July 7, 2025 A mountaintop rendezvous was the setting of our visit to Mount Rainier, “an icon in the Washington landscape,” according to NPS. My long-lost brother Peter and I agreed that we would meet on a Monday in July in a place neither of us had ever been before. He knew of Mount Rainier […]
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July 4-6, 2025 The “Crown of the Continent” is in northwestern Montana, bordered by Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada, and ranked as the 10th most visited national park in the United States. We have been to 8 out of the 10 most popular parks! We’re only missing Yosemite and Zion. This probably would have
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July 1-2, 2025 10 months after our last national park trip (September 2024), we were ready for our next adventure: Washington State. Our furthest trip west, and Greg’s first time on the Pacific coast. We sketched out an ambitious trip that would allow us to visit 4 national parks, including an overnight train ride to
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September 5-8, 2024 Rocky Mountain (or RMNP as it’s referred to by park enthusiasts) was the crème de la crème of our 2024 Colorado trip. Not only is the park famous for rugged mountains and pristine lakes, but Greg’s parents also joined us for a few days of hiking and sightseeing together! We drove up
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September 4, 2024 Our time in the Black Canyon – a foreboding name for a beautiful place – was short and sweet. Squeezed into a full itinerary of Colorado activities, Black Canyon was the third park on our 2024 trip. We started the day at our tiny rental house in Bluff, Utah and stopped by
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September 3, 2024 The second park on our Colorado tour was Mesa Verde, a “green table” of historic cliff dwellings located in the southwest corner. They’re a classic attraction – every native Coloradan we spoke to remembered coming here on a school field trip. These ancient homes are presumably 700 years old and surprisingly, they
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September 2, 2024 When we got home from Yellowstone in September 2023, we set our sights on Colorado as our next big national park trip. There are four national parks in Colorado, spread out around the state. We started working on a plan to fly into Denver and circle the state, ending up in Rocky
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September 4-6, 2023 Grand Teton was the last park of our 2023 trip, right before Claire was born. It gets overshadowed a bit by Yellowstone (they share a border), but in my opinion it’s just as beautiful and even more enjoyable. No sulfurous smells and plenty of incredible scenery. We looked at the options for
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September 1-4, 2023 Getting out to Wyoming to visit one of America’s most famous parks was a huge undertaking for us this year. With the rapidly growing interest in national parks, reservations for activity passes or on-site lodging at popular places have to be reserved no less than 9 months in advance, sometimes earlier. When
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August 31, 2023 Theodore Roosevelt, in western North Dakota, is a lovely and underrated park. This was the third park of our 2023 National Park Adventure and it hit all the right notes – beautiful warm weather, no set agenda, and plenty of time to enjoy the scenery, plus good health and energy all around.
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