NPS Unit Count: 73 Hey there Adventurers! The Sidekick and I went out to Texas to catch the Great American Eclipse in April last year. AND IT WAS AMAZING. The US was blessed to have easy access to not one, not even two, but THREE amazing eclipses between 2017 and 2024, and I got toContinue reading “The Great American Eclipse, Waco, TX, April 8, 2024.”
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Total Annular Eclipse of the Sun: Texas, October, 2023
National Park Unit Count: 68 Hey there Adventurers! I wrapped up my 2023 travels a little on the early side. The last trip of the year was to check out the total annular eclipse that crossed the United States on Saturday, October 14. The Sidekick and I made a long weekend of the event in central Texas! TheContinue reading “Total Annular Eclipse of the Sun: Texas, October, 2023”
2021 Wrap up and looking ahead!
Happy 2022 fellow Adventurers! This post sums up my 2021, looks ahead to 2022, and will have some of my favorite pictures from my travels this year! 2019 was a very busy travel year. I did not think it would be topped! Of course with current events, 2020 was a low travel year and whoContinue reading “2021 Wrap up and looking ahead!”
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.”
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”
The Parks Adventurer 