Gale and Judy took us on a month-long RV trip across the southern part of the United States in the summer of 2010. We went from Stanton to Dallas, to San Diego, up to L.A., over to Vegas, on across Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, through Denver and Kansas City, and ended the trip in St. Louis.

This year’s trip started in St. Louis, and Kansas City. From there we went north through Iowa and Minnesota, to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Across the Badlands, through Montana and into Yellowstone National Park. Then back up through Idaho and Washington State to Seattle. Then down the coast of Oregon, through the Redwoods of Northern California, to San Fransisco. Over to Yosemite, Reno and Lake Tahoe, to Salt Lake City, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, across Nebraska, back to Kansas City, and we ended the trip once again at a Cardinals game in St. Louis.

*From a photographers point of view, I would love to spend several days shooting each spot that we visited. But in reality, I’m was just a tourist on this trip. So I did the best I could with the light that was in front of me.

U.S. Route 101 is one of the prettiest scenic highways in the country.

The kids climb a stump in the Redwood Forest of Northern California. According to the boys, there was no room for little girls in the middle of the stump, but Laura made it up anyway.

Natalie drives our covered wagon through a 3,000-year-old Redwood.

Well…you see kids, this is a California Hemp Store. Things are different out here. No, the Terminator isn’t governor anymore.

Hanging with Charlie Brown at the Charles Schultz Museum in Santa Rosa.

Natalie has been a huge Snoopy fan all her life. We even have a Christmas tree devoted just to Snoopy each year. Coming to the Shultz Museum was huge on Nat’s Bucket List.

San Francisco Bay

The Bay Bridge leading to Oakland

Apparently, it’s a big deal to swim the bay on Sunday mornings.

The Novato RV Park.

Playing dominoes with Pap in the RV

A wild San Franciscan woman hanging out of a limousine.

The boys represented Kentucky well at the Giants baseball game vs. the Astros. We determined that since the Astros were the worst team in baseball, and have sold off all their big players, that most of their current roster had probably played for the Lexington Legends at some point.

It’s Cameron’s personal quest to visit as many MLB ballparks as he can.

We saw more homeless people in San Francisco than any other city.

When in San Fran, ride the trolley.

China Town

The Golden Gate Bridge was fogged in the entire time we were there.

The abandoned military outposts above the bridge.

Sausalito, California

Laura found her buddy Paul Frank in San Francisco.