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National Park Guide | Where to Stay at Craters of the Moon National Monument

Excitement was high as we drove the isolated back roads through Idaho to Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. Partly because we had been driving for eight hours from Montana. We were a little more than halfway into...Read More

National Park Guide | Camping in Big Bend National Park

When it comes to National Parks, Big Bend certainly has all the right ingredients necessary. Rivers, mountains, canyons, dark skies and fossils, are just a few of it's amazing features. Since it's also one of the least visited and largest...Read More

My Maine Squeeze: A NE Road Trip

Foggy, moody and mysterious. Wild and tame. Maine is simply incredible. I had imagined it in my mind, but nothing prepared me for the sheer beauty of it. Road tripping north, up the coast from Boston, I had just a...Read More

Visiting Mexico’s Islas Marietas National Park

Just five miles off the coast of the Mexican State of Nayarit in the beautiful Bay of Banderas, lies a group of uninhabited islands called the Marieta Islands or las Islas Marietas in Spanish. Even if you aren't familiar with...Read More