Our first national park that we visited on our 30th Anniversary Road Trip Celebration was North Cascades National Park. There are two options for lodging in-park, neither accessible by car. Ross Lake Resort requires a one mile hike down to the lake for the ferry, or an additional 2.5 mile hike around the lake. Ross…
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Butterfly moments
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. Rabindranath Tagore
Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, Texas
Just a few miles northeast of Surfside Beach, you will find Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge. We actually visited this location twice because we enjoyed the auto tour so much, and had some extra time our last day at Surfside Beach. There were a lot of birds, and we found a slew of alligators! Definitely worth…
How ice water saved Wall Drug in Wall, South Dakota
Off of I-90, exit 110, you’ll find Wall, South Dakota. Turn on to Service Road, then head north on Main Street, and you will find Wall Drug. We began seeing signs miles and miles away from Wall Drug. In fact I believe the first sign I saw was in Wyoming! But I can’t prove it…
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
I’ve heard of Mount Rushmore most of my life. I’ve admired the unimaginable ability to carve faces into rock. But I’ve never thought about visiting until I realized how close we would be when passing through South Dakota on our recent road trip. I was excited to see the monument and understand how it might…
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