If you weren’t already aware, I am a big fan of National Park Service properties. I am also a proud holder of a National Park passport. So when we decided to go to Tallahassee over Labor Day, I scouted out what National Park properties were on the way. Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park sits just…
We headed out to our last stop during our weekend in Chattanooga: the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. The Battle of Chickamauga was fought in 1863 and was the first battle in the state of Georgia. We started off at the smaller park on top of Lookout Mountain. Address and Location You’ll find Point…
One more straggler post from our trip to St. Augustine. On my must-see list of places in St. Augustine was the Castillo de San Marcos. St. Augustine is the oldest city in the US, and this fort is a big reason why. Founded by the Spanish, the fort protected the local settlements and allowed them…
Our final stop on our road trip was Great Sand Dunes National Park. Great Sand Dunes National Park sits a short drive of I-25 near the town of Mosca. It’s not close to really anything, so we decided to incorporate a stop in on our road trip route. The dunes are the largest in North…
After Four Corners, we hopped on US 160 and looped back up into Colorado. On our way, we stopped at the Aztec Ruins National Monument near Farmington, New Mexico, another Ancestral Pueblo community. This site is quite small, and you can walk around the whole structure and property. At the center is a large, circular…
The Four Corners area is replete with cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Pueblo people. Canyon of the Ancients National Monument sits a short drive west of Cortez, Colorado. You can easily visits Mesa Verde National Park and Canyon of the Ancients in the same day. While this is a national monument, it is managed by the…