To what adventures is the path taking you this weekend?
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What it feels like in Phoenix today, which has had no rain in the last 100 or so days. But that might change soon…
Where will the next dirt road take you?
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On a day in which Phoenix has never recorded any precipitation, this snowy scene from the Swiss Alps last year seems about as far away as one could get.
The view from Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas National Park is one you won’t soon forget. #parkchat
The Million Dollar Highway sure offers million dollar views. Maybe I’ll have to schedule in a visit to the San Juans later this summer…
Returning to the Valley after a nearly a week away has me thinking of a nice cool water to jump in, like the Colorado River here at Lee’s Ferry.
Everglades National Park is one of those special places that just seem so different from home.
We’re hitting the road on Weds for another national parks roadtrip. While I’ve already finished off the Contiguous US, Jen is still working towards that, so we’re visiting 6 park units in southern Colorado.
I can’t wait to return to Sequoia this summer. Of all the places I’ve visited in the national parks, one of my most favorite places in the world is quietly tucked away in Giant Forest.
Where will you explore next?
Hoping to make a quick stop to show my dad Coal Mine Canyon on Friday. We’ll be driving back from a week spent touring eastern Utah, including Arches, Canyonlands, and the Bears Ears area. Hoping it’ll make for a great “final stop” to top off a memorable roadtrip.
I’m looking forward to tonight’s full moon kayaking trip down the Lower Salt River. There’s something fun about donning some glowsticks and paddling down the river illuminated by the light of the full moon and the glow of metro Phoenix.
I stumbled upon this pretty little scene during an impromptu daytrip through the Bradshaw Mountains a couple years ago. I had seen the highway signs for Horsethief Basin but hadn’t ever been, so I decided to chug on up the mountain and see what it was like. I was pleasantly surprised by this gorgeous little lake.
The desert is often full of color, like here at Artist Palette in Death Valley National Park.
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The Great Hunt petroglyph panel is one of approximately 1,000 you can find in Utah’s famed Nine Mile Canyon, dubbed by some as “the world’s longest art gallery.”
Fire restrictions are going into effect across most of Arizona’s public lands this week. That means no campfires, no smoking, and only parking on bare ground when camping outside developed campgrounds.
Follow the rules, report those who aren’t. Let’s not lose any of our amazing places to preventable fires.
In two weeks, I’m bringing my dad (and his girlfriend) on a road trip through eastern Utah for his 83rd birthday. He’s never been to places like Arches or Canyonlands or Bears Ears. Can’t wait to show him around some of the places I love.
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It wasn’t until my fourth time in Death Valley National Park that I finally got a chance to drive Titus Canyon—a scenic drive that’s well worth your time.
Dreaming of Aravaipa… An ill-timed stomach bug prevented me from my planned adventures this weekend, a two-night backpacking trip through the Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness with a group of friends. It’s been a couple years since I’ve backpacked there—one of my favorite places in a state full of amazing destinations—so I’ll have to shoot for a fall permit for a raincheck trip.
