National parks became an even bigger draw than normal once COVID hit, as people were still looking to get out and travel a bit but be outside and away from…
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A First-Timer’s Guide To St. George, Utah
Over the past year as COVID almost entirely shut down the travel industry, one of the few bright spots has been people exploring more of the amazing natural beauty and…
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The North Rim: Grand Canyon Day Trip From St. George, Utah
It’s always felt un-American, somehow, that I’d never been to the Grand Canyon. NEVER. So when I knew I’d be spending a week in southern Utah, I made a day…
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Idyllic, Remote Loggerhead Key: Exploring Lesser-Known Dry Tortugas National Park
Do you have those moments while traveling where you just pinch yourself?? For me, there were several times during my 5-day sailing trip to Dry Tortugas National Park where I…
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Exploring Historic Fort Jefferson In Dry Tortugas National Park
I’ll admit that visiting Fort Jefferson wasn’t *technically* the reason I booked this trip. I mean, THIS was the reason I booked it… But I’ll also admit that visiting the…
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A Roadtrip Through South Dakota’s Badlands National Park
Several years ago I realized I had done a crappy job of actually exploring my home country, and particularly the amazing national parks throughout the U.S. I made it a…
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An Amazing Southern Utah Roadtrip: Zion & Bryce Canyon National Parks
For years I’ve been saying that I need to spend more time exploring the amazing natural beauty that the U.S. offers. So often, the lures of European food and culture…
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A First-Timer’s Guide To Visiting Bryce Canyon National Park
As I shared in my post on how to spend an amazing weekend in Zion National Park, visiting more of America’s national parks has been on my “to-do list” for…years. …
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Hiking Iceland’s Stunning Sólheimajökull Glacier
I’ve been obsessed with trying to visit Iceland for quite some time (and it featured prominently in my list of places I was dying to visit in 2018). An in…
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New Zealand Explorations: Nelson & Abel Tasman National Park
Idyllic. That’s the word that comes to mind when I think about the week we spent in the area around Nelson, New Zealand, in the country’s South Island. It was a…