Of the three hikes we did in the Island in the Sky area of Canyonlands National Park, the views along the Grand View Trail to Grand View Point were among our favorites. It’s one of the best places in Canyonlands to get a sense of how vast and how rugged the environment is here. From […]
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In 2017 we met a fellow Park Chaser in the campground at Denali National Park. Like us, he was making his way through his list of national parks and happy to share all about his adventures. When we asked if he had a favorite park so far (which is always a hard question for us
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Even though Canyonlands National Park is less than an hour away from Arches, the two parks couldn’t be more different. Arches is packed with people and can comfortably be ‘done’ in a 2 day itinerary. Not even close for Canyonlands. There’s so much to see an do here that you could spend a lifetime of
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We know. Mentioning anything “corona” these days is not exactly the best. But we promise this post is well worth it! Really, it’s not often we take a break from national parks, but sometimes our hikes and adventures between parks are too good not to share. Today we’re in between our posts about Arches
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After a morning sunrise hike to Delicate Arch, our next stop in Arches National Park was to the Devil’s Garden area. At the very end of the main park road, it was the half-way point on our hiking itinerary and where we saw some of the best arches in the park. Unlike Delicate Arch and
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When we finally arrived in Moab, Utah for our camping week in Arches and Canyonlands National Park, we were pretty exhausted. While we don’t typically mind a longer road trip, this was by far the longest distance we’d ever attempted in one week (3,600 miles in 9 days). It meant that we were eager to
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Arches National Park has so many options for shorter day hikes. We loved how easy it was to hop out of the car and hop on the trail throughout the park. As we recap our road trip to Arches and Canyonlands National Park, we’re starting off with one of our favorite hikes in Arches National
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Sometimes our favorite national park units aren’t the end destinations but the parks we find on the way. Colorado National Monument (Park #95 of 423) was one of the “bonus” stops we picked up on our road trip from Minnesota to Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park in Utah. What we originally planned as
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One of the questions we get asked the most about our April 2021 road trip to Arches and Canyonlands National Parks is “Was the Needles District worth it?” It’s off the beaten path. It’s different from the northern and more popular areas of the park. Staring down the map during travel planning, we know
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Like so many others, 2021 was filled with new memories and new adventures. After our national park travels came to a screeching halt the year before, we gradually got back into camping and hiking in the new year. Even though the pandemic continues to challenge even the best of travel planners, we’re still managing to
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