The day I hit the summit

This morning at 6:00 I was rudely awoken by my dad saying he thought I was dead because no one could wake me up. Once I was up I got dressed and ready we paked up the room. We repacked the car we grabbed some breakfeast and checked out of the hotel. Then 🍔(random hamburger) […]

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Painted Yellow Lines

“And I have no expectation, just to be here in the present” -Dispatch Each year as I’m putting together the road trip book I pick a quote for the quote page that captures a feeling about the trip. The quote above is featured this year and I think it fits particularly well. The feelings of […]

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Packing

There is so much to do to get ready for the trip. The last month of school is crazy with finishing up the school year and getting ready for the trip. This school year went by so fast this year which was great. Except we still have 2.5 more days of school then another 2 […]

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Day 14 (RTXIX Preview)

Day 14 of our trips seem to be jinxed. In 2017 it was the day we woke up in San Francisco to two broken car windows and most of our backpacking gear missing. Knowing this, we decided to go somewhere as rural as possible in 2018 to avoid any possibility of a repeat. Organ Pipe […]

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No Roots (RTXIX Preview)

“head for the next town running‘Cause I’ve got memories and travel like gypsies in the night” Alice Merton With only 18 days until we set out on RTXIX we’ve hit the point where we begin making the shift from theoretical planning to practical. This will be the 6th summer road trip we’ve taken and each […]

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RTXIX Preview

Ellie interviews Zak, her producer and dad, about plans for Road Trip 2019. Episode 22 of Ellie Elevates Your National Parks is now available on Google Play, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and many other podcast apps. You can also listen right here:

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