This page documents my family's recent trip through several national parks in California (Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia), and my kids also went on to see a few places in Arizona (including the Grand Canyon, and Horseshoe Bend) Yes, we had long drives, some of them remote, but I feel that hiking is good for the body and the soul - especially hikes through these gorgeous locations!

I used a sketches in thyme:
sketchesinthyme.blogspot.com/2021/08/week-four-maven-deanna-creates-w-sketch.html
Obviously, I took some liberties with the amount of photos - there were too many to choose from!

And I also took this challenge:
www.pinkfreshstudio.com/blogs/card-making-challenges/august-2021-challenge
Originally, my idea was to put a whole bunch more diagonal stripes across the page, but it was just too busy, so I ended up with this page.

Last, I also wanted to participate in this challenge:
scrap-challenge-yourself.blogspot.com/2021/08/challenge-yourself-92-taking-care-of-you.html
After not traveling for months, this was the best kind of self-care I could have! It was good for me to exercise outdoors (just too hot at my home in Texas), and with people I love.