Category Archives: 2021

Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM. Nov 2021

National Parks Count: 26 Hey there fellow adventurers! If you have read any of my most recent entries, you know I did a New Mexico/Texas national park extended weekend trip! If not, then now you know and you can check out my entries on White Sands National Park and Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Park numberContinue reading “Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM. Nov 2021”

Guadalupe Mountains National Park, TX. Nov 2021.

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.”

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”

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”

New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, WV, July, 2021.

National Park Count: 22 America’s newest National Park, number 63, is New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, nestled in the mountains of southern West Virginia. Just a few weeks after visiting the nations first national park, the Sidekick and I spent a couple days checking out the nation’s newest park and it’s a prettyContinue reading “New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, WV, July, 2021.”

Yellowstone NP, MT/WY and a little of Grand Teton NP, WY, June 2021

National Park Count: 20, 21 Hello fellow Adventurers! The Sidekick and I just returned from a pretty spectacular trip to Yellowstone National Park! This place is out of this world! In case you somehow don’t know at this point, Yellowstone is the largest supervolcano on Earth and the whole area reminds you of that atContinue reading “Yellowstone NP, MT/WY and a little of Grand Teton NP, WY, June 2021”

Dog Road Trip Number 3! BELLA IS A BARK RANGER!?!?! Little River Canyon National Preserve, Russell Cave National Monument, Alabama; and Clifty Falls State Park, Indiana, June 2021.

Hello Adventurers! FYI. If you are wondering and I am sure you are šŸ˜‰ ;), the Sidekick and I went to Yellowstone and Grand Teton, as scheduled. There is still a lot of work to be done to organize that trip into the blog and YouTube channel. That entry is coming in the next fewContinue reading “Dog Road Trip Number 3! BELLA IS A BARK RANGER!?!?! Little River Canyon National Preserve, Russell Cave National Monument, Alabama; and Clifty Falls State Park, Indiana, June 2021.”

Cuyahoga Valley National Park, OH. Apr 2021

National Parks Counter: 19 Hello Adventurers! Situated in a decidedly not “national parky” spot edging Akron and just 20 minutes or so south of Cleveland is a nice little piece of nature called Cuyahoga Valley National Park. This is a park that has an unusual history! This whole area is settled and dotted with smallContinue reading “Cuyahoga Valley National Park, OH. Apr 2021”