Convict Lake Loop Trail in Mammoth Lakes, California is an easy 2.5 mile hike with dramatic scenery, and easy access to the lake and into John Muir Wilderness.
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There are over 5,000 of unique looking helical columns along the shoreline of Crowley Lake that can be accessed by paddling and by foot.
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Visiting Yellowstone National Park in the winter is a totally different experience than any other season. Learn all about what it’s like to take a guided snowmobile tour through the park.
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Backpack 7 - 9 miles out to Gila River Canyon and spend a night by Jordon Hot Springs in Gila Wilderness, New Mexico.
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Let’s just say you won’t ever accidentally arrive at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. This monument is located at the very end of hwy 15, a long and twisty two-lane paved road. Surrounded by what is now Gila National Forest, the Mogollon people lived in these cave dwellings from late 1200’s until the early 1300's.
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Often times, the way I choose places to go next is by looking at a map and finding all the green public lands around us. That’s how we arrived at Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area. The sites I read online said it has around 93 miles of trails for hiking and riding (and horse riding).
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The dunes at White Sands National Monument aren’t formidable. They don’t cause a quick gasp of breath the way Great Sand Dunes National Park do. But they are one of our favorite places that we have visited.
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Photos can't capture what it feels like to stand hundreds of feet underground looking at the most implausible things you’ve probably ever seen in real life. Put Carlsbad Caverns National Park on your list of parks to visit!
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Cat and JF of Road It Up were in Maple Canyon to rock climb and had invited us to join them. Maple Canyon is a world class climbing destination famous for its unique rocks.
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I love sunrises. But waking up early to catch them is hard for me. Especially when it’s 19° F outside and I have to hike up 2,300 ft. for it. But alpine starts are always worth it.
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There’ve been a few places, since living in the Toaster, that have totally caught us off-guard. It’s the kind of unexpectedness where a breath gets caught on its way in.
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The tundra can be a very stark landscape - frozen for a large portion of the year and its subsoil permanently frozen. That is until you take a closer look around.
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Grizzly Lake Trail is possibly the most popular hike and backpack trip in Tombstone Territorial Park. It’s for good reasons too.
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There's only one campground in Tombstone Territorial Park and by luck we found a pretty nice boondocking site about 12 miles from the campground.
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Photos of Tombstone Territorial Park caught my eye. Its jagged peaks that reached straight into the sky and unbelievably colorful rolling tundra. Just Google “Tombstone Territorial Park” and you’ll want to book the next flight to Yukon. On top of that, the park area is referred to as “Patagonia of the North”. For me, Tombstone was going to be the climax of my time in Yukon.
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The drive from Whitehorse to Tombstone Territorial Park is far, like 400 miles far. That’s too much mileage for us to make it in one go, especially knowing the Dempster Highway (which brings you to the park) is especially slow going in an RV. So we stopped at Five Finger Rapids and Midnight Dome on our way to Tombstone.
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We had this kickass plan for hiking Sheep Creek trail in Kluane National Park. During our first trip to the Tachal Dhal Visitor Center, the ranger mentioned that we could make a loop out of the trail instead of hiking it as an out and back. We were excited to finally hike a loop trail in Yukon.
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While at Kluane National Park we had been spending time in the southern end of the park. But there were two things we wanted to do in the section of the park north of Haines Junction: see Kluane Lake and hike Sheep Creek trail. Except we weren't expecting to see the lake this way...
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