Crater Lake
On first take the road into the park is not bad at all but once inside the park it is different. If you recall the Beartooth pass and how I…
Beach Side Recreation Site
The park is a campground and day use park operated by the Oregon start park system. The campground has sites for tents (no water or electricity), full hookups and even…
Highway 101
Washington State/Oregon - The drive within Washington State on the 101 was very nice. You drive all around Olympic National Park and are able to go into its many entrances…
Olympic
The park is way out of the mainstream. The drive from North Cascades is less than 200 miles but it took me a bit over 12 hours. I did stop…
North Cascades
The visitor center sign stated hours of operation was 0900 - 1730 but when I arrived at 1300 it was closed. I also went back on day 2, you could…
Mount Rainier
The park is divided into a five distinct areas each one offering something that the other areas don’t offer. I have selected to stay in the Longmire area and have…
Lake Clark
Port Alsworth - the town has about 200 full time residents and in the summer the number of people swells to about 400 people! The two is basically two runways…
Alaska Highway
The route home from Alaska goes through Canada and a highway called the Alaska Highway. The port of entry is outside of the town Tok, AK and is called Bear…
Wrangell-St. Elias
The largest of the National Parks by land mass not by visitors. You can drive into an area of the old Kennecott Mine and also the town of McCarthy. The…
Gates of the Arctic
The gates of the Artic is the 2nd largest National Park in the National Park system. The largest is also in the state of Alaska being Wrangell. The park has…