If you love travel and adventure with some interesting history and "time travel" thrown in, this book is for you! Following their 1905 wedding in San Jose, California, Frank and Nora Traughber set out on a four-week honeymoon that would cover almost 4,500 miles and take them from the height of luxury at Monterey’s luxurious Hotel Del Monte to the rugged and dusty landscapes of Yellowstone National Park, where they slept in tents and trekked around the park for six days in a wagon pulled by horses. Along the way, they peered up at the Big Trees of Santa Cruz; camped on Avalon Beach in Catalina’s Tent City; and climbed to the top of Golden Gate Park’s Sweeny Observatory on Strawberry Hill to peer out at the panoramic views of pre-quake San Francisco. Then, traveling along the “road of a thousand wonders” on Union Pacific Railroad, they enjoyed the healing waters of Northern California’s Shasta Springs before taking in the wonders of Portland’s Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition and the excitement of Seattle’s early Washington Park horse and auto racing scene. Using Frank and Nora’s original 1905 scrapbook photos, complete with vivid captions Nora provided, author Tonya Graham McQuade weaves together the historic trek her great grandparents took at the turn of the century with her own modern-day travels to many of those same iconic spots. In doing so, she provides a snapshot of American travel in the age of railroads, a picturesque look at the American West, and a unique “time travel” perspective that bridges more than 120 years of marriage and adventure then and now. While the means of travel have certainly evolved, today’s crowds are significantly larger, and many of those 1905 travel hotspots no longer exist, some things remain unchanged. This book offers snapshots that highlight some of the things we’ve lost from “back then,” but also some of the many that remain in the “here and now” for us to enjoy, such as the Lone Cypress on the 17-mile Drive; Santa Cruz’s towering Coastal Redwoods; Catalina’s sandy beaches and colorful fish; San Francisco’s Conservatory of Flowers; Mount Shasta’s majestic peaks; Seattle’s scenic rose gardens; Utah’s Great Salt Lake; and Yellowstone’s unforgettable geysers, hot springs, rivers, waterfalls, lakes, and wildlife. By the time Frank and Nora reached their new home in Mexico, Missouri, they had journeyed through nine states and a multitude of cities; traveled many miles by train and others by carriage, coach, ferry, and horse; and seen sights most Americans at the time could only dream of. They passed their adventurous spirits on to their descendants, including the author of this book. Learn more about the places they saw and the author and her husband's parallel journeys as you read the story of Frank and Nora’s Historic Honeymoon Adventure.