Category: US National Park Service

Seein’ the DMV: Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center

I woke up unusually early Sunday morning and couldn’t get back to sleep. After watching the […]

Hawaiian Cruise: Maui and Two Days on the Big Island (Day 6-Day 8)

WARNING: the theme of the first three paragraphs of this post is “a little–well, a lot–of […]

Something Old, Something New–A Quickie Trip to West Virginia

It was less than two weeks before I was scheduled to leave for Hawaii, but I […]

More Southern Exposure–Three New National Parks

As many times as I have driven from my hometown in North Carolina to Florida State […]

More Southern Exposure–Shenandoah and Carter Presidential Library

This was my second visit to Shenandoah National Park. On my first trip in February 2024, […]

36 Hours in Ohio

This was another short trip. I planned to revisit Cuyahoga Valley National Park, this time to […]

Thoughts about My Latest Long Stretch and Upcoming Plans

So, I finally got that bucket list entry, Glacier National Park, taken care of!  After so […]

Seein’ the DMV: Memorials at Night–Black Lives Matter Plaza to MLK

During my first excursion Seein’ the DMV, I accidentally let my phone’s charge get so low, […]

Business and Pleasure–Days Seven and Eight: Another Shot at Yellowstone

The night fell… and so did the snow. The next morning, I made the decision to […]

Business and Pleasure–Days Five and Six: More Glacier

The forecast on Tuesday morning was, if anything, more ominous than the one from the night […]