National Parks Count: 25 The second national park of my recent El Paso loop was Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Found about 90 minutes east of El Paso, in the middle of nowhere extreme western Texas desert, this park has been a National Park since the early ’70s. This park features the highest points in TexasContinue reading “Guadalupe Mountains National Park, TX. Nov 2021.”
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White Sands National Park, NM. Nov 2021
National Parks Count: 24 Hey there fellow adventurers! I went on a solo trip to White Sands, Guadalupe Mountains, and Carlsbad Caverns National Parks (and one other NPS unit, Chamizal National Memorial) in early November! It was a whirlwind trip but a fun one nonetheless! I am going to do this post different than myContinue reading “White Sands National Park, NM. Nov 2021”
Chamizal National Memorial
NPS Unit Count: 46 Hey there fellow Adventurers! I am going to start a new part of the blog. I am laser focused on visiting all of the “national parks” (63 and counting as of 2021). I have maintained that I will not go out of my way for the other 360 NPS units andContinue reading “Chamizal National Memorial”
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Leaving on a jet plane (again, and hopefully?)!
Hey Adventurers! I am embarking on another trip this weekend! It’s gonna be a whirlwind solo trip! Leaving tomorrow morning, I arrive in El Paso around 10 AM. I really, really, really hope for no issues with Southwest this weekend as the trip really cannot be any shorter! I am hoping to stop by aContinue reading “Leaving on a jet plane (again, and hopefully?)!”
Adventurer National Park Tips 1
Hey there fellow adventurers! Thanks for checking out part 1 of the Adventurers park visit tips! Part 2 is coming soon and will be focused on how to visit parks CHEAPLY! It was my 2018 trip to Rocky Mountain National Park, which was a super brief drive-through, that I decided that this national park thingContinue reading “Adventurer National Park Tips 1”
Acadia National Park, ME, Sept 2021
National Park Count: 23 Hello fellow adventurers! I have never seen the fall colors in the Northeast! In fact, since I moved to Florida in 2004, I have seen the tail end of the leaves changing just ONCE, and that was last year, past peak in Hot Springs, AR. In May, the Sidekick and IContinue reading “Acadia National Park, ME, Sept 2021”
Rafting the Royal Gorge, CO, 2018
Hey there fellow adventurers! It’s been a hot minute since my last post – full time job, side hustles…ugh. Anyway, the Sidekick and I are getting prepared to visit Acadia National Park in Maine this weekend! In the meantime, here is a new video I made of rafting the Royal Gorge Stretch of the ArkansasContinue reading “Rafting the Royal Gorge, CO, 2018”
Dog Sledding, Girdwood, AK, June 2017.
Hey there fellow adventurers! This is another video post! This time the footage is coming from the dog sledding excursion I took with the Sidekick and our friend Katie a few years back. Check out the og Alaska post! As with anything Alaska, planning waaaaaay ahead of time is a necessity. Part of the tripContinue reading “Dog Sledding, Girdwood, AK, June 2017.”
Rafting the “Numbers” section of the Arkansas River, Buena Vista, CO, July 2019
The Sidekick and I did a really awesome and long trip to Colorado in 2019. One of the many highlights was rafting the “Numbers” section of the Arkansas River with the Adventure Company out of Buena Vista. Though the trip itself was planned way ahead of time, planning the rafting trip was not as easy.Continue reading “Rafting the “Numbers” section of the Arkansas River, Buena Vista, CO, July 2019″
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