We planned our trip to explore as many National Parks and natural areas as we could on our way out to Los Angeles to visit my brother. It was easy heading west, but on the way east from Flagstaff we …
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zion national park
We packed-up camp at Death Valley and headed east through Nevada & Utah, crossing back into the Mountain Time Zone. Even with a stop to resupply our food stores, we arrived at Zion National Park around 3pm. We found a …
death valley national park
We were enchanted with Death Valley National Park. Despite its foreboding name, the low lying valley hugged by snow capped mountains welcomed us in. We arrived after a couple days of visiting my brother in Los Angeles. I had never …
joshua tree national park
We left Tucson in the morning, and by the early afternoon we were entering Joshua Tree National Park. While we could have hiked in the park, since we already spent many weeks hiking through the Mojave and in Southern California …
saguaro national park
Driving towards Tucson we didn’t have much of a plan; we knew we wanted to spend 2-3 days there, but due to the large number of hiking opportunities in the area we were having a hard time deciding. Once in …
carlsbad caverns national park
A 30 minute drive from Guadalupe Mountains National Park is Carlsbad Caverns. The caverns are part of the same anchient coral reef that was formed 260 million years ago. When the seas retreated, the reef was eventually covered with sediment. …
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