When I quit my job last year to travel around the world, I planned on traveling abroad for 4 months and then coming home and finding a job. Then I met Graham, in the middle of the Australian Outback. To make a long story short: we hit it off big time, changed plans to meet… Continue reading American Road Trip: My 10 Favorite Photos
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Glacier National Park
I’m continuing to work on sorting through my travel photos, and so today I will share some of the ones I took at the breathtakingly beautiful Glacier National Park in Montana. We were only there for two days and two nights, but we packed a lot into our time there. We camped at Avalanche campground. Our… Continue reading Glacier National Park
Death Valley National Park
After a short but excellent visit to L.A. (my friend Michael was a very gracious host and wonderful tour guide) we got back on the road to spend a few nights in Las Vegas. We decided to take a slight (actually, major) detour along the way – we wanted to drive through Death Valley. Graham wanted… Continue reading Death Valley National Park
Arches National Park
Arches National Park is the first national park I ever visited, and it holds a very special place in my heart. It was our first adventure during the desert road trip my friends and I took in 2012. The campground there, Devil’s Garden, is the most incredible campground of all time. I was so excited to… Continue reading Arches National Park
Crater Lake National Park
We only had one full day in Crater Lake National Park, but luckily it’s a good park to appreciate in one day. The main attraction is, of course, the lake. It was formed about 8,000 years ago when Mount Mazama erupted and caused the mountain to shatter and collapse into itself, which formed a massive… Continue reading Crater Lake National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Walking through Yellowstone feels a bit like being on a different planet. Everything is smoking or gurgling or steaming or bubbling or spewing. A lot of the park smells like farts. Most people know Old Faithful is there, but did you know there’s also a giant canyon? I did not. It’s a wonderful place. Yellowstone… Continue reading Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.” – John Muir The middle of a horrible draught and terrible wildfires isn’t necessarily… Continue reading Yosemite National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park
One of the best vacations/trips I’ve ever been on was in 2012 when I went on a camping trip out west with 3 of my best friends. When I spent 73 days on the road in the US this summer, I got to revisit the national parks from that trip — the first national parks… Continue reading Bryce Canyon National Park
VLA: Very Large Array
If you drive way out into the middle of nowhere in New Mexico, and then drive 50 miles further, you will find (if you have a map, because there is no cell service) an insanely cool place called the VLA, or Very Large Array. The VLA is a radio astronomy observatory that, since 1980, has… Continue reading VLA: Very Large Array
Grand Canyon National Park
As we traveled across my favorite part of the United States, the southwest, we didn’t have a lot of time to spend at the Grand Canyon’s north rim – just under 24 hours. Enough time to set up our campsite, marvel at the unusual looking squirrels, walk out to a few canyon viewpoints, drive out… Continue reading Grand Canyon National Park
Badlands National Park
There is still a lot more to post from my trip around the world, but as I’ve started another long trip (3 months road tripping across the USA) I’m going to start posting from this trip as well as continuing to post about my time abroad. My English boy and I set out for our… Continue reading Badlands National Park