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50 Places to Discover in an RV
You might have read it or seen it on a shelf and thought, “I should pick that up.” It’s the national bestseller, “1,000 Places to See Before You Die.” Sometimes the best adventures are those in your own backyard. Here, … Continue reading
Posted in National Parks, Road Trips, RV Lifestyle
Tagged Alaska, California, Capitol Reef National Park, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Crater Lake National Park, Death Valley National Park, Denali National Park, Everglades National Park, Florida, national park, New Mexico, Oregon, outdoor recreation, RVing, Utah, World Heritage Site
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Top 5 National Parks: Is Your List Better Than Mine?
People like lists. No, check that, they love them. Particularly when they disagree with them and think they have a better list. So, here’s my personal Top 10 list of national parks. How does it match up with yours? 5. … Continue reading
Posted in Historic Sites, National Parks, Road Trips, RV Lifestyle
Tagged Arches National Park, Arizona, Canyonlands National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, full time RVing, Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, hiking, historic sites, Moab, national park, North Carolina, outdoor recreation, RVing, Snowbird, Tennessee, Utah
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Utah: Five Spectacular National Parks
Utah’s five national parks have it all. You’ll see unique soaring spires, towering pinnacles, sandstone canyons, and intricately eroded arches of sculptured stone for starters. Capitol Reef National Park Capitol Reef National Park splashes color for 100 miles from its … Continue reading
Links to the Past: Petroglyph National Monument, NM
Petroglyph National Monument contains over 7,000 acres of a volcanic basalt escarpment made from ancient lava flows, known as the West Mesa. The monument protects a variety of cultural and natural resources, including five volcanic cones, hundreds of archeological sites, … Continue reading
Extreme Land: El Malpais National Monument, NM
Located in the high-desert country between lands belonging to the Zuni, Ramah Navajo, Laguna, and Acoma nations, El Malpais National Monument is a relative newcomer to the National Park System. Known as “the badlands” in Spanish, El Malpais was used … Continue reading
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Tagged badlands, free, hiking, historic sites, lava, national park, New Mexico, outdoor recreation, photography, RVing, Southwest
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Inscription Rock: El Morro National Monument, NM
“Paso por aqui, el adelantado Don Juan de Oñate, del descubrimiento de la mar del sur a 16 de Abril de 1605.” Translated, the inscription proclaims: “Passed by here, the expedition leader Don Juan de Oñate, from the discovery of … Continue reading
Posted in Historic Sites, National Parks, Road Trips
Tagged Anasazi, hiking, historic sites, history, Inscription Rock, national park, New Mexico, petroglyphs, RVing, Southwest
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Arizona State Park Saved: Homolovi Reopens
In an earlier post (Homolovi, AZ: What’s in a Name?), I reported that cooperation between the Hopi Tribe and Arizona State Parks would soon result in the reopening of Homolovi Ruins State Park. The Hopi entered into a one-year agreement … Continue reading
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Tagged Anasazi, Arizona, Arizona State Park, camping, hiking, historic sites, history, Hopi, outdoor recreation, petroglyphs, RVing, Snowbird, Sonoran Desert, Southwest, state park
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Tracking the Anasazi: Hovenweep National Monument, UT
Nobody knows what happened here. For centuries, the Anasazi carved a place for themselves out of the rocky Southwest landscape in what is now southern Utah and Colorado. They planted fields, built homes and kivas along the sandstone cliffs. Then … Continue reading
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Tagged Anasazi, Colorado, Four Corners, Grand Circle Tour, outdoor recreation, photography, RVing, Southwest, Utah
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Land of the Sleeping Rainbow: Capitol Reef National Park, UT
Capitol Reef National Parkis filled with geological wonders that stagger the imagination. Somewhat remote, and not as well known as the other parks, Capitol Reef is located on the northern edge of the Grand Circle Tour. Capitol Reef encompasses a … Continue reading
Where Deserts Meet: Joshua Tree National Park, CA
Joshua Tree National Park is an amazingly diverse area of sand dunes, dry lakes, flat valleys, extraordinarily rugged mountains, granitic monoliths, and oases. Explore the desert scenery, granite monoliths (popular with rock climbers), petroglyphs from early Native Americans, old mines, … Continue reading