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Tag: national parks

  • Mount Rainier National Park

    Mount Rainier National Park

    We visited Mt Rainier in late September 2022, as part of Big Trip #4. Mount Rainier National Park, the nation’s fifth national park, is centered around Mount Rainier, the tallest volcano (yes, volcano) in the Cascades, and the most glaciated mountain in the continental US. It’s a huge national park, and with five entrances, planning…

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  • Waterton Lakes National Park

    Waterton Lakes National Park

    We spent four days in Waterton Lakes in September 2022, as part of Big Trip #4. We love Glacier (it might be our #2 favorite national park?), and since I was a kid I had always dreamed of visiting Banff National Park. I didn’t know about Waterton Lakes, Banff and Glacier’s middle sibling. What an…

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  • Three nights in St Mary, MT–Big Trip #4

    Three nights in St Mary, MT–Big Trip #4

    We visited St Mary in early September 2022, as part of Big Trip #4. After super hiking in Theodore Roosevelt National Park and a subpar experience in Great Falls, MT, we finally landed in the Glacier area! We first visited Glacier National Park on Big Trip #3 in 2020, and the east side of the…

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  • One night in Medora, ND (visit #2)–Big Trip #4

    One night in Medora, ND (visit #2)–Big Trip #4

    We visited Medora in early September 2022, as part of Big Trip #4. We first visited in 2020 during Big Trip #3. When we visited Medora and Theodore Roosevelt National Park for the first time, in 2020, I didn’t bother writing a separate post about Medora, the tiny town just outside the national park. There’s…

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  • One night in Michigan City, IN–Big Trip #4

    One night in Michigan City, IN–Big Trip #4

    We were in Michigan City in August 2022, as part of Big Trip #4 From Streetsboro, or rather Cuyahoga Valley National Park, we drove north to our next national park destination. We stayed in Michigan City for the sole purpose of visiting Indiana Dunes National Park, one of the newest national parks in the US.…

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  • Two nights in Streetsboro, OH–Big Trip #4

    Two nights in Streetsboro, OH–Big Trip #4

    We were in Streetsboro in August 2022, as part of Big Trip #4. After our stopover in Fayetteville, we spent a couple days in Streetsboro to explore Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Our campground is on the very eastern edge of Streetsboro, and downtown Streetsboro doesn’t seem like anything special, no offense. The town of Hudson,…

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  • Trip planning: Big Trip #4 – Fall in the Northern Rockies, take 2

    Trip planning: Big Trip #4 – Fall in the Northern Rockies, take 2

    This post is part of our pre-trip planning for our big trip in Fall 2022. HERE IS OUR POST-TRIP RETROSPECTIVE! As we’ve been sitting in steamy Virginia waiting for the summer crowds to leave the national parks, our fall travel plans have morphed a bit. The original plan called for J to fly to California…

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  • Trip planning: Big Trip #4 – fall in the Northern Rockies, including Canada

    Trip planning: Big Trip #4 – fall in the Northern Rockies, including Canada

    This post is part of our pre-trip planning for our big trip in Fall 2022. HERE IS OUR POST-TRIP RETROSPECTIVE! [We’ve updated the plan since this post and our route looks pretty different now!] We are freshly home from our last trip and are itching to get back out there, so we’re thrilled to be…

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  • Florida in January: Retrospective

    Florida in January: Retrospective

    We were in Florida from 1/2 to 2/2/2022. It seems obvious, but: spending January in a warm place is a great idea. We weren’t sure if we’d like spending so much time in Florida, and while we didn’t love all of the Florida we saw, we did love some and would return to a few…

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  • Everglades National Park

    Everglades National Park

    We spent two days in the Everglades in January 2022, during our Florida in January trip. The drive from Key West to Everglades National Park was about three hours, but we broke it up with an early stop at Baby’s Coffee for coffee and a pizza bagel. The coffee is good and the pizza bagels…

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