Category: National & State Parks

Colorado, Colorado, Great Outdoors, National & State Parks, Travel

Lily Lake Hike & Area – Rocky Mountain National Park & Estes Park Colorado

A great family hike in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park is Lily Lake, just outside of Estes Park, Colorado. Lily Lake is inside the boundaries of RMNP. But you do not have to go through the national park entrance to access this beautiful alpine lake. And it is a hop skip and a jump from Estes Park, Colorado! This easy accessible hike is great and the views are specular. We will also talk about the wildlife and things to see at Lily Lake. We will also show you a hidden Seven Keys Lodge right next to Lily Lake. A lodge that most visitors miss. Continue reading Lily Lake Hike & Area – Rocky Mountain National Park & Estes Park Colorado

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By State, Great Outdoors, National & State Parks, Travel, Utah, Utah

Moab to Canyonlands Tour by Boat on the Colorado River

Seeing Moab, Utah from a boat tour on the Colorado River is an awe inspired experience thing to do. Come along with us on a road trip to Moab as we get on the water to take a jet boat tour of the Colorado River, Dead Horse Point, and Canyonlands. On the way we will stop for petroglyphs, other boaters, and the beautiful Moab scenery and red cliffs of Southern Utah. Continue reading Moab to Canyonlands Tour by Boat on the Colorado River

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Rock face at Bandelier National Park. People climbing up a ladder to one of the Native American cave dewellings
National & State Parks, New Mexico, New Mexico, New Mexico

Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico

We took a road trip to Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico. In the Frijoles Canyon, there are a number of ancestral pueblo homes, kivas (ceremonial structures), rock paintings, and petroglyphs. Some of the dwellings were rock structures built on the canyon floor; others were dwellings in caves which were formed by voids in the volcanic tuff of the canyon wall and carved out further by humans. Continue reading Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico

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By State, Legends, Stories, & History, National & State Parks, Wyoming

The Heartbreaking Story of Mattie Culver [Yellowstone’s Forgotten]

Seventeen years after Yellowstone became a National Park on March 1, 1872. Almost to the day, Mattie Culver died of Tuberculosis on March 2, 1889. She and her husband were the winter caretakers of the Firehole Inn. Mattie is still buried where the Firehole once stood. On the banks of the Firehole River in Yellowstone’s Geyser Basin. Continue reading The Heartbreaking Story of Mattie Culver [Yellowstone’s Forgotten]

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Black Hills, By State, Great Outdoors, National & State Parks, South Dakota, Travel

Custer State Park Wildlife Loop [USA Road Trip to Black Hills South Dakota]

An USA road trip to Custer State Park WILDLIFE LOOP STATE SCENIC BYWAY in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Custer State Park’s 18-mile Wildlife Loop State Scenic Byway has what you are looking for! Winding through pine-covered hills, rolling prairies and red-walled canyons, the Wildlife Loop is one of the highlights of a park that has many wild animals just ripe for the camera. 1300 Buffalo are the big stars along the byway. Bighorn sheep, pronghorn, deer, elk, coyote, prairie dog, donkey and numerous bird species including wild turkey can all be seen at times along the Wildlife Loop. Come with us on a tour and see what we caught on camera. Continue reading Custer State Park Wildlife Loop [USA Road Trip to Black Hills South Dakota]

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By State, Historical, Legends, Stories, & History, Montana, National & State Parks, Travel

The Rock Signed by the Lewis & Clark Expedition

About an hour northwest of the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana. And thirty minutes northeast of Billings, Montana. You can find a rock face signed by William Lewis of the Lewis & Clark expedition. Pompey’s Pillar National Monument sits on the shores of the Yellowstone River in Montana. William Lewis, Sacagawea, and his men camped here. While here they engraved their names into the rock face. Many others have done the same. And there are over 2000 engravings and Native American pictographs. Continue reading The Rock Signed by the Lewis & Clark Expedition

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Historical, Legends, Stories, & History, National & State Parks, New Mexico, New Mexico

Fort Union National Historical Monument

Fort Union National Monument in New Mexico is truly a great place for history hunters and American park seekers. You will find the historical National Park in Northeast New Mexico. Just off interstate 25. Come along as we take you on a tour through the historical adobe structures that once serviced the area and the historic Santa Fe Trail. Come on a video tour with … Continue reading Fort Union National Historical Monument

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