Jellystone Park Estes Park: Rocky Mountain National Park camping

Our family's review of Jellystone Park Estes Park.

The final destination for our summer road trip before heading home was Rocky Mountain National Park. For our homebase while we explored this beautiful park was another fun Jellystone Park location. I’m so excited to share all about our stay at Jellystone Park Estes Park, just a short 10 mile drive to the national park […]

camping near Zion at Jellystone Park Zion

Camping near Zion at Jellystone Park includes access to the water zone.

During our family’s summer road trip we went camping near Zion at the Jellystone Park Zion. We were there for five fun-filled days and nights and were definitely never bored! Our family has always loved staying at Jellystone parks (spoiler alert–I have another one from our trip to share with you) and this location was […]

camping near Yosemite at Thousand Trails Yosemite Lakes

Welcome to Thousand Trails Yosemite Lakes.

Our family has been to Yosemite National Park many times. From roughing it in a tent, to living the spa life, we’ve experienced a wide-range of accommodations. Just a few weeks ago, during Spring Break, we finally took our travel trailer (our Mobile Dojo Casa House) to one of our favorite national parks. At 33 […]

Yosemite Valley Lodge review: staying in Yosemite Valley

Yosemite Valley Lodge sign at the lobby.

Our family loves Yosemite and although there are a lot of different areas of the park to explore, Yosemite Valley is a personal and crowd favorite. My husband and I recently visited Yosemite Valley in winter to view the famous Yosemite Firefalls phenomenon. Yosemite is on a reservation system on weekends during this time to […]

6 best dark sky parks in the western U.S. for families

Looking at the night sky at the Grand Canyon National Park.

On a recent trip to the Grand Canyon my daughter stopped me as I was about to leave the motel room with our dog–“I’ll go with you!” She had been looking forward to staring up at the night sky all day long. We walked out into the quiet chill and wandered away from the dim […]