Big Bend National Park
Big Bend has a couple of distinct areas being the river, desert and mountains so something for everyone. The park has the Rio Grande river at its outer boundary of…
America Samoa
The park is in the South Pacific and is not the easiest place to get to and is in a third world country. Hawaiian Airlines, in 2023, has two weekly…
Hawai’i Volcanoes
On the island of Hawai’i near the town of Hilo, about 40 minute drive, is the entrance to the park. Once through the entrance you can either make a left…
Haleakala National Park
Maui is where this park is located. You tell people you are going to Maui and they are thinking you are going to be sitting on a beach enjoying the…
Shenandoah National Park
I have been to Shenandoah so many times I can’t count but each time I am here it brings me some peace. The park is the first one that I…
Ranking of parks in alphabetical order of park name
After being on the trail to complete my National Park journey for over 5 years I thought it would be good to reflect on if I want to go back…
Dry Tortugas National Park
The islands were discovered by a Spanish explorer named Ponce de Leon. He named them Las Tortugas for the abundance of turtles in the area alerting the Spanish fleet that…
Grand Tetons – second visit
The Grand Tetons second visit is different than the first one for me. To start with I am in a different campground and I am going to try and not…
New River Gorge National Park
The New River Gorge National Park is the latest National Park and it became a park and preserve in 2020 as it was a National River. The video at the…
Great Basin National Park
The park is outside of a little town called Baker, NV, it is in the middle of nowhere. The drive into Baker is on a two lane road for hundreds…