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The Best Time to Visit Joshua Tree National Park + Best Sunset Spots

The Best Time to visit Joshua Tree National Park is basically the opposite time to visit most of the other National Parks in the USA – where most other parks are best in the summertime, Joshua Tree National Park is best visited in the Fall to Spring, with Fall and Spring slightly beating out Winter …

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My Alaska Road Trip – The Actual Trip!

I had grand plans when I first planned my Alaska Road Trip. See my original plans here, which involved driving to the Arctic twice! Lots of miles on gravel roads. Well, weather and forest fire smoke got in the way of that plan, so here is the actual Alaska Road Trip Itinerary from my two …

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I Visited Yellowstone National Park the Day it Opened Post-COVID-19 Quarantine, This is What Happened

Most of the world has been locked down for at least 8 weeks for social distancing, the National Parks in the USA are slowly opening on a limited capacity.  I happened to be isolating in Billings, MT when I heard the announcement that Yellowstone National Park would be opening at noon on Monday, May 18th.  …

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Salton Sea Birding – What Birds You Might See by the Sea

As readers of my blog, you may notice by now that I absolutely love the Salton Sea.  This place is undiscovered by most, and that’s what I like about it.  In addition to the many things to do at the Salton Sea, in the southern California desert, and one of my favorite pastimes here is …

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The 3E Diet – Three Eggs a Day Diet

Unfortunately, I’ve been on dozens of diets in my lifetime – losing weight isn’t really a problem, but keeping it off is.  If you have the key to keeping it off please let me know!!!  Anyways, I have formulated different foods over the years and some of those diets left me plain tired and hungry.  …

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The Top 12 Things to Do in Yukon (The Wild, Wild West) + Travel Tips

I had a chance to go through Yukon twice in 2019 – once on my way to Alaska and then again on my return.  There was something wild and different about Yukon.  These are the 12 best things to do in Yukon.  This post contains affiliate links.  This website earns a small commission for items …

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Bighorn Canyon Pontoon Rentals from Okabeh (A day on the Pontoon)

Last year, I had the pleasure of visiting Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area by car, from the south end of the park.  The road goes from Wyoming to Montana via one of the largest canyons in the USA.  I described it nearly as good as the Grand Canyon but without all the people.  The southern …

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Where are all the Torres Del Paine Animals At and What Animals Will You See?

So you’ve decided to go to Torres Del Paine.  Likely you’ve seen the pictures of the granite “Torres”, or towers.  Perhaps you’ve decided to hike the famous “W trek”.  But did you know there’s lots of wildlife to be seen at Torres Del Paine National Park in Chile?  Read more to find where you can …

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Exploring Dunster BC – The alternative route from Prince George to Mount Robson

I was returning to the lower 48 states after my road trip to Alaska, coming south on the Alaska Highway.  If you know anything about driving in Alaska and Yukon, other than in the Kenai Peninsula and around Anchorage, the traffic is light.  But coming south to Dawson Creek, BC was quite a shock.  All …

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My Website Was Stolen! Real Life Stories of Copied and Stolen Content on the Web

So you became a blogger because you want to share your ideas and stories with the world.  There are so many websites that are in business to make money, but to make money you need content to drive people to the site.  The unscrupulous and profiteering websites have no problem copying or being heavily inspired …

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