There are 129 protected areas in the United States known as national monuments. We hope to visit as many as we can along the way.
Remember the Alamo! How did we prepare for our visit to San Antonio? Well, by watching Pee Wee Herman’s Big Adventure, of course! But there was more than the [...]
Organ Pipe National Monument As I’ve mentioned before, arriving to our campsite after dark isn’t one of my favorite ways to get settled. But after our afternoon in Mexico [...]
Vegas Vacation After enjoying the stunning settings in the Alabama Hills and Death Valley, we set off to be amazed by a slightly less natural kind of surrounding...the bright [...]
Giddy Up, Cowboy! Alabama Hills is a stop we found through Instagram. Neither of us had heard of it, but we saw some pictures of it that looked absolutely [...]
We did it! We boondocked on BLM land… The whole point is to get away, to get out in the wild open and really experience nature up close [...]
Craters of the Moon is out of this world. (Sorry, had to do that) After our little break in Salt Lake and Park City, we were excited to be [...]
Devil's Tower So, the kids are wondering why so many things are named for the Devil out here. We went to Devil’s Lake and hiked to the Devil’s [...]
Monumental and Mammoth We jammed a lot into the past few days…with every next thing being bigger than the last. First we went to Mount Rushmore, approaching from [...]
