We spent several days in Moab, Utah, so we'd have easy access to two new-to-us national parks - Canyonlands National Park and Arches National Park. Despite being across the street from one another, significantly fewer people visit Canyonlands than Arches each year. I'm guessing it's because Canyonlands requires you to get out of your vehicle …
We recently spent a day exploring Petrified Forest National Park, which was the final national park in Arizona left on our list. We drove from Albuquerque, New Mexico, into northeast Arizona, following our GPS instructions to the park entrance. Pro tip: there is both a north and south entrance to this park with a single …
When bad weather put the kibosh on our plans to visit Taos and Chimayo, New Mexico, we implemented plan B and checked out a national historical park relatively near Santa Fe that wasn't originally on our radar. We enjoyed our quick - and windy! - visit to Pecos National Historical Park, where we spent time …
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We finally explored Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado, which was the only national park in that state left on our list. We stayed a couple nights in nearby Alamosa, which was a perfect jumping off point for our day in the park. Like other national parks, the approach is quite impressive as …
When we needed to reroute our planned road trip through New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah to commence in Ohio instead of Colorado, we spent a whirlwind afternoon plotting out our new route and a few brief stops along the way. In the process, we decided to stay overnight in Missouri and Kansas on our drive …
It only took me 40 years to make it to New Orleans, Louisiana. I was growing tired of rolling this destination over into each new year's planning ideas so I decided to finally make it happen! New Orleans in January January was an ideal time for us to go. Carnival was underway so we got …
We concluded our national park visits during our Labor Day motorcycle trip with Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Black Canyon is known for its incredibly deep and steep cliffs as well as its very narrow widths - some so much so that only half an hour of sunlight reaches the canyon floor each …
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Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
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