If there is one place almost everyone who visits Grand Teton National Park goes, it is Jenny Lake. This pristine mountain lake is much, much smaller than Jackson Lake in the Colter Bay area. Its smaller size means that it…
Visiting Bruneau Dunes State Park in Idaho
Contrary to popular belief there is actually quite a bit to do in Idaho. We have been to Idaho a few times and last summer we got to go to Bruneau Dunes State Park for our first time sandboarding and…
Yellow Van Travels North Shore Guide
We absolutely LOVED our time on Oahu’s North Shore last year. We had so much fun and had a great balance of doing fun things on our list while still having time to stop at a random beach or time…
Going to Ka’ena Point on Oahu, Hawaii
You can almost drive all the way around the island of Oahu, almost, but not quite. If you want to circumnavigate the entire island you need to go on a hike around the most northwest edge. What this means is…
Snorkeling at Shark’s Cove on the North Shore of Oahu
Snorkeling was one of the things I knew I wanted to do while we were in Hawaii, I had done some brief snorkeling in Chania on Crete and at Coco Kay in the Bahamas and really enjoyed those. We had…
5 Things to Keep in Your Car While Visiting Hawaii
When you’re visiting Hawaii, you always have the opportunity for adventure. Even if you have a very detailed itinerary, there are going to be times when you happen to stumble onto a beautiful beach or an amazing forrest and you…
Visiting Waimea Valley and Waimea Falls on the North Shore of Oahu
Waimea Bay is a fantastic beach on the North Shore that many people visit, but tucked just across the road from it and back in the woods is the gorgeous Waimea Valley. While we were on Oahu last year we…
Hale’iwa is My Happy Place
We have traveled to some amazing places in this world, and if you have been following us for a while you know that I get pretty excited about most places. But sometimes we go a place that I just am…
Yellow Van’s 2019 Year in Review
Wow, 2019 is over and 2020 has just begun! What a year it has been for us here at Yellow Van Travels. We hope you have enjoyed following along with what we’ve written here on the blog and what we…
How We Afford to Travel: No Debt
Travel is, at least for me and many others, about freedom. Debt is literally the antitheses of freedom as it represents bondage, and not just bondage but in many ways the worst kind of bondage, because it is bondage you…