Beautiful Badlands National Park offers amazing views and hiking opportunities for all types of adventurers. Both the Door and Notch Trails are easily accessible from the park’s main road, Badland’s Loop. Each is short and both immerse hikers in the beauty of the badlands. Door Trail At just around three quarters of a mile in…
Sunday Gulch
One of the most scenic and thrilling hikes in the Black Hills is Custer State Park’s Sunday Gulch Trail. The scenery is amazing, it’s not overly strenuous and the boulder scramble is a fun feature of this unique hike. The trail starts of Sylvan Lake. For less headache, arrive early as Sylvan is a very…
Devil’s Bathtub
One of the most well known and popular hikes in Spearfish Canyon is the trek to Devil’s Bathtub. This 1.5 mile out and back jaunt to a rock slide ends in a chilly and thrilling plunge. The entire experience was one of the highlights of our time in South Dakota. The hike is moderate, not…
Roughlock Falls
Spearfish Canyon is one of the many jewels of the Black Hills. Tucked between the canyon walls are several wispy waterfalls and gobs of gorgeous views. One of our favorite ways to experience these excellent views as wells as the waterfalls is the hike to Roughlock Falls. The trailhead to Roughlock starts right behind Spearfish…
North Cascades National Park
Wild and beautiful. Two great words to describe North Cascades National Park. The cascade mountain range is rugged and vast with peaks soaring over 8,000 feet and is surrounded by more than 300 glaciers. During our trip to the Pacific Northwest we spent a full day in the park and chose to hike the Thunder…
Olympic National Park
Olympic National Park is diverse and beautiful. From rainforests to misty beaches, there are a wide variety of popular activities to do while in the park. We spent just over a week in the Pacific Northwest, devoting two full days to Olympic National Park. Here are a few of our favorite destinations. Hoh Rain Forest…
Mount Rainier National Park
The mountain was out! Mount Rainier is known for it’s rather frequent spurts of disappearing in the clouds. However, during our brief day long visit to Mount Rainier National Park, the mountain was out in all it’s glory. We had limited time in the park and chose to use it to complete one hike. We…
Bolivar Beach
At the tail end of our road trip to and through Texas, we made our way to the water to spend a night camping on the sand at Bolivar Beach near Galveston. We’d been on the road for a little over a week at this point in our trip. We’d already seen Big Bend National…
San Antonio
While on a cross country road trip to see Big Bend National Park, we took a detour to the east side of Texas to see the sights in San Antonio. During our two night visit we enjoyed the comfortable and laid back vibe of Texas’ second largest city. Below are a couple of our favorite…