We stayed at an old CCC campground called Blackberry Crossing just outside of Conway, NH. The drive from Stowe to our campground was beautiful and took us from the Green Mountains to the White Mountains. Our campground was situated right in the White Mountains and […]
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National Park Recap: Badlands National Park
Badlands National Park caught us by surprise. Most of South Dakota is rolling hills and prairie, and out of nowhere the Badlands show up in the middle with impressive geologic formations, fossils, and pinnacles. We took a daytrip from Rapid City. Daytime temps were expected […]
National Park Recap: Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Crazy Horse Memorial
Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Crazy Horse Memorial we visited in the same day. We have mixed feelings about Mount Rushmore because of the politics of taking sacred indigenous land and carving white dudes’ faces into it. Mount Rushmore apparently was conceived of, funded, and […]
National Park Recap: Wind Cave National Park
Wind Cave National Park is a very small park with only a few trails. The main attraction is the cave. The visitor center offers a couple different hour to hour and a half long guided tours in the cave. Wind Cave is a dry cave […]
National Park Recap: Glacier National Park!
Andrew and I both have been DYING to visit Glacier NP. It has been on our bucket list for a while. Originally we had planned to combine visiting Glacier with a trip into Canada to Banff. Due to the ongoing pandemic, visiting Canada is not […]
National Park Recap: North Cascades National Park Complex
North Cascades National Park Complex is actually three parks, the National Park (which is separated into a North and South unit) and Ross Lake and Lake Chelan NRAs. In addition, the lakes exist as a result of a hydroelectric project which produces a large portion […]
National Park Recap: Mount Rainier
We stayed at a Harvest Host just outside Mount Rainier for 1 night so that we could get into the park early and snag a first come first serve campsite the next morning. Our Harvest Host was a little Ukranian Bed and Breakfast where they […]
National Park Recap: Crater Lake
We arrived just after lunch to Crater Lake National Park. There were lines at a few gift shops but the official visitor center had no visitors except us. The rangers were super friendly and pointed out some good hikes for us to do with the […]
National Park Recap: Redwoods National and State Parks
We had far too little time in Redwoods National and State Parks. We tried to make the little time count as best as we could. Most of our time was spent in Jedediah Smith State Park which is partly managed by Redwoods National Park. We […]
National Park Recap: Muir Woods National Monument
We’ve been moochdocking in front of Andrew’s parents house for several days, visiting friends in the area. Andrew’s family lives near Muir Woods and has been coming here for a long time. They really wanted to introduce the kids to this redwood forest so close […]