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Top 6 Winter Activities in Grand Teton National Park

Top 6 Winter Activities in Grand Teton National Park

by on December 19, 2014 in Guest Post, National Park Travel

The Grand Teton National Park offers considerable challenges to those who want to venture into its 310,000 acres during Wyoming’s hard winters.  Yet the rewards are there. You’ll walk where the Shoshone natives once held their ground. You can traverse the snow like the French trappers that once made their livings from the plentiful wildlife.   […]

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Sunset Sunday-A Civil (War) Sunset from Gettysburg, PA

Sunset Sunday-A Civil (War) Sunset from Gettysburg, PA

by on July 6, 2014 in National Park Travel, Sunset Sunday

I always wanted to visit the Civil War site at Gettysburg. The National Park Service’s Military Park located in southern Pennsylvania is constantly a topic of conversation in my family, but I never stepped foot on its soil until recently. When driving south to a wedding on I-81, I noticed the Gettysburg exit and decided […]

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The Cholla Cactus Garden of Joshua Tree National Park

The Cholla Cactus Garden of Joshua Tree National Park

by on November 10, 2011 in Adventure Mindset, Destination, National Park Travel

The desert clears your mind and calms your soul. A hike through the trails of the beautiful, and barren, provide the perfect cure for a clouded mind. On such a hike through Joshua Tree National Park I discovered more than the tree, but also a cactus cure. I woke up early, very early. I started […]

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An Afternoon at Nest Key

An Afternoon at Nest Key

by on February 10, 2011 in Beach, Destination, National Park Travel

When you think of the National Park Service, you rarely think of a beach. Yellow Stone, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon come to mind. Yet, I grew up visiting a National Seashore – Sailor´s Haven, Fire Island. It is part of the National Park Service, but not a ‘Park.’ Semantics? Maybe, but I did find […]

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Sunset Sunday – Joshua Tree National Park

Sunset Sunday – Joshua Tree National Park

by on January 2, 2011 in National Park Travel, Sunset Sunday

The U2 album cover might show just a single Joshua Tree, but a visit to the National Park provides any visitor the chance to hike among thousands. Every few feet down a trail I discovered the next one and the next perfect photograph. After over a hundred different photos, I started to realize although each […]

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