Beach at Cumberland Island National Seashore
Cumberland Island is one of Georgia’s natural treasures. Most of the Georgia coast is protected, but Cumberland Island is not only *completely* protected, it’s also huge and intact.
Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park
Ruby Beach is beautiful, rugged, and powerful.
7 Notes On Visiting Acadia National Park
Acadia National Park is small & compact, but very underrated. It’s a very special Park.
7 Notes on Visiting Olympic National Park
Olympic is one of the most underrated National Parks.
7 Notes on Visiting Mt. Rainier National Park
Mt. Rainier National Park is an incredible, beautiful, and underrated National Park.
Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park
So lovely, peaceful, but full of energy, but also not the place to sunbathe.
Mt. Rainier National Park Needs To Calm Down
Mt. Rainier has too much beauty for one place.
Longmire Cabin In Mt. Rainier National Park
The Longmire settled the land around Mt. Rainier in cabins that still exist today.
TIL That Beach Logs Do Kill
Mother Nature doesn’t want you goofing off on the Pacific Coast beaches.
Creek in Olympic National Park
Some of the creeks in Olympic NP look like are from a storybook.
How To Have a National Park All To Yourself
Our National Parks (along with every other tourist destination) suffer from overcrowding. Even some places with infrastructure and thoughtful visitors…
Mt. Rainier
Mt. Rainier is one of those rare places that’s truly difficult to overhype.
Historic Entrance at Mammoth Cave National Park
I had no idea that this is what the main entrance to Mammoth Cave looked like. It’s so insane.
Green River in Mammoth Cave National Park
I was blown away at the beauty above ground at Mammoth Cave National Park.
American The Beautiful? by Blythe Roberson
“American The Beautiful? by Blythe Roberson is a travel book across America’s National Parks but falls short in style and pacing, resembling TikToks instead of traditional travel writing. Despite extensive park visits and commentary on America’s contradictions, the lack of context and background detracts from the experience, unlike works by Bill Bryson.”
5 Notes on Visiting Mammoth Cave National Park
On an Eastern National Parks road trip, I got to visit Mammoth Cave National Park. I had no idea what…
5 Notes on Visiting Shenandoah National Park
As part of a Eastern National Parks road trip, I got to visit Shenandoah National Park in northern Virginia. Here…
5 Notes on Dayton Aviation National Historic Park
On my trip to Dayton, Ohio for the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse, I was able to spend some time at…
Bunker Hill
While visiting Boston, I got to walk up to Bunker Hill (i.e., the one battle that every American kid learns…
10 Notes on Visiting Cumberland Island National Seashore
I was able to visit one of Georgia’s best places – the Cumberland Island National Seashore. It is one of…
4 Best Ways Anyone Can Help Preserve & Protect Wilderness & Public Lands
I got to talk with the US Forest Service’s Wilderness & Trails Technician for the Conasauga District in the Chattahoochee…
Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the 1960s
My grandparents took my Dad & Uncle through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the mid-1960s. This is a…
On Visiting Death Valley National Park
I visited Death Valley National Park in January 2018 as a side trip on my business trip to Las Vegas….
On Visiting Congaree National Park
Congaree National Park protects 30,000+ acres of bottomland forest in South Carolina. Even though it’s not in the “top tier”…
Hiking Forney Creek at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
In April, my brother-in-law, brother, my son, and myself all went on a 2 night backpacking trip to the Great…
Exploring the Great Temple Mound at Ocmulgee National Monument
In late July, my oldest son and I took a trip to Macon, GA to explore the Ocmulgee National Monument.