Our first stop in our three-month journey through the Colorado Rockies was the small town of Pagosa Springs, sitting at an elevation of around 7,100 feet and nestled in-between the San Juan and Rio...

Located on the shores of Lake Erie, Sandusky is probably best known for Cedar Point Amusement Park, often referred to as the “Roller Coaster Capital of the World”. However, this trip had nothing to...

In northeastern Ohio there is a national park like no other. Rather than being located in a remote wilderness, isolated from cities and urban development, as most national parks are, Cuyahoga Valley National Park...

In far southwest Pennsylvania along the southern reaches of the Laurel Ridge in the Allegheny Mountains is a magnificent state park. With its centerpiece of the Youghiogheny (or “Yough”) River, Ohiopyle State Park is...

We spend a lot of time visiting national parks and truly enjoy them. However, we have also found that there are some amazing state parks across the country that are sometimes overlooked and often...

Shenandoah National Park encompasses nearly 200,000 acres along a 105 mile stretch of Skyline Drive. The long and narrow park follows the crest of the northern section of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia....

A visit to America’s Historic Triangle in Virginia is like stepping into a real-life 17th and 18th century storybook. A story with a beginning, a middle and… well another beginning. Except this storybook is...

We came to the Outer Banks in the fall of 2022 but had to make a quick exit after only about a day and a half because of a storm coming in. The locals...