Visited the most amazing of Texas’s parks (national or otherwise) in late January 2025 with friends, and had an amazing time. The crowds aren’t as big in the winter, and seemsm like the Rio Grande Village is even more sparsely occupied during these months, so we had plenty of room to spread out and enjoy …
My November 2024 trip to Caprock Canyons State Park wasn’t planned. My friend Russell and I set out to visit Palo Duro Canyon during the cool fall months, but when we arrived, heavy rains had closed many of the trails and campsites. So instead of spending the entire weekend at Palo Duro, we made a …
Managed to get one more camping trip in before it got too cold in the fall of 2024. Palo Duro Canyon is the second largest canyon in the United States after the Grand Canyon. Here are some of our favorite photos of the trip.
I became interested in visiting Charleston after reading The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson, which chronicles the saga of Fort Sumter and the beginnings of the Civil War from both the perspective of Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet and the people of South Carolina. Shelby and I visited the Palmetto State in the fall of 2024 …
This hidden gem of a canyon in eastern Arizona was unkown to me until a family member suggested that we check it out on our way from Ship Rock to Petrified Forest. I didn’t know if we’d have enough time to properly explore it (we didn’t) but it worked with our itinerary and we thought …
On Saturday, July 15, 2023, we departed Albuquerque for Ship Rock, New Mexico, to take in the sights at a place that few outside of New Mexico have ever heard of — much less traveled to. Ship Rock, the land feature, is an incredible isolated ridge of rock that protrudes from the desert floor and …
Over the next few days, I’ll be posting detailed recaps of the specific stops along our tour of the southwest parks and attractions. I planned this trip as a solo, but soon had two travel buddies expressing interest in coming along. Because it was initially just going to be me, since I didn’t think anyone …