The Johnsons' Journal

We decided after what felt like a considerably warmer yet drizzly night of camping in Mammoth that the plan we had of leaving the park via the Northeast exit and seeing a few more sights and wildlife along the way was not a viable option. We failed to look at the map earlier to read […]

Wednesday we woke to a very chilly morning. It was cold but at least dry. Making breakfast and coffee in the morning, let alone getting out of the sleeping bags was painful. We bundled ourselves up in all the cold gear we had and headed up to the Mammoth Hot Springs. Some of the springs […]

I realized we haven’t introduced you to the third member of our adventure, our little gnome friend… oh wait I can’t properly introduce him, he doesn’t even have a name! He was a birthday gift from me to Courtney the first year I knew her (I’m a born romantic) and we’ve had him greeting the […]