Exploring Utah’s Mighty 5: An Epic Road Trip Adventure Our trip to the mighty 5 National Parks of Utah started in Salt Lake City. First stop was at Moab. Right at the junction of UT191 and I70 is a rest area with a wonderful 360 view of that vast expanse that gave a glimpse of…
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Death Valley National Park (Dec 2024)
Hottest, Driest, and Lowest National Park The National Park Service website captures Death Valley National Park perfectly: “In this below-sea-level basin, steady drought and record summer heat make Death Valley a land of extremes. Yet, each extreme has a striking contrast. Towering peaks are frosted with winter snow. Rare rainstorms bring vast fields of wildflowers….
Washington Trip (Oct 2024)
Day1: Mountain top sunrise to Beachsunset After we landed in Seattle around mid-day, we drove to Port Angeles. It is a bigger city with many amenities and had a small park along the beachside. Our arrival was in time to see the Sunset in Port Angeles beach. So, we loitered around to relax from the…
Cascade Mountain Trail (Sep 2024)
A ~5.5 mile hike to the summit sounded enticing as doable on a good sunny day with comfortable temperatures and humidity. We did read about it as being a rocky terrain with boulders in many places. We were at the trail head by around 9:30 AM after a couple of hours driving from home. We…
Vermont, NH Fall Foliage (Oct 2021)
Vermont New Hampshire Franconia Notch The Kancamagus Highway Bear Notch Road Crawford Notch
Mt Jo Trail, Heart Lake – Adirondacks Fall Foliage (Oct 2021)
Originally, we had thought about doing the Cascade Mountain trail after Owls Head, but because of the time we spent at Owls head, we decided that it would be too late to start Cascade Mountain trail that late in the day. We had a plan B to go to Mt. Jo near Heart Lake in…
Owls Head Trail, Adirondacks Fall Foliage (Oct 2021)
This time, for the leaf peeping, we went to Adirondacks region again. But, to do something different from our previous visits, we chose first Owls Head Trail. This trail and trail head resides in a private property and the owners have an understanding with NYSDEC for providing access to visitors. But, this access is only…
Green Lakes State Park (May 2021)
Green Lakes State Park Just as the name indicates, as soon we parked the car and got out, we could see the greenish-blue/turquoise colored water in the lake. As we got closer to the trail around the lake, it was so amazing and it appeared like lakes formed closer to glaciers. Entire perimeter of the lake…
Delphi and Pratt's Falls County Park (May 2021)
Delphi Falls (Madison County) We went to Delphi Falls that is about 30 min away, also in the Cazenovia area. On the way, we stopped by the Lakeland Park Pier located on the shore of the Cazeonovia Lake. It was a beautiful picnic spot and hardly anyone was there, being a weekday it was. Delphi…
Chittenango Falls State Park (May 2021)
The park is located near Cazenovia, a quaint town in Central NY a bit east of Syracuse. The falls is apparently falling over a structure sculpted since the glacial age and it can be seen by the layers of rocks behind and around the falls. From the parking area, the access to falls is from…
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