We started our long road trip with one-day visit to Sequoia National Park, where we hiked the Congress Trail and the top of Moro Rock.

A plan for a long-dreamed road trip around the western United States, including a map of the 23 National Parks we wanted to visit, and gear we took with us.

A 65-day, 9,200-mile road trip in the western United States, going through 10 states and 20 national parks in the summer of 2017.

After traveling for 26 months and living in Australia for another 12 months, I finally returned to Los Angeles to visit friends and family in June this year.