On day 3 of our Colorado Trains and Mining Towns tour we stopped at the Garden of the Gods outside of Colorado on our way up Pike’s Peak.
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Category: National Parks
Farther North, Farther West: Lake Quinault
We joined Jim and Terri again for a trip to Canada. This time we stayed closer to home, ranging up through the Olympic Rain Forest to Victoria, B.C.
NEMPQ: Acadia National Park
The island of Acadia National Park takes up a nice portion of the 3,478 Maine shoreline. We spent a day taking in the views around the park.
Spring 2023 California Road Trip – Carrizo Plain National Monument
As I wrote in my last post, California was awash in rain this past winter. The storms caused a lot of crop and property damage but it did loosen the vise of drought the state has been going through and it provided the conditions for a superbloom. Marie and Brian told us Carrizo National Monument might be a good place to view it.
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Spring 2023 California Road Trip – Bay Area
On a late winter drive to California with my friend Jim I was astounded at how the incredibly wet winter transformed the state.
