We are still in western New Mexico and our day today was spent at El Malpais National Monument. This is a large national monument that would best be explored in two or three days, but we only had one, so we did our best. Part of the problem we encountered is that we are staying […]
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Well, it is the middle of November now, which means we need to begin making our way east in earnest in order to make a few scheduled stops to visit with family, and then home for Christmas. We don’t plan to give up seeing the sights along the way, though, so today we spent the
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If you have been following the blog for a while, you will know that the biggest disappointment of our trip thus far was having to cancel our Grand Canyon reservations in March due to snow. After this week, though, we are disappointed no more! Returning to Arizona this fall was never in our plans. We
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Right up front, let us say this…We had a less than great experience at Great Basin National Park, but it does not mean that it isn’t an amazing place to visit. In fact, a lot of the reasons it wasn’t the best weren’t the fault of the park at all. We both really want to
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I’m sure you are all going to be shocked when we say that no, it is not actually the moon. We did not shoot ourselves into outer space for any crazy adventures, but are instead at Craters of the Moon National Monument in southern Idaho! This is our first visit to Idaho, but we are
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We are currently in Waterton Lakes National Park, a place we have visited several times before, but things look quite different than the last time we were here. Last time we visited was in May of 2017 and in September of the same year, the park was devastated by the Kenow Fire. Over 38% of
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Our third stop along our tour of the Canadian Rockies brings us to Kootenay National Park in British Columbia. This park borders Banff to the southwest, but is way more calm and less crowded than its more popular neighbor. Since the season is winding down here, Redstreak Campground was our only choice in the park
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We have had a PACKED three and a half days in Jasper National Park in Alberta Canada! Let’s get straight to the fun! On day one, we pulled into the campground, got out of the truck to go in to register, and the first sound to greet us was an elk bugling! September and October
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Upon leaving Skagway, we headed back north on the gorgeous South Klondike Highway, and east onto the Alaska Highway. From there we had a choice. Continue on the Alaska Highway all the way to Dawson Creek, or head down the Cassiar Highway? The decision was almost made for us as the Cassiar closed the night
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Well, we are back in Alaska! We weren’t ready to say goodbye for good just yet, so we have made our way to Skagway for a few days. Between Dawson City and Skagway we made a couple of stops, and check out the view from our campsite at Fox Lake! We think it was the
We have been dreading this day. Since we entered Alaska three months ago, we have absolutely fallen head over heels in love with the state. Heather said last night that she was concerned before our visit that we had built it up in our minds so much that we might be disappointed with the reality,
This is a super quick post from Clearwater State Recreation Area where we have spent the last two days relaxing and soaking in the beautiful weather we have had while here. The temperatures have been situated perfectly in the upper 60s and low 70s and we have had partly sunny skies! The sunshine has been
We have had a very relaxing week and a half since our journey into Wrangell-St. Elias National Park via the McCarthy Road. We have spent the time traveling short distances and staying in a combination of roadside pull outs and small BLM campgrounds. We have spent a few days each in Sourdough Creek Campground, Paxson
After leaving Seward on Tuesday, we headed back toward Anchorage to get Richard back to the airport. It was unreal that his time with us was already over! It didn’t seem like a week had already passed and it definitely wasn’t long enough, but back to the airport he had to go anyway. To avoid
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After our boat ride to Seldovia that we talked about in our last blog post, we spent the next day exploring the beach, old town area, and fishing hole in Homer. In all honesty, there wasn’t much about it that was blog-worthy, so we are going to skip it and move on to our next