A Midwest Homebody Who Loves to Travel
A Midwest Homebody Who Loves to Travel
The drive and hike to Toketee Falls turned into a very memorable portion of our trip. We detoured here after our first day’s visit to Crater Lake National Park and it was about a 30 minute drive one way. It had already been a long day and my fellow travelers […]
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Located in the dry desert climate of central Oregon and just 30 minutes outside the trendy city of Bend is Smith Rock State Park. Best know as a destination for two extreme sports; high slacklining and rock climbing, this place is also a great spot for a day hike. We […]
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We took the Cascade Lakes Scenic byway out of Bend and it was a seriously stunning drive into the picturesque mountain view that Bend is well known for. Views of Mount Bachelor, the Three Sisters Mountain, and Broken Top were among my favorite. Scott’s sister was along for this part […]
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After landing in Portland we couldn’t wait to get out and explore the classic views of Oregon. Mount Hood National Forest turned out to be a great spot to do just that. En route we drove through all of the tall and lush green pines and by the time we […]
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Surrounded by great plains, this hidden gem of a National Park contains gorgeous views, ample wildlife, and gets nowhere near enough hype. I hadn’t even heard of it until we started planning this road trip. I feel this is due to the park’s location in rural western North Dakota with […]
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You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. Albert Camus, Nobel Prize of Lit. 1957 Each visitor creates their own experience here and there’s definitely no wrong way to go about it. So, in writing this blogpost, I decided to simply share a few tips and showcase the visual highlights […]
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Rocky Mountain National Park’s location in the center of the United States and near Colorado’s most populated region makes it a very popular destination for visitors both near and far. For us, it made for a great day trip from Fort Collins, CO, where my sister and her husband were […]
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Custer State Park in South Dakota is seriously underestimated. Complete with accessible wildlife, fun roads, great hikes and scenery to ogle over, this is another one of the rare places I hope to travel back to one day. In fact, my favorite hike of the entire roadtrip was in this […]
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We began our 2020 Roadtrip on a Friday after work and were hiking in the Badlands by 8 am Saturday morning. It was a haul and involved a few hours of driving in the dark but was totally worth it. We stayed in Sioux Falls, SD and woke up at […]
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nine days . seven states . five parks . 3,500 miles 2020 Road Trip West Itinerary Friday, July 31 to Saturday, August 8, 2020 07.31.20 . Day 1 – Drive through WI and MN. Stay in Sioux Falls, SD. 08.01.21 . Day 2 – Cross South Dakota. Visit Badlands N.P. […]
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