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09.03.11 : Overlooking Crater Lake from the caldera rim. Today is the 118th birthday of Crater Lake National Park. We were planning on revisiting this summer but... womp womp. #craterlake #craterlakenationalpark #wizardisland #bluewater #island #volcano #caldera #findyourpark08.04.11 : Mount St. Helens viewed from the Windy Ridge Viewpoint. All was peaceful that afternoon, but 40 years ago today... not so much. #mtsthelens #windyridgeviewpoint #volcano #mtsthelensnationalvolcanicmonument #40thanniversary #eruption #crater #mountaingoboomHappy NPS Cave Week! 07.03.18 : some intricate draperies hang in Crystal Cave in Sequoia National Park. #caveweek #npscaveweek #sequoianationalpark #crystalcaveGot out of the city to chill with some bison today. #midewinnationaltallgrassprairie #prairie #tallgrassprairie #illinois #animalsarebetterthanpeopleHappy #ParkRxDay ... Looking forward to when we can actually get some outdoor Rx in a National Park again. 06.25.18 overlooking Yosemite Valley from the Yosemite Falls Trail. 06.24.18 happiness is a beer, a hammock and a campfire at the Hodgkin Meadow Campground. #parkrx #parkrxday #yosemitenationalpark #yosemitefalls #yosemitefallstrail #outdoorwellness07.06.15 : Layers upon layers of rock viewed from the Green River Overlook at Canyonlands National Park. Wishing we were there. #canyonlandsnationalpark #canyonlands #moabutah #canyoncountry #islandinthesky #greenriver07.07.15 : Woke up at 4:00am and started hiking in pitch blackness and rain to arrive at Delicate Arch by sunrise. Today we would have recreated this moment had a global pandemic not intervened... Maybe next year. #delicatearch #travelutah #archesnationalpark #cloudysunrise #moab #moabutah #redrock04.21.19 : The late afternoon sun perfectly lit the wing while heading home from Vancouver last spring. Ideally, we’d be seeing a similar view tomorrow morning on the way to Moab, UT... #grounded #notravel #cancelled #cancelledtrip #bummer #overwing #unitedairlines #winglet #737 #boeing737 #somewhereoveriowaJust finished up my 2019 brewery visitation maps. We visited 50 while on the road last year. They’re marked by location and numbered chronologically across three maps. They’re also on Facebook.com/highkicktravel for closer views. #map #mapproject #brewerymap #canadianbreweries #beertravel #beermap #cartographyart #cartography #roadtrip #beertrail #mapart #mapnerd-
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Summer 2019 National Parks Basics
Here’s some basic location and comparison information on the parks we’re going to be visiting from July 21-August 9. We’re heading mostly north of the border to hit up 7 National Parks in the Canadian Rockies and then coming back … Continue reading
Travelogue: Halifax and Fundy National Park
July 29- August 1 Earlier in the summer we watched a documentary called “Our Provinces” that was made to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary. In it, the filmmaker traveled across the country visiting the places and people who make up modern … Continue reading
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Tagged An Octopus Garden, Canada road trip, Field Guide Halifax, fundy national park, Halifax Citadel, Halifax dining, Halifax Tall Ships, Hopewell Rocks, Lunenburg Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Road Trip, Peace by Chocolate, The Five Fishermen, Wolfe Point Campground
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The wheels are in motion.
Today we’re departing on what will be a record-breaking journey for us, the longest road trip yet by both mileage and time away from home. Over the next 24 days we’ll travel more than 4,500 miles through nine U.S. states … Continue reading
2016 Year In Review
2016 was another busy year of exploring. From the lonely landscapes of western Texas and New Mexico in April, to the watery world of the upper Great Lakes in July, we observed wildly contrasting parts of the continent. Internationally, we had … Continue reading
Travelogue: Ontario, Canada and Lake Superior
Upon rejoining society after four days on Isle Royale, it was time to push even farther north. Just a 15 minute drive from the dock we pulled into Grand Portage State Park, right along the Pigeon River that separates the … Continue reading
