We struggled to find a lot of information on visiting American Samoa, so in an effort to help other people who also plan to make the journey to this remote place, we are happy to share some travel logistics here. Flights — Flights to American Samoa are limited, departing the U.S. only a couple of …
If we didn’t save the best for last, we certainly saved one of the best for last! Nearly two-and-a-half years after we began our journey to visit all of the national parks, we have finally visited our last one — The National Park of American Samoa. This was our last park primarily because it was …
Lake Clark National Park & Preserve is another one of the 10 National Park System areas that was established by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) in 1980. This roadless area between the Aleutian and Alaska ranges has seen constant change over many tens of thousands of years. Between gouging glaciers, shifting tectonic plates, …
Olympic National Park is one of the last unspoiled and untamed places in the United States. Its landscape of rugged peaks, steep cliffs, dense forests, and wild rivers made it difficult to navigate and settle back when the European Americans were first on the scene here in the late 1800s, although Native American hunter-gatherer tribes had lived …
Two weeks ago we left our RV, Charley, in a campground in Salt Lake City, hopped a flight bound for Florida, and took a vacation from our lifestyle that, if we’re being truthful, is pretty much a full-time vacation anyway – indeed, we are blessed to live such a remarkable life! And in case you …
January 10, 2015 — We have been on island time for the past week, and in keeping with how the locals do it, I have been really laid back as far as blogging goes… in part because I was uncertain how Verizon would treat connecting to the Internet and using a hotspot down in the U.S. Virgin …
December 28th — It was the destination wedding we all looked forward to, and it was finally here! Nearly 100 guests joined Fred’s brother, Jeff, and sister-in-law, Debbie, as they hosted the wonderful wedding celebration of their daughter, Kara, to her beau, Kyle. The immediate Jolly clan, 22 in number if I counted right, plus lots of …
This is the view that greeted us when we woke up at the Hunting Island State Park Campground on the morning of December 17th. How could we not have seen this when we pulled into our campsite last night?!? Because it was dark is the reason; very dark with no streetlights. We could hear the ocean …
