— On our first day in the North Cascades National Park, we experienced majestic mountain ranges and roaring rivers. After an easy hike in the River Loop trail, we proceeded to the Rock Shelter trail and Trail of the Cedars … Read More

— As the Rocky Mountain NP anniversary approaches this week, I took a trip back down memory lane and looked at some of my old photos from our last trip to that park. Has it been over 10 years really?!? … Read More

— Morning or afternoon hours, the views from the Lost Mine Trail are always breathtaking all the way along the trail. You can see the Window, Casa Grande as well as Juniper Canyon and the South Rim, as in this … Read More

— Sometimes a weekend is just not enough to recover from busy weekends — that is what comes to mind when I look at this elk. As we approached the entrance to the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park, … Read More

— Yesterday I posted a view from the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive showing the Chisos Mountains. If you look at that image closely, you can see a small V-shaped cut in the mountain. That’s the other side of the Window. … Read More

— After a couple of years since our last visit, this past spring we spent a week in Big Bend National Park. We’ve been going to Big Bend NP since 2001, when I was first introduced to the beauty and … Read More

— This clearly is a blast from the past — and a good one! Back in 2007, we visited Rocky Mountain National Park a second time. As with many other national parks, this is one of those beautiful units of … Read More

— I don’t believe I’ll ever get tired of the beauty and diversity found at Glacier National Park. Apikuni Falls is located in the Many Glacier area. It is a short hike (about a couple of miles roundtrip). The trail … Read More

— Besides being the first national park in the world, Yellowstone National Park is well known for its myriad number of hot springs, mudpots, fumaroles and geysers. Established on March 1, 1872, the park area covers 2.2 million acres. Yellowstone is … Read More

I love doing this kind of shopping: nature shopping. Whenever things get hectic at work, and I need to recharge my internal batteries, a nature fix gets the job done. Whether biking or hiking, open spaces do wonders for me. … Read More