To wrap up our National Park tour, we finished our trip in Badlands National Park. Now Badlands is a very unique park, the park contains a variety of landscapes and has great hiking trails. For those of you who aren't as into hiking, there are also a lot of roads that cut through the landscape allowing easy access to a variety of the views. If you want to check out the maps for the park follow the link to the parks map page. Camping Badlands...
As mentioned in the last post, Yellowstone National Park contains breathtaking views. Traveling through the park is an amazing experience. After visiting the hot springs and geysers there is still so much to see. One of the locations with a great view is taking a drive around Yellowstone Lake on Hwy 20. The road wraps around about half of the massive lakes which leads the way to breathtaking views of the mountains in the distance. Check out the...
One of the most well known National Parks in the United States is Yellowstone National Park. Although it is well know, not everyone has a chance to visit. During our trip out west, we got to spend a couple days camping and exploring Yellowstone. Be sure to check out the beginning of this trip in this post: Theodore Roosevelt National Park | An Underutilized Park. This has been one of my all-time favorite cross country trips to this day. Camping...
There aren't many place in the United States where snowball fights in July are possible. In order to find snow during the summer, you must travel north or to a higher altitude. Last time, while traveling out west, there was snow in the Rocky Mountains in July. Being from the midwest, it is hard to pass on the opportunity to have a snowball fight in the summer. Melting Snow in July in the Rocky Mountains Snow covered hills and mountain lakes...
The U.S. contains over 50 National Parks spread throughout the country. Although I haven't been able to make it to them all...yet, I do want to share one of the unique parks that is less visited. Theodore Roosevelt National Park is located in North Dakota, with some amazing views throughout the park. Even though Theodore Roosevelt National Park is only ranked 29th on the list of most visited parks, everyone should visit it. Roaming hills greet...
