Ypsilon Lake Snowshoeing
AllTrails lists the Ypsilon Trail hike as 9.2 miles, 2,496 feet of elevation gain, and a Medium difficulty rating. I concur with the…
Read MoreAllTrails lists the Ypsilon Trail hike as 9.2 miles, 2,496 feet of elevation gain, and a Medium difficulty rating. I concur with the…
Read MoreWith permission to play hooky on a Wednesday, we loaded up spikes and snowshoes and headed to the Park. Surprisingly enough, despite the…
Read MoreMaking use of yet another day of reduced crowds in Rocky Mountain National Park. Normally the Longs Peak trailhead parking lot is completely…
Read MoreSince we love nontraditional holidays – why not a hike in the Park? We figured that crowds would be low, so we would…
Read MoreOff-season means low crowds, might as well bang out some of the hikes you just can’t get to in the summer without hordes…
Read MoreAlthough we’ve already done the first section of the Cow Creek Trail, we haven’t done the circuit up to Balanced Rock. While the…
Read MoreThe very nice thing about Rocky Mountain National Park being mostly closed – fewer tourists! Slowly as bits of the Park have reopened,…
Read MoreLong on our list, but not easily accessible – Nationalpark Berchetsgaden. Surrounded by towering mountains on three sides, Lake Konigssee (The King’s Lake)…
Read MoreRainier was a big trip for me. Months of grueling preparation. Thousands of dollars of extra gear. Hours and hours spent poring over…
Read MoreFinally got around to publishing Arches National Park photos on our blog, thought I’d share this one since we didn’t see anything amazing…
Read MoreAnother day of enjoying America’s National Parks. Landscape Arch, Arches National Park, Moab, Utah
Read MoreSince we could tell that Tower Arch is 4 miles due east of where we have the RV parked, we didn’t want to…
Read MoreIf you guessed that Arches National Park was known for well, arches, you might be right. We spent a month just outside of…
Read MoreMesa Verde is a prime example of a National Park being established to protect our heritage, instead of providing a recreational area. With…
Read MoreIf you’re going to relax, relax in style! Our planned 11 mile hike turned into a little over 18 miles, so it’s a…
Read MoreCanyonlands National Park is broken out into three main sections: The Maze – a seldom-visited backcountry on the western side. Island in the…
Read MoreHere are some extra photos from our Canyon de Chelly trip that didn’t make the prime-time cut, but are good memories for us.
Read MoreCanyon de Chelly (pronounced D’Shay) is entirely owned by the Navajo Tribal Trust of the Navajo Nation. It is the only National Park…
Read MoreNeither of us had visited Petrified Forest National Park before, despite it’s relatively close proximity to the Grand Canyon. As with the other…
Read MoreIt’s not easy to get to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, but it’s definitely worth the trip! 100 miles southwest of Tucson and…
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