Changes to plan, 1st edition.

Looks like we've settled on which route we're taking this summer! Still subject to change, of course, but we even nailed down dates for when we'll be in what areas. We wanted to get a plan nailed down because I need to send out a massive here's-our-schedule-join-us-for-part-of-it email to friends and family, so last weekend we hunkered down on the couch with some coffee and made our Official Hobotrip Plan (assuming, of course, everything still goes to plan).


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We've decided to do a pretty simple out and back, focusing on a few spots that we really want to visit and making sure we have a week or more in each. Plus we'll be staggering locations, so it's not like we have to drive from California all the way back to Minnesota with nothing cool to do in between.

So yay for that! Planning lull OVER. We'll write about each spot in separate posts, but here's what we're hitting:

• YELLOWSTONE. Of course. For like, 2.5 weeks, because Zach loves it so.
  
• Glacier National Park. Seems like a total can't miss, and we'll try to hit up some day hikes and random stuff along our route through Montana.
  
• North Cascades National Park.
  
• Olympic National Park.
  
• A couple of TBD state parks along the Oregon coast.
  
• The redwoods, likely the northern state parks around Crescent City, California.
  
• BWCA, obviously, because I've been obsessed with a long (3 weeks+) canoe trip for so long.
  

And we'll be hitting some fine cities for 2-4 days or so, taking breaks from the tent life:

• Seattle! Because of our many pals there. We'll probably swing through once on the way out, once on the way back.
  
• Portland, because it breaks up the drive and sounds like they have great food there.
  
• Missoula, because for some reason I feel totally pulled to hang out there?
  

We're skipping out on a lot on this trip, and that's just the way it goes. It seems heartbreaking to be in California but not swing down to Yosemite, for example, but we had to make some hard decisions regarding the time/money spent driving vs. the time spent camping. All in all, I think it's a great route and I'm really excited about it. And we're both really flexible people who will be all too happy to follow whatever whims we might have once we're on the road.