Many of you know that we’re gearing up for our first Grand Canyon hiking trip in a few weeks. Canyon hikes have become a staple for us in our #parkchasing travels. Thankfully, there are TONS of great canyon hikes in the National Park Service. If you’re up for a physical challenge or you want to…
Cardinal Dave completed his #parkchasing journey in 2017. His new book captures the story of what it’s like to visit every unit in the National Park Service. Today we’re sharing the final segment in our 2019 “Park Chaser Profiles” series. This summer we’ve showcased Q & A interviews with some fellow national park travelers. Whether you…
If you spend any time around our house, you’ll know that we’re both hooked on national park Instagram accounts. Despite well-meaning attempts to set our phones aside for evenings and weekends, you’ll still find both of us scrolling through the gorgeous images of places we love. For anyone desperately craving a virtual vacation, Instagram is…
Next month Park Chasers will be off on our next big national park road trip. This time we’re heading back to sunny Arizona for another week-long camping adventure. We’ve got plans to check off 9 of the 400+ national parks on our #parkchasing list and are excited to experience another Arizona national park road trip….
Until this year, we’ve never really felt compelled to write about etiquette in a national park. We just assume that everyone deserves to enjoy the national parks in their way and that, in general, people do the right thing. But after a summer full of unnecessary injuries, rescue operations, and repeated public displays of…
Today we’re sharing another post in our 2019 “Park Chaser Profiles” series. Each Q & A interview features the story of a national park traveler. Whether you are visiting your first park or your 400th, we hope the travel tips and shared experience helps inspire your next national park adventure. Check out today’s post with Dustin…
As you may already know, visiting every single unit in the National Park Service is on our travel bucket list. Along with some international trips and someday thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, we’ve been working on our goal since 2010, adding parks every single year. While visiting parks, we’ve realized how many amazing events happen every…
In just a few days of vacationing in San Diego, it quickly became one of our favorite places to travel in the United States. Beaches, brisk morning walks, great hiking, and museums. There’s so much to love about the city. During our May 2018 stay, we also hit up as many of the national parks…
One of the things we wanted to see most during our July 2017 trip to Alaska were glaciers. Of all the places we stopped to view these giant rivers of ice, the Exit Glacier Trail in Kenai Fjords National Park ranks as one of our favorites. In no other place on our trip were the…
One of the most popular activities in Kenai Fjords National Park is wildlife watching. As one of only three national parks in all of Alaska that can be visited by car, Kenai has become one of the most popular parks in the state. Nearby Seward Harbor and Resurrection Bay are home to hundreds of species of birds and some of the most popular marine and land mammals in Alaska.