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The North Cascades National Park is truly a unique experience for anyone looking to explore some of Northern Washington’s beautiful landscape. With glaciers, steep mountains, valleys, waterfalls and more there’s no shortage of views to take your breath away.
It’s one of the most renowned and visited of all the National Parks and with good reason. Read on to find out more!
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Kobuk Valley National Park is definitely a one-of-a-kind experience; with no roads, highways, trails, or campgrounds for hundreds of miles around, you’re in for a truly non-traditional backcountry trip.
In addition to endangered wildlife and sights that not many travelers have had the privilege of seeing, Kobuk Valley’s attractions and activities are 100% worth visiting. Keep reading to find out why!
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Aside from having its own song, its own chapter in history textbooks, and its own culture and folklore, Shenandoah National Park is easily one of the most recognizable and well-known national parks in the U.S.
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I LOVE hiking. There is no better way, to me, to spend a day then out in nature, hiking mountains and taking in the breathtaking beauty of mother nature. Lucky for us, there are SO many hiking trails in the US, it’s kind of amazing. With 58 National Parks throughout the states, there’s no shortage of beautiful hiking to be done here.The Iceberg Lake Trail is no exception. You’ll find this stunning hike in the Glacier National Park, Montana.
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Sometimes life needs a reset.
Everything in my life was going just fine, as viewed from the outside. Inside I knew that I wanted something else. Not more. Not exactly, anyway, but different. The life I had, and the path I was going down, weren’t resonating with me at fundamental level.
I was a teacher at a public high school and loved the teaching and my students, but was burned out from the conflicting expectations of bureaucracy that pulled my time and attention from what I really wanted to do, which was teach the kids.
(ow-you-we-took) National Park is a beautiful and serene landscape on the eastern shore of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. While it’s considered a national park, Auyuittuq is a part of the network Parks Canada, Canada’s equivalent to the U.S. National Park Service.
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It is estimated that over 25 million Americans, if not more, took to the open road over the summer of 2019, taking in the sites and enjoying the great outdoors. Though hotels and resorts offer an excellent option for today’s tourists, many travelers enjoy the use of RVs and travel trailers. If you love spending time outside, and enjoy leisurely conversation by a campfire, you might be the perfect candidate for a travel trailer or other type of recreational vehicle.
If you’re thinking about going full-time in your van there are some things that definitely change. For instance, staying in a campground with shower facilities won’t be possible every day and those “wet wipe showers” soon get old, especially if you’re trying to live normal life out of your van. No-one wants to go to work having not had a proper shower in days (and they don’t want you to either!).