Tag: National Park Entrance Signs
Midnight in Death Valley – Death Valley National Park – Death Valley, California – 12/06/2019
Midnight Adventures can often be the best kind of adventures. But, let me tell you, It’s DARK in Death Valley!…
South Rim of the Grand Canyon at the Desert View Watchtower – Grand Canyon National Park – Grand Canyon Village, Arizona – 12/03/2019
And we made it to the Grand Canyon National Park! I rarely have words to describe the Grand Canyon. The…
Wupatki National Monument – Flagstaff, Arizona – 12/03/2019
As the road out of Sunset Crater descends into the Painted Desert of Arizona, the snow gives way to the…
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument – Flagstaff, Arizona – 12/03/2019
The next National Park Unit on our agenda for the day was Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument! Sunset Crater was…
Oconaluftee – Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Cherokee, North Carolina – 03/20/2019
We celebrated a GREAT First Day of Spring in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park! We drove from Gatlinburg, Tennessee…
NPS: Great River Road Visitor Center at Freedom Park – Two National Park Units in One! Mississippi National River and Recreation Area / St. Croix National Scenic Riverway – Prescott, Wisconsin – 05/29/2018
Great River Road Visitor Center at Freedom Park – Prescott, Wisconsin Located at the confluence of the St. Croix River…
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Visitor Center (Now Indiana Dunes National Park) – Porter, Indiana – 05/16/2018
We’ve been through several areas of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore prior to this trip, but this marks the first chance…
Fun in the Sand – Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore – Empire, Michigan and Glen Arbor, Michigan – 05/15/2018
Start your vacation fun at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore with a visit to the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center,…
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park – Atlanta, Georgia – 06/04/2016
The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park consists of several buildings in Atlanta, Georgia that interpret the deeply moving history of…
The Road to Zion – Zion National Park – Springdale, Utah – 07/04/2012
From Springdale, along Utah 9, east into the Western Entrance of Zion National Park. It’s Independence Day! No better way…
A Whole Fort to Ourselves! – Fort Jefferson After the Crowds Leave – Dry Tortugas National Park – Dry Tortugas, Florida – 09/11/2011
After the ferry boat packs up the Day Visitors and embarks upon its journey back to Key West, campers are…
A Day in the Everglades – Everglades National Park – Homestead, Florida – 09/03/2011
The Everglades National Park boasts an unimaginable quantity of wildlife! Turkey vultures, black vultures, birds of prey, shore birds, song…
Assateague Island National Seashore and Assateague Island State Park – Berlin, Maryland – 10/08/2010
Home of the famous Wild Ponies! The Assateague Wild Horses on the Maryland side, and the Chincoteague Ponies on the…
Capitol Reef National Park – Torrey, Utah – 06/07/2010
Cruising the Utah backroads, Utah Highway 12 runs into Utah Highway 24 in Torrey. From here you can head East,…
Sunset Point – Bryce Canyon National Park – Bryce Canyon, Utah – 06/07/2010
Bryce Canyon National Park, one of the Mighty 5 National Parks of Utah, is a breathtaking expanse of geologic amphitheater,…
Leaving Zion – Zion National Park – Orderville, Utah – 06/06/2010
And, that’s a wrap, folks! We headed out the Eastern part of Zion National Park, and upwards, on to Bryce…
Wukoki Pueblo Ruins – Wupatki National Monument – Flagstaff, Arizona – 06/02/2010
As you leave Sunset Crater, you descend from ancient volcanic lava fields in the San Francisco Mountain Range, into the…
Lava Flow Trail – Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument – Flagstaff, Arizona – 06/02/2010
Sunset Crater Volcano is the youngest Volcano in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in this area of Arizona. Its last…
Canyon de Chelly National Monument – Chinle, Arizona – 06/01/2010
Canyon de Chelly is the second largest canyon in the state of Arizona. It is a stunning protected area in…