When we made our plans to visit Banff and Jasper National Parks along our route to Alaska, we weren’t really thinking about timing – as in, what the weather was going to be like there. More so, how many of the gorgeous emerald green and blue lakes were going to be thawed by time we […]
RV Travels Through California, Oregon, & Washington
Our summer 2017 was jam-packed with new places. We hit 7 National Parks and 1 National Monument as our RV travels took us through California, Oregon, and Washington. While they were not new states—we’d hit them all coming south the previous fall—we hit new regions of these states with only minor overlap. RV Travels, May […]
Joshua Tree National Park
Interestingly, Joshua Tree National Park was going to be called Desert Plants National Park. While maybe not as “fun” of a name, we learned during our time here that the latter would have been a very fitting name for the number of interesting desert plants we did find here. But it was the widely publicized […]
Pinnacles National Park
Travel Stage: After San Francisco Area, Before VenturaDate Range: December 7-14, 2016Summary: We stayed just down the road from a lesser-known National Park called Pinnacles National Park. We were staying about 30 minutes away from a little known National Park called Pinnacles National Park. It is little known because it really is in the […]
Redwoods National and State Parks
No matter how many times you hear about the majestic and grandness of Redwoods National Park, nothing can prepare you for how humbling standing amongst these quiet giants is! The Redwoods are a must-see for everyone. The Redwoods had always been something we’d really wanted to see. My mom still raves about their majesty decades […]
America the Beautiful National Park Pass – Pros & Cons
We purchased our first America the Beautiful (ATB) Interagency Annual National Park Pass when we went to Assateague National Seashore in 2016. It cost $80.00 and the entrance fee to the park was $15/car, so that was covered. Right after that purchase, we went to a few other National Park areas: Wright Brothers National Historic […]