Photography, Fun, and Adventure in the U.S.
We completed a truly historic road trip in June, 2023. We traveled from our little hilltop in eastern Washington to Denver, to the largest, most comprehensive, and truly eclectic psychedelic conference, sponsored by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), a nonprofit working to raise awareness and understanding of psychedelic
This blog post starts a series in which we will be sharing a crazy summer of travel — most of it for spending time in nature and/or with people we love. Self-care is essential and time in nature is one of our healing modalities. Our spring is quickly moving into
We love nature; we love working and playing outside, though it is a bit harder to do in the winter… which is why it’s wonderful when organizations like the Ferry County Rail-Trail partners put on free events like the one we attended this past weekend. In support of Ran’s new
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
As we closed in on our week-long visit to New Jersey and New York City, we decided to veer west from our last location in Connecticut and spend a week in nature in the Hudson Valley region of New York and the Delaware Water Gap in Pennsylvania. Ironically, our first
This stop took us back inland from the Oregon Coast… camping just outside Salem, Oregon, located in the soil-rich Willamette Valley — located between the Coast Mountain range and the Cascades. While we had originally planned to dive deeply into this region known for Pinot Noirs, we found ourselves drawn
Yes we did! While our official #JenRanAdventures trip does not begin until January 10, 2018, we were able to take a little weekend trip to Central Florida last week, exploring Canaveral National Seashore, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, and Blue Spring State Park. All three of these amazingly beautiful parks
Our travel blog begins full-time in January 2018, focused on the adventures of Jen and Ran, the creative team behind EmpoweringParks.com, as we slowly trek back and forth across the United States, visiting places big and small; national and state parks, forests, monuments, rivers, seashores, grasslands; and other beautiful and