After hauling ass across the midwest in an effort to be home by August 12th to watch our cats while my Dad went on a trip that turned out...

We left Glacier National Park bright and early, and headed east towards Theodore Roosevelt National Park. We knew that this was one of...

We rolled off the plane from Hawai'i feeling fresh. We had slept only a handful of hours between us overnight, but the excitement of...

Author's Note: I was working on this post before departing for Hawai'i, and intended to complete it during the first day or so on the...

Slumbering in graceful repose, Mount Rainier quietly observes us, its shoulders cloaked in a mantle of ice. We are held under the...

We departed Crater Lake and drove 90 miles north, to the town of Bend, Oregon -- we were due for our bi-weekly shower. We arrived...

Ask yourself, and try to imagine -- what is the bluest blue you can see in your mind's eye? Navy? Sapphire? Royal Blue? I bet it...

We arrived at Cave Junction, Oregon mid-afternoon and stopped by the Oregon Caves National Monument visitor center to see about getting...

We approached Redwood National and State Parks from the South, via California State Highway 101. I’d gotten an email a few weeks prior...