Tag: national parks
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Utah’s Scenic Byway 12 Corridor–Big Trip #1
We first visited Highway 12 in April 2016, as part of Big Trip #1. We’ve since returned to Escalante in 2018 and again in 2020, and boondocked outside Capitol Reef in 2020. The stretch of red canyon cliffs and alien rock formations along Utah Highway 12 from just south of Panguitch in the west to Torrey in the east was…
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Five Days in Flagstaff, AZ (visit #1)–Big Trip #1
We visited Flagstaff in late March 2016, as part of Big Trip #1. Read about our second visit in 2018 here and our third in 2023 here. Flagstaff is winning the “Could you live in this town?” game, tied with Asheville, a town with which it has many similarities. It has fun, funky downtown area…
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Petrified Forest National Park
We visited Petrified Forest NP in March 2016 as part of Big Trip #1. Just off the interstate between Santa Fe and Flagstaff lies Petrified Forest National Park. We drove through, Airstream in tow, stopping for a few run-hikes WITH Bugsy! Petrified Forest NP allows dogs on trails! The colors in the chunks of petrified…
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Two days in Whites City, NM / Carlsbad Caverns NP / Guadalupe NP–Big Trip #1
We visited Whites City in March 2016 as part of Big Trip #1. Raise your hand if you’ve ever heard of Whites City, NM. (Wikipedia says the 2010 population of Whites City was seven!) Here’s an easier one: have you heard of Guadalupe Mountains National Park? We hadn’t heard of either place, which is nuts because…
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A Driving Tour of Big Bend National Park (visit #1)–Big Trip #1
We visited Big Bend in March 2016 as part of Big Trip #1. Read about our subsequent visits here: early 2018, late 2018, and 2021. [UPDATE! We returned to Big Bend in 2018 and stayed in the park for a few days, so got a much fuller Big Bend experience. Read about our magical visit…
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