Oregon while we waited for our friends to get out of work.

After pulling another audible in our trip, the first of two National Monuments today was Cascade-Siskiyou.

Started our day by driving some counties around Sacramento and then ended up at Sierra Nevada for lunch.

Flying to Sacramento to start another adventure.

Up next is a trip to the PNW - a last minute revamp from what we originally scheduled. 🌳 Stay tuned!

I was in Dallas, TX, the week of August 3rd for work.

On my last day of the trip, we drove some counties in western NE and eastern CO.

First stop of the day was Glenrock, WY, one of the locations in Johnny Cash’s “I’ve Been Everywhere” song.

Since we were in the area and had extra time, we fit in the newly established Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, in Medora, ND.

Just so we’re clear….

There can be a whole lotta nothin' in central South Dakota.

Our new South Dakota adventures continued today with a first stop in De Smet.

Spent the morning chatting with Julie and then headed out toward South Dakota with no real plan.

Got up in the morning feeling awful and the air quality seemed even worse.

The original plan was to drive to Copper Harbor, MI, and then take the boat to Isle Royale NP.

Flew to Milwaukee to meet Scott and our friend Tom.

Took our first Norwegian fjord cruise today from Lysebotn to Lauvvik.

Started the day at the Heddal Stave Church. built in the 13th Century using no nails, it is one of 28 remaining Stave Churches in Norway.

(More pictures and content at AdventuresAroundThe.World) Our first day in Oslo was spent getting our campervan from Arctic Campers and getting supplies.

Extending our time in California before driving home, we met a long-time acquaintance of Scott’s at his burger restaurant, Burger Bench, in Escondido.

I had to fly to Santa Ana, CA, for work June 9-11 and Scott joined me for part of it.

The last day of our trip found us back in Minnesota.

Another day of adventuring in Iowa.