I have always loved photography. And the National Parks can be a photographer’s paradise. Whether you are a professional with an arsenal of equipment, an avid hobbyist with a fairly expensive camera and heavy lens you’re toting along, or even…
It surprises me to see some of the posts on social media by people who are not frequent visitors of National Parks. The comments are often humorous, especially when seeing how the naïveté can lead to comical circumstances. But that…
Arches, Pinnacles, Fins, Mesas, Buttes, Spires, Plateaus, Slot Canyons, Hoodoos, Narrows and so many other geologic formations…that you’ve probably never heard of since your fourth grade text book…but all there to explore. Ummm…what’s a hoodoo? I will get to that…
We have traveled to 16 National Parks over the last two years. It’s interesting to see what people have to say about the Parks they have visited. Obviously opinions will differ, and people will undoubtedly let you know what their…
With all of the places we have both traveled, neither one of us had been to Colorado. We had both wanted to, but neither of us had managed to get there. Oh, we did land in Colorado last year, when…
The question is…could we really knock around in five National Parks in 10 days? Hmmm. We were making our way through Newark Liberty Airport and I was feeling that Melissa was not showing her usual level of excitement. So I…
A lot of our friends and relatives asked, “Why Mammoth Cave National Park?” Most, if not all, of them had never even heard of the place. It is actually one of the least visited National Parks in the United States.…
On our tour of Mammoth Cave, Ranger Nolan said that the National Parks are what make America great and beautiful. Humans are what destroy the natural beauty of this country. And the super highway has destroyed what was built beside…
We’re always looking for a great hike and we love to find trails that have moving water. What is it about the moving water that is so enticing? We had been to the Dingmans Ferry area before having gone to…
We do history here…We don’t glorify it; we don’t propagandize it and we certainly don’t trivialize it. History is not always glamorous. It can be messy, ugly, and brutal. But we choose to remember history and not hide it, lest…