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Fun Alpine Coaster at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, CO

Hey there Adventurers! Here is a fun video of the Alpine Coaster at the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs, CO! I best most of you have not been on an alpine coaster! This is my first and so far only one! They are not common it seems! Basically, go to top of mountain.Continue reading “Fun Alpine Coaster at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, CO”

Bark Ranger Trip, June 2022

NPS Unit count: 54 Hey there adventurers! Hot on the heels of my epic Alaska adventure, it was time for Bark Ranger Bella to do some exploring! My mother, in Indiana, was closing on a house and moving, so Bella and I went up there, but took some side adventures to and fro! BE SUREContinue reading “Bark Ranger Trip, June 2022”

Alaska, June 2022. Part 3.Days 5/6

Hey adventurers! Thanks for checking out this multi-part series on my most recent trip to Alaska! If you made it through all of them, awesome, and thanks!! If not, and you are interested, you can check out the first two parts of the trip here and here and also my entry on Kenai Fjords NationalContinue reading “Alaska, June 2022. Part 3.Days 5/6”

Alaska, June 2022. Pt. 2 Days 3&4

Hey Adventurers! This entry will be pretty critter heavy and if you are catching this entry and haven’t caught part 1, and want to, go ahead and check that out here! (This entry will be independent of that one, fyi). I had just arrived in Anchorage, visited Seward and taken a boat tour where thisContinue reading “Alaska, June 2022. Pt. 2 Days 3&4”

Alaska, June 2022. Part I, Day 1&2.

Hey there adventurers! I am recently back from my biggest solo adventure yet, and really one of the biggest of them all! When I first went to Alaska in 2017, I was not doing a blog at all other than the pictures I took on my phone and the GoPro videos I took. This tripContinue reading “Alaska, June 2022. Part I, Day 1&2.”

Lake Clark National Park, AK. June 2022

National Park Count: 31 NUMBER THIRTY ONE!???? Holy Cow! Just about 5 years ago I didn’t really even know what the national park scene was all about! If you’d have told me even just 3 years ago that I would now have 31 of the 63 under my belt I would have thought I eitherContinue reading “Lake Clark National Park, AK. June 2022”

Kenai Fjords National Park, AK. June 2022

National Park Count: 30 Hey there Adventurers! I am pretty awestruck by the fact that I have now visited nearly half of the National Parks of the United States. The first 20 years of my life in Indiana, my travels took me no further than my grandparent’s old vacation house near my current home inContinue reading “Kenai Fjords National Park, AK. June 2022”

Bark Ranger Happenings!

Hey adventurers! I am still working on my Alaska entry, but in the meantime I am excited to introduce the new “thing” I alluded to a while back! The Sidekick and I have started a brand new Facebook Group: Bark Rangers of the U.S. National Parks. What you’ll want to do is click on thatContinue reading “Bark Ranger Happenings!”

Yesterday’s Alaskan Adventure!

So yesterday’s adventure took us from Seward, eventually back to Anchorage. Here’s a little sample of what happened! Today’s adventure takes me on a bush plane to Lake Clark National Park. I’ll hopefully have an update tomorrow! The three above were all along the Byron Glacier Trail. The glacier is actually above my head andContinue reading “Yesterday’s Alaskan Adventure!”

Yesterday’s Alaskan adventures!

Hey there adventurers! Yesterday I took a day cruise from Seward to see a Kenai Fjords glacier up close! Along the way we saw humpbacks, orcas, seals, bald eagles, and sea otters. More of that later, but I thought I’d share a few pictures, including some good ones I got from the drive along theContinue reading “Yesterday’s Alaskan adventures!”