When in early February, I booked a stay at Curry Village Campground, I could not imagine what will happen in the next months. After that, there was Yosemite closure, and then the news that Curry will be opened with only 50% capacity, and then there was a reopening but only with an entry permit. I…
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US Canada Rocky Mountains National Parks Trip
oIf to think, there are only a few road trips that I would repeat without any changes a few more times. And this Canada-US Rocky Mountains road trip is one of them. What I will describe further is our July trip. Except for Glacier, we spent the only day in each region. However, it could…
Lassen National Park
If one day someone asks me what my two favorite California National Parks are, I would say Lassen and Redwoods. No, not Yosemite – that is amazing but always busy, sometimes way too busy to be enjoyable. Not Death Valley, which is though very likable but still is a desert that is deadly half of…
Early Fall in Grand Teton
I had a chance to spend several days in Grand Teton, my favorite national park, at the end of August, beginning of September. As always, I wished aspen would already start to turn yellow but no – they were summer green. But fall felt everywhere – brown grasses and bright yellow bushes were first signs…
Fall Farms Coastal Trip
Some of the sites in the list are closed due to CZU Lightning Fire Complex. Please check web sites on the latest info. This part of the year – the middle of September – the beginning of October, always triggers the romantic part of me. I want to wear knit sweaters and hats, boots, and…
Winter adventures in Jemez National Forest
It happened that on Christmas vacations, we spent three days in Albuquerque. The shutdown closed the parks and monuments, winter storm threatened to close roads in the mountain, and Albuquerque wasn’t the worst place. These three days were the test of my planning skills. I rebooked the hotel, changed routes, and planned stops on a…
2 days at Rocky Mountains National Park
Trail Ridge Road 48 miles of between Estes Park and Grand Lake is connected with Trail Ridge Road which has 11 miles above the tree line. This high elevation road is one of the main park attraction. In a short amount of time, it’s going up to the level of the mountains ridges and shows traveler the…