July 03, 2021 Today is the day to make it to the Sunrise area of Mt. Rainier National Park. It's time to get even closer to this awesome volcano! It's the highest point you can reach in the park by car at 6,400 ft. Again, I arrive early to beat the traffic lines at the …
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North Cascades National Park
June 30, 2021 Mountains, please. Plenty of them to find here, one of the least visited National Parks in the USA. https://www.flickr.com/photos/189719256@N05/51308535994/in/dateposted/ But I don't know why, because beautiful doesn't begin to describe it. It's like the Alps, some people describe it. Glaciers and peaks to view mixed in with the scent of the trees …
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
03/13/2020 This Corona Virus, COVID-19, is all over the news. It seems that you can’t get food, sanitizer, or toilet paper, go out in public, and you should prepare to hunker down at home. Schools and workplaces are closed. But the National Parks are still open! I had originally planned to go to Guadalupe Mountains …
Saguaro National Park and Casa Grande Ruins
12/30/2019 After spending the night in Tucson, it was time to explore Saguaro National Park. I learned that there are actually 2 sections of this national park and so I went to the West section first in the mountainous area west of the city of Tucson. This section had tall saguaro cacti dotting the sides …
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Garner State Park
Thanksgiving Weekend, Concan, Texas, 11/30/2019 After a stretch of working 10 days straight, I was overdue to do some deep decompression time, and the best way to do that is to go outdoors! This time we brought our little doggie to join us! I chose Garner State Park here in Texas because (A): it’s only …
Big Bend National Park
11/02/2019 The weather has been still warm-ish and colder in the nights, so last weekend it was time to go to one of my favorite places: Big Bend National Park! It was only a weekend trip, and I had been to Big Bend before, but I decided to do some of the trails that I …
Which apps worked and which ones didn’t…
Here's my final thoughts of the apps I downloaded for the Hawaii trip: My TSA: so helpful in deciding where to pack things I bought and changing planes so many times Airbnb: helped me keep track of the 3 places I stayed at, plus made communicating with the hosts easyAllTrails: shows the length of trails …
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park-Day 2
08/09/2019 I woke up to a slightly damp sleeping bag...don’t worry guys, it rained last night. The rainfly doesn’t cover the entire tent, and the inside edges of my tent got wet, and so did the bag since it was pressed against it. However, I’m glad a bought the footprint for the tent, because the …
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park – Day 1
08/08/2019I woke up to an early sunrise and first thing I did was check the weather; it was supposed to rain this afternoon. So rather than pitching the tent in the soaked ground or worse, in the rain itself, I pitched it in the morning before we left to go visit the park. It's $25 …
Apps
Apps Here's some apps I downloaded to my phone to check out for travel (for the record, I own an iphone8): 1. Google Photos2. Lonely Planet Guides3. My TSA4. Google Trips5. Google Maps6. App in the Air7. Airbnb8. Groupon9. Flush10. Southwest Airlines11. Turo12. GasBuddy13. AllTrails14. My Trip List15. Roadtrippers16. maps.me17. TX State Parks - I …
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