Hey there Adventurers! Be sure to check out part 1 here! I awoke very early the next morning to be sure to get to my tour of the Square Tower House. This was the really hard one to snag. According to the Ranger, this tour is only once a day and it was small…10 peopleContinue reading “Loving Mesa Verde National Park, Part 2. Colorado, June 2025”
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Loving Mesa Verde National Park! Part 1. Colorado, June 2025.
National Park Number: 43/63NPS Unit Count: 81/430US Unesco World Heritage Sites 15/24 Hey there Adventurers! June 2025 saw me finish the Colorado national parks! If you read the previous entry, this trip involved many stops in New Mexico for #USBarkRangers purposes, but the trip focus was Mesa Verde. A quick aside, this park is moreContinue reading “Loving Mesa Verde National Park! Part 1. Colorado, June 2025.”
Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico. June 2025.
NPS Unit Count: 80/430US Unesco World Heritage Site: 14/24 Hey there Adventurers! I have to say I am super excited to recount the next many posts for you all! This trip in June was to check out Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, but there are many national park sites in New Mexico including severalContinue reading “Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico. June 2025.”
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska, July 2024.
National Park Number: 42 Hey there Adventurers! 2024 was the year of some big parks which culminated with a solo visit to the largest National Park in the United States: Alaska’s remote and rugged Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. I am going to start by saying this is my new favorite park: 10 out of 10Continue reading “Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska, July 2024.”
Glacier National Park, MT. June/July 2024
National Park Count: 41 Hey there Adventurers! I know I have said this before, but I am really trying to get caught up on my trips! Summer of ’24 included two amazing trips to see two parks, both of which have claimed the title of Crown of the Continent. We will start with Glacier NationalContinue reading “Glacier National Park, MT. June/July 2024”
Tennessee Parks, May 2024.
NPS Unit Count: 74 Hey there Adventurers! May of 2024 saw the Sidekick and I take a Memorial Day weekend trip to Tennessee to check out the Smokys and some other awesome spots in Tennessee! Included in this trip were stops at a mountain top amusement park, a couple state parks, another NPS site inContinue reading “Tennessee Parks, May 2024.”
Death Valley National Park. CA/NV March, 2024.
National Park Count: 40 NPS Unit: 70, 71 Hey there Adventurers! It’s April 2025, and Facebook sent me a memory of this trip a couple weeks ago, which is now a year old, so I figured I better get on with catching up! This trip was a tandem park trip with Joshua Tree. Be sureContinue reading “Death Valley National Park. CA/NV March, 2024.”
Bark Ranger Maisy’s GRAND SOUTHEASTERN TOUR, JUNE 2024: Review and Wrap Up!
Hey there Adventurers! If you are a new reader to my blog, I would like to share that many National, State, County, and other local parks have Bark Ranger programs for your dog and even for the kitties! The Sidekick and I created a #USBarkRangers, a Facebook group for Bark Ranger enthusiasts that now hasContinue reading “Bark Ranger Maisy’s GRAND SOUTHEASTERN TOUR, JUNE 2024: Review and Wrap Up!”
Bark Ranger Maisy’s GRAND SOUTHEASTERN TOUR JUNE 2024: Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area and Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield,GA
NPS Unit Count: 88,89 Hey there Adventurers! We are approaching the finale of Bark Ranger Maisy’s first big #USBarkRangers adventure! So far, our trip has taken us from St. Petersburg, FL, up the northeast coast of Florida, along the Georgia coast, through South Carolina, and into the bottom of North Carolina. Our last stops onContinue reading “Bark Ranger Maisy’s GRAND SOUTHEASTERN TOUR JUNE 2024: Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area and Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield,GA”
Bark Ranger Maisy’s GRAND SOUTHEASTERN TOUR JUNE 2024: Cowpens National Battlefield, SC and Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, NC
NPS Unit Count: 86, 87 Hey there Adventurers! Continuing Bark Ranger Maisy’s first big Bark Ranger Adventure finds us checking out two more sites in the Carolinas. After departing Nintey Six National Historic Site we headed north to Cowpens National Battlefield. I will begin by saying that I appreciate the battlefields, but generally speaking, thereContinue reading “Bark Ranger Maisy’s GRAND SOUTHEASTERN TOUR JUNE 2024: Cowpens National Battlefield, SC and Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, NC”
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