Weier Family Roadtrip 2025!

Warning: Long post and LOTS of photos ahead… Today was the big day. We would reach the northernmost point on our trip in Jasper, Alberta and then drive south down the Icefields Parkway. Jasper is a popular town north of Banff that suffered a devasating forest fire from July-Sept in 2024. Over 1/3 of all…

Today was originally planned as just a transit day with roughly 6 hours of rural driving expected. However, it turned into a great day that the whole family enjoyed! We drove up Route 1 and stopped in Kamloops which is the last real city before Jasper (which is 3-4 hours further). We had previously planned…

Today was a much easier day and kind of a built-in rest day. We began the day by driving south into Seattle to visit the city. None of us had ever been to the actual city before. We parked about a block from Pikes Place Market so we started our day there. As we walked…

Planning a trip to the Hoh Rainforest was a little tricky from a logistics perspective. It’s located in a fairly remote area but somehow the parking fills up very early. So, we stayed in Forks, WA the night before and got an early start. We actually had to wake a kid up (Beckett) for the…

This morning was a little slower morning because the only thing on the agenda for the day was to drive a few hours to Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park. We packed up all our stuff…including an entire load of laundry which was scattered around the hotel room on various surfaces because the dryer didn’t…

We checked out of our hotel in Salem, OR and drove to Multnomah Falls which is the second highest waterfall in the country. Jay hung back at the car to catch up on a few things and I took the kids on a short 1/2 mile walk to the bridge to get a closer look.…

We had a smooth morning and filled up with the breakfast at our Best Western in Eureka, CA before hitting the road. We left around 8am and, fortunately, we had an easy 1.5 hr drive to the Fern Canyon trailhead while the kids read books and Beckett listened to his new Paw Patrol tonie. Yesterday,…

We said goodbye to Libby, Ari, Sam and Toby and departed San Francisco. We were sad to say goodbye but will see them in Maine next month so that’s nice. We started the real road tripping with a roughly 3 hour drive to the beginning of the Redwoods. We had originally planned to go to…

Today was easily our biggest and longest day of the trip so far. We started the day with Ari asking Brooke to join him in getting Donuts and sweets. She was very excited to join! We shared all the donuts and loved every bite! Favorites were the cinnamon roll (Brooke), Bear Claw (Jaclyn), Apple fritter…