Like many of you, we spent much of the pandemic visiting state and national parks. I visited Acadia National Park in late summer 2022 which was the last of my personal ‘big 5’ national parks to visit (Acadia NP, Yellowstone NP, Yosemite NP, Great Smoky Mountains NP, Grand Canyon NP). Naturally, once home from a […]
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Twenty years! That’s how long Antelope Canyon has been on my bucket list! Twenty years. I remember the exact moment I first saw an image of Antelope Canyon. I was in my early 20s, doing a cross-country road-trip that was wrapping up in Las Vegas. We didn’t have much interest in gambling but, if you’ve
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When it comes to White Sands National Park, in southern New Mexico, you can do a lot in a little time! Not only can you see some of the most striking landscapes and sunsets, but you can go sledding just steps from where you park and you can learn some awesome science along the way.
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I walk alone and I run alone and I sometimes walk in the woods behind my house alone. And I think, on some level, that’s almost equivalent to hiking alone. But it never felt like it. I was always told never to go hiking alone. I should have a friend or at least a dog,
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I’m going to guess what you’re thinking. And you’re right, Yellowstone is very cold in winter. In fact, blizzard conditions are a possibility. But I’m not going to bury the lead here. Visiting Yellowstone National Park in February was ABSOLUTELY worth it for me! And I’d go back again without question. Some Backstory I’d been
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