As most of you already know, Dave and I made a conscious decision to quit our perfectly fine jobs to travel around the U.S. over the last year. When we shared...

As most of our nations National Parks are west of the Mississippi, this back end leg of our trip could result in a lot of driving with very few stops to...

No disrespect meant for Ohio, but when we started our trip 10 months ago, we didn’t realize there was a National Park in the Buckeye State, and we drove right by...

Back in early March Dave said he wanted to stop in NJ on our way north and I said “No way!”. I was vehemently against the idea. I didn’t want to...

After spending the last couple months traveling along the essentially flat terrain of the gulf coast, Florida, and the Carolinas, the Smokey Mountains are a welcome and surprising change. These are...

Congaree National Park, which is located in the north central part of South Carolina, is not an easy park to get to. There aren’t any major roads that lead directly to...

After leaving the everglades, we headed south and down towards the Florida Keys. The Keys are a 113 mile long archipelago of coral and limestone islands that are connected by 42...

It’s not even the middle of February and Everglades National Park in the southern tip of Florida is hot. It’s in the 90’s and humid and the sun is brilliant. It’s...

Traveling now through Florida, heading south through the state towards Everglades National Park on the southern tip. We visited a nature preserve with some traveling friends we know and even though...

    Seeing and experiencing wildlife has been one of the amazing aspects of our journey. We’ve seen first hand grizzlies, black bears, moose, deer, antelope, martins, foxes, wolves, coyotes, Havalenas,...