Photography, Fun, and Adventure in the U.S.
We stopped in Naples in southwest Florida so that we could spend some time exploring what some consider should be the fourth national park in the state… Big Cypress National Preserve, established in 1974. This 729,000-acre preserve protects the freshwaters of the Big Cypress Swamp — which is essential to
Biscayne National Park, located in southeast Florida, is all about the water: 95 percent of the park is water, protecting and preserving Biscayne Bay and its offshore barrier reefs, as well as several of the northern Florida Keys and “transitional” islands. Biscayne National Park is the 44th national park on
After a bit of a national park hiatus, we were extremely happy to arrive in northern Indiana so that we could visit our 39th national park on this great adventure: Indiana Dunes National Park, located along the shore of Lake Michigan, and the first and only national park in Indiana.
We left Cortez and headed north to Montrose, with a focus on our 36th national park: Black Canyon of the Gunnison. The south entrance to the park, which is the only one that remains open in the winter, is located about 15 miles east of Montrose. (The park closes most
We hit Alamosa, Colorado, with a sole purpose: visiting the 34th national park on this nationwide adventure… Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, located in the southern part of the state, tucked into the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the San Luis Valley. The name is a bit confusing;
Channel Islands National Park — the 27th national park we have visited on this grand adventure — is one of a handful of national parks only accessible by boat or plane. The park, established in 1980, consists of five islands — San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, and Santa
We traveled from Tonopah, Nevada, to Lee Vining, California, to spend several days in and around the Eastern Sierras, including visits to Bodie, Mono Lake, Inyo National Forest, Mammoth Lakes, and — of course — Yosemite National Park. We started the adventure by visiting the site of a once-booming gold
Continuing westward, we traveled to the Olympic Peninsula to seek out and explore the amazing variety of Olympic National Park, #12 on our list of national parks we have visited on this adventure. Of all the national parks, this one may offer visitors the most variety, including high, glacier-capped mountains, old
We spent two days in Death Valley National Park, the fourth on our quest to see all 47 national parks in the 48 continental United States. (Alaska and Hawaii and the other 12 parks will come on later adventures.) Death Valley is unique in its size, geology, and age. The