This was our last day in Arizona and I had a flight to catch in Phoenix at 8:45 PM. The idea was to start driving south and stop in Sedona for lunch before continuing on to Phoenix and visiting some places in Phoenix before heading to the airport. We took the US-89 heading south and …
Category: National Parks
Natural Wonders of Arizona: Day Three
On the third day of our trip we woke up to a fresh blanket of snow on the ground. It had snowed overnight but had luckily stopped already. We grabbed a much needed breakfast since we had just snacked for dinner the night before and once again packed everything up, checked out and loaded up …
Natural Wonders of Arizona: Day Two
Thanks to my parents still living on eastern standard time, I woke up way too early in the morning to find them pretty much up and about. I think on average I woke up around 6 AM MST through the trip even while going to sleep around midnight or later. Not ideally when I like …
Natural Wonders of Arizona: Introduction
My parents recently have been all about national parks when it comes to vacations especially since they now have the lifetime national park pass. Since my dad teaches and has spring break early March, they wanted to go somewhere with national parks. Most places in early March are probably still pretty cold and a lot …
Kootenay National Park, British Columbia
We had pretty much visited all the places we wanted to in Banff & Yoho National Park and were planning to drive through Kootenay National Park on our way back to Montana. There were not a lot of highlights we were planning to stop at in Kootenay so we figured we could have a late …
Banff National Park, Alberta and Yoho National Park, British Columbia: Day Two
Our second day in the Canadian Rockies was a sunnier day. We got up earlier in an attempt to make it Morraine Lake before their parking lot filled up but it was not meant to be as access had already been blocked off. Although we were earlier than the day before, the weather was nicer …
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Banff National Park, Alberta and Yoho National Park, British Columbia: Day One
We actually started our first day discovering Banff National Park and Yoho National Park by driving from our hotel in Calgary to Lake Louise which was about a 2 hour drive. We would be staying in the town of Canmore for two nights but figured the hotel may not have rooms already available so early …
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Glacier National Park, Montana & Waterton Lakes National Park, Canada: Day Three
Since we were not able to enter the Many Glaciers portion of Glacier National Park the previous day, we wanted head straight there from the hotel. The ranger had told us that the earlier the better and to try to at least get there before 10 am although he could not promise the entrance would …
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Glacier National Park, Montana & Waterton Lakes National Park, Canada: Day Two
As I mentioned in my previous post, it's a good idea to try to get an early start to your day in the national park. We were in Montana about mid-July and at the time, sunrise was a around 6 am and sunset a little past 9 pm. This gives you a lot of daylight …
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Glacier National Park, Montana & Waterton Lakes National Park, Canada: Day One
My parents have recently been very into visiting national parks around the country, having recently been to Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Death Valley, Zion, Canyonlands, etc. So when my mother mentioned that they were planning to visit Glacier National Park in Montana, I told her I wanted to join them. I had already been talking with …
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one trip led to another 