Rocky Mountain
The park is very busy with people wanting to see the beauty of the Rocky Mountains. The park system has a timed entrance system allowing them to meter the number…
Great Sand Dunes
The sand dunes are visible from miles away but they are not white like White Sands and the great sand dunes are next to the Sangre de Cristo mountains. While…
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
The park’s south rim is located near Montrose, CO and is 15 miles east of the town. The road to the park is two lane and has many turns but…
Canyonland
I was driving to Black Canyon of the Gunnison and was driving close to Canyonland so I decided to stop because I did not get to it when I was…
Redwood
The drive to the park from Crater Lake was to be only 4-5 hours but with my luck and directions it was much longer than the posted times. First off…
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…
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…