The second of the national parks that we visited while staying in Moab, Canyonlands National Park is quite a bit different from the nearby Arches NP. Two significant rivers converge here – the Green River and the Colorado River – and the deep canyons they have carved into the plateau are really spectacular. In a way, visiting …
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Hello Utah! And hello to two more stunning, glorious, amazing national parks! The great state of Utah actually has five national parks and six additional national park units, and one would be hard pressed to pick a favorite – they are all so unique and picturesque. During our 11-night stay in Moab which is located in the high desert in eastern Utah, we are …
Saturday, March 28 — I had a fabulous Friday with my girlfriends doing “city things” in Santa Fe like shopping, enjoying an al fresco lunch, indulging in some day drinking (wine and margaritas) because we were all together and we could, shopping some more, strolling in the lovely sunny weather, and celebrating both Fred’s and Suzanne’s birthdays with a delicious Spanish dinner …
August 25 – On the recommendation of a couple of people we met three weeks ago, we came up to Ricketts Glen – a state park in northern Pennsylvania. They sold us on the promise of an epic hike that takes you alongside 21 waterfalls – you hike down one creek to where the two …
August 5-8 – We’re here for a few days in Ohiopyle State Park, which, contrary to the name, is not in Ohio – it’s in southwest Pennsylvania. We have a few state parks we’ll be staying at now until we get to our next national park, Acadia N.P. in Maine, just after Labor Day. Ohiopyle …
Ohiopyle State Park — Tim, a local resident of Ohiopyle, enjoys creating rock cairns in the waters around the park for people to enjoy. We happened upon his work and stopped to chat with him for a bit. Perhaps his love of rock climbing is what got him into this. Whatever the impetus, we are grateful …
July 14 — This day featured two nice hikes in and around the area. The first was less of a hike – more like a quarter-mile walk – out into Horseshoe Harbor; a little cove in Lake Superior. For most of the time we had this little bedrock beach to ourselves where we walked around, took photos, …
July 8-11 — Per my sister Kirsten we were not allowed to call this a “camping” trip for fear of setting the bar of the girls’ future camping trips too high, so instead we referred to this as our “glamping” trip ~ glamorous camping. We spent three fantastic days with our nieces Elizabeth & Natalie …
