Tag: National Parks

Grand Canyon Rafting Gear – Packing for your trip for less

So you’ve booked a Grand Canyon Rafting trip.  You’ve likely dropped $1,500 to $6,000+ for a 3 to 18 day trip on the Colorado River.  And now you have to buy a bunch of gear on top of this.  Well, I’m happy to tell you there’s not a need to break the bank.  The following …

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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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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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Chapel of the Transfiguration and Chapel of the Sacred Heart – The Churches in Grand Teton National Park

Chapel of the Transfiguration

Grand Teton National park is a spiritual place – the grandeur of the mountains is some of God’s greatest works.  But it’s also home to two man-made spiritual places… the Chapel of the Transfiguration and the Chapel of the Sacred Heart – the two churches located inside the National Park. Chapel of the Transfiguration Chapel …

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Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (Like the Grand Canyon, but without People)

Bighorn Canyon

After visiting the crowded Yellowstone National Park and having also visited the Grand Canyon National Park, the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area is a way to get away from the crowds.  This incredible canyon, one of the largest in the USA that spans through Wyoming and Montana, is just a 2-hour drive from Yellowstone and …

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Crater Lake in April (How Deep is Your Lake?)

Crater Lake is one of my favorite National Parks – I’ve been there four times, but always in the summer.  This year, I found myself at Crater Lake in April (April 1, Easter Sunday to be exact) so decided to make a detour over to Crater Lake.  Crater Lake in the Spring is the basically …

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