{"id":1683,"date":"2013-01-05T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2022-08-23T14:49:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T21:49:25","slug":"christmas-x-country-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/?p=1683","title":{"rendered":"Christmas X-Country Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#090d8e\"><strong>Road Trip Album at:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/sway.com\/hFkOo91gkkaRtAVn?ref=Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"wp-image-168\" style=\"width: 300px;\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2012-Xmas-X-Country-Trip-Sway-Thumbnail-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2012-Xmas-X-Country-Trip-Sway-Thumbnail-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2012-Xmas-X-Country-Trip-Sway-Thumbnail-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2012-Xmas-X-Country-Trip-Sway-Thumbnail-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2012-Xmas-X-Country-Trip-Sway-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2012-Xmas-X-Country-Trip-Sway-Thumbnail-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2012-Xmas-X-Country-Trip-Sway-Thumbnail-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br>December 20, 2012-January 5, 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#090d8e\"><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Our second Cross-Country Trip in the Prius was over Mark&#8217;s holiday break from work&#8230;driving back to New Jersey from Bellevue.  We planned the route around spending Christmas at <strong><span style=\"color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Yosemite National Park<\/span><\/strong>, and attending the <strong>Christmas Day <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bracebridgedinners.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bracebridge Dinner<\/a><\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We drove down the Oregon &amp; northern California coast, till we started heading inland south of San Francisco, toward Yosemite for a 2 day visit.  From there, we looped south through Bakersfield to visit Death Valley, Grand Canyon, and Albuquerque, before we hightailed it home in 4 days&#8230;east on I-40, northeast on I-81.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#090d8e\"><strong>Bellevue to Spring Lake Heights<strong>, Spent the night in:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Newport, Oregon<\/li><li>Fortuna, California<\/li><li>Wawona, California (Yosemite)<\/li><li>Furnace Creek, California (Death Valley)<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Grand Canyon Village, Arizona<\/li><li>Albuquerque, New Mexico<\/li><li>Fort Smith, Arkansas<\/li><li>Nashville, Tennesee<\/li><li>Wytheville, Virginia<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2012-12-19-Xmas-X-Country-Travel-Summary-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1703\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2012-12-19-Xmas-X-Country-Travel-Summary-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2012-12-19-Xmas-X-Country-Travel-Summary-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2012-12-19-Xmas-X-Country-Travel-Summary-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2012-12-19-Xmas-X-Country-Travel-Summary-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2012-12-19-Xmas-X-Country-Travel-Summary-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#090d8e\"><strong>Highlights<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from the National Park Sites around which we planned our trip, we<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2012-12-29-d-at-Hoover-Dam-1-678x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1732\" width=\"184\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2012-12-29-d-at-Hoover-Dam-1-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2012-12-29-d-at-Hoover-Dam-1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2012-12-29-d-at-Hoover-Dam-1-768x1160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2012-12-29-d-at-Hoover-Dam-1-1017x1536.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2012-12-29-d-at-Hoover-Dam-1.jpg 1176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><figcaption>Hoover Dam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Took our 1st Tour of the <strong>Tillimook Creamery<\/strong><\/li><li>Visited <strong>Cousin Patti-Q &amp; Wes<\/strong> in Fortuna, CA<\/li><li>Toured <strong>Hoover Dam<\/strong>&#8230;including inside<\/li><li>Spent New Years Eve\/Day in <strong>Albuquerque, NM<\/strong>, having our New Years Eve dinner on top of <strong>Sandia Peak<\/strong>, in a snow storm<\/li><li>Ate BBQ with Texas Toast in Texas and Catfish in Memphis<\/li><li>In the <strong>Memphis Visitor Center<\/strong> on the Mississippi, we were reminded that it was already the 3rd year of the <strong><span style=\"color:#1160b5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Civil War <strong>Sesquicentennial<\/strong><\/span><\/strong>.  That inspired our travel for the rest of the year and into 2016!<\/li><li>Visited (\/drove through) <strong>8 States<\/strong> for the 1st time together: Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, West Virginia<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Christmas-Portrait-at-Bracebridge-679x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1701\" width=\"168\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Christmas-Portrait-at-Bracebridge-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Christmas-Portrait-at-Bracebridge-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Christmas-Portrait-at-Bracebridge-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Christmas-Portrait-at-Bracebridge-1018x1536.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Christmas-Portrait-at-Bracebridge.jpg 1151w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><figcaption>All dressed up for the <strong>Bracebridge Dinner!