The first stop on our Veterans’ Day road trip was Mesa Verde National Park. Mesa Verde National Park served as the home of the Ancestral Pueblo (also known as Anasazi) tribes for several hundred years. They built their communities in cliff dwellings under and into the natural rock formations of the Four Corners area. Address…
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Dream Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park
The morning of our anniversary trip, we hiked to Dream Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. We drove in the main gate and stopped at the Ranger station. Jack, the Ranger staffing the desk, is the most helpful and nicest NPS Ranger I have ever met. He gave us some suggestions about the trails. We…
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Our anniversary weekend in Estes Park, Colorado
Plan a weekend in Estes Park and escape to the Colorado mountains. Hike Rocky Mountain National Park, explore the downtown area, and take in the views.
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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
While my in-laws were in town, we stopped at the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument before we went to Cripple Creek. It preserves a grouping of fossilized redwood trees and other (mainly insect) fossils after a volcanic eruption resulted in a the formation of an ancient lake. The park has several hiking trails that allow…
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Denali National Park
Explore the amazing views and experiences at the base of North America’s highest mountain in Denali National Park in Alaska.
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Great Falls Park
Amid the hubbub and general crush of humanity that is Northern Virginia, a large number of parks provide a nice, peaceful break from urban life. The falls of the Potomac River happen to sit fewer than 20 miles upriver from Washington and are about 8 miles from Falls Church in Great Falls Park (get it,…