Mike and I have really wanted to explore Joshua Tree National Park and check it of off our National Park List. The Joshua Tree is...

Mike found us the perfect place to camp in the Mount Hood Mainsail Forest. Mainsail First allows period to camp up to 14 days, but we...

The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area is a special place. One of the largest expanses of temperate coastal sand dunes in the world,...

Mike and I found the most peaceful spot in the North Cascades National Park. We wanted to camp next to Diablo Lake but it was completely...

Mike and I visited the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park and we got a sense of the wilderness that Native Americans, traders,...

At 8:32 a.m. PDT on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens, a volcanic peak in southwestern Washington, suffers a massive eruption, killing 57...

Mike and I have been traveling and camping with BB, aka Black Beauty, for six months now. Wow!!! How do we do it? This is a beautiful way...

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park exposed me and Mike to some of the steepest cliffs, and oldest rock that we've seen so far....

While driving down the Washington Pass, we came across this scenic overlook from which we could see famous mountain tops, including the...

We were driving to Seattle and wanted to take the most Northern route because of a heat dome that was in the middle of the country, even...

The North Cascades Mountains includes North Cascades National Park, two national recreation areas, three national forests, nine...

Mike and I were visiting a friend in Missoula and on our way to Glacier National Park, when there was an avalanche that blocked Going-...

On July 25, 1806, while descending the Yellowstone River, Captain William Clark, of Louis and Clark Expedition, wrote that, “this rock I...

This first in the world mountain climbing cog railway, rack-and-pinion railway has been making its dramatic 3-hour round trip to the...

Congress established Hot Springs Reservation on April 20, 1832 to protect hot springs flowing from the southwestern slope of Hot Springs...

Mike and I found the coolest road right next to the Appalachian Hiking Trail from Georgia to Maine. We knew the views would be beautiful...

Shenandoah straddles part of the Appalachian province known as the Blue Ridge, and it backs up the Smoky Mountains. There are broad...

One of the most picturesque places on the Parkway. Mabry’s original sawmill and blacksmith shop still stand as well. Ed Mabry built the...

Mike and I were driving around New Hampshire and find this wonderful spot to have lunch. This is the Lower Falls and it is a legendary...