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#090d8e\">We visited&nbsp;<strong><span style=\"color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\">4 National Park Sites<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Three&nbsp;we had planned the trip around, and 1 was a last minute visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sway.office.com\/F0zthqikoOQpsgMi?ref=Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"45\" class=\"wp-image-2029\" style=\"width: 80px;\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Yosemite-National-Park-Thumbnail-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Yosemite-National-Park-Thumbnail-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Yosemite-National-Park-Thumbnail-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Yosemite-National-Park-Thumbnail-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Yosemite-National-Park-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Yosemite-National-Park-Thumbnail-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Yosemite-National-Park-Thumbnail-2048x1151.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/> <strong>Yosemite National Park<\/strong><\/a> (#25) for<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#da0f27\" class=\"has-inline-color\"> C<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0c7706\" class=\"has-inline-color\">h<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#da0f27\" class=\"has-inline-color\">r<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0c7706\" class=\"has-inline-color\">i<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#da0f27\" class=\"has-inline-color\">s<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0c7706\" class=\"has-inline-color\">t<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#da0f27\" class=\"has-inline-color\">m<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0c7706\" class=\"has-inline-color\">a<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#da0f27\" class=\"has-inline-color\">s<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0c7706\" class=\"has-inline-color\">!<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#da0f27\" class=\"has-inline-color\">!<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0c7706\" class=\"has-inline-color\">!<\/mark><\/strong>  <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sway.office.com\/O6HySFjIYcFKDTsJ?ref=Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"45\" class=\"wp-image-2032\" style=\"width: 80px;\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Death-Valley-National-Park-Thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Death-Valley-National-Park-Thumbnail.jpg 2559w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Death-Valley-National-Park-Thumbnail-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Death-Valley-National-Park-Thumbnail-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Death-Valley-National-Park-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Death-Valley-National-Park-Thumbnail-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Death-Valley-National-Park-Thumbnail-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/> <strong>Death Valley National Park<\/strong><\/a> (#26)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sway.office.com\/K5RaTVDaN8vRkM0n?ref=Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"45\" class=\"wp-image-927\" style=\"width: 80px;\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Grand-Canyon-National-Park-Thumbnail-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Grand-Canyon-National-Park-Thumbnail-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Grand-Canyon-National-Park-Thumbnail-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Grand-Canyon-National-Park-Thumbnail-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Grand-Canyon-National-Park-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Grand-Canyon-National-Park-Thumbnail-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Grand-Canyon-National-Park-Thumbnail-2048x1151.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/> <strong>Grand Canyon National Park<\/strong><\/a> (#27)<\/li><li><strong>One<\/strong> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sway.office.com\/KU1HMPMopGPmc3A8?ref=Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"45\" class=\"wp-image-3860\" style=\"width: 80px;\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Civil-War-Parks-Union-Soil-Tumbnail-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Civil-War-Parks-Union-Soil-Tumbnail-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Civil-War-Parks-Union-Soil-Tumbnail-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Civil-War-Parks-Union-Soil-Tumbnail-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Civil-War-Parks-Union-Soil-Tumbnail-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Civil-War-Parks-Union-Soil-Tumbnail-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Civil-War-Parks-Union-Soil-Tumbnail-2048x1151.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/> Civil War Parks-Union Soil<\/a>:<ul><li><strong>Antietam National Battlefield<\/strong> (#28) <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Antietam<\/span><\/strong> visit inspired by our stop 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It was  our <strong><span style=\"color:#1160b5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">2nd Civil War Site<\/span><\/strong>, and kicked off 3 years of visiting <strong><span style=\"color:#1160b5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">many Civil War Sites<\/span><\/strong> during the <strong><span style=\"color:#1160b5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Civil War <strong>Sesquicentennial<\/strong><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Road Trip Album at: December 20, 2012-January 5, 2013 Overview Our second Cross-Country Trip in the Prius was over Mark&#8217;s holiday break from work&#8230;driving back to New Jersey from Bellevue. We planned the route around spending Christmas at Yosemite National Park, and attending the Christmas Day Bracebridge Dinner. 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