Mammoth Cave National Park is a great place to visit for a variety of reasons. Besides the obvious opportunity to check off another national park on your bucket list, here are just a few of the best reasons why you…
Travel Memories Are the Best Present
Travel Memories Are the Best Present Guest post by my daughter-in-law, BrookeLynne Wilcox For Christmas this year my parents took a road trip and met us in St. Louis on Dec 28th. My parents live in CA and we are…
Road Trip to New Mexico
I can’t share my recent road trip to New Mexico without a little backstory. It was unusual for us to leave on a road trip on Christmas Day. For us, Christmas is all about gathering with family as we celebrate…
Stargazer Inn at Great Basin National Park
Great Basin National Park is the only national park in Nevada. It may be less well-known than other national parks, but like all of them, it has unique and beautiful sights to see. Our visit to Great Basin cannot be…
Sequoia National Park in One Day
Sequoia National Park, in California, is home to the largest trees in the world, but that’s not all you’ll find there. Between Sequoia and its sister park, Kings Canyon, there are over 1300 acres of trees, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, caves,…
How to Prepare for a Trip to Utah
Planning a vacation in Utah is something to really look forward to. It can be a bit stressful, but it doesn’t have to be, even if you don’t travel a lot. You can prepare for a trip to Utah in…
Arches and Canyonlands with Kids
This post was most recently updated on December 14th, 2021Arches and Canyonlands are two national parks in Utah that are very well-known. Arches National Park found its way onto the Utah License Plate with its iconic Delicate Arch image and attracts…
Our Death Valley Anniversary
This post was most recently updated on July 25th, 2019Our Death Valley anniversary — yep, that’s where we chose to go to celebrate our 34-year wedding anniversary. Several of my friends thought we were kidding. “Death Valley? Uh, okay. Interesting…