Bryce Canyon National Park
Visiting Bryce Canyon National Park nearly 40 years ago opened my eyes to the American West. Good news: the hoodoos are still there.
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Category: national parks
Posts about national parks, national monuments, and other land managed by the National Park Service.
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Olympic Coast backpack
With the kid safely off to college, Mr. Adventure and I abandon the empty nest for a backpacking trip to the Olympic coast.
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Organ Mountains – Desert Peaks National Monument
Tuberculosis, a murdered hermit, and an enjoyable loop hike make for a memorable morning at Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument.
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Bandelier National Monument
For millennia, people have felt the pull of Frijoles Canyon, now part of Bandelier National Monument. I’m no different.
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Rio Grande del Norte National Monument
Landing in New Mexico, the altitude change wreaked havoc on me. But the lure of Rio Grande del Norte National Monument was too tempting to resist.