10 years ago… …the weather was 96° and steamy. …Michael Phelps was going nutso at the Beijing Olympics. …we’d never been to a national park. …we called a tiny apartment on the University of Minnesota campus our home. 10 years ago… …Our family and friends got together And I married my best friend. 10 years …
From the time we started #parkchasing in 2010, watching the sunrise in Acadia National Park ranked high on our national park bucket list. With some of the best views of the Atlantic coast in all of New England, there’s a good reason Acadia is famous for mornings. As soon as we planned our Acadia itinerary, …
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Decided on taking a summer trip to but no time to plan? Want to make sure you’ve got the best Glacier National Park trip planning tools but don’t want to spend days putting together the best itinerary? Then you’ve come to the right place. In honor of Glacier National Park’s birthday on May 11th, we’re …
Just a few things left to pack before we’re heading to the Grand Canyon South Rim and our Bright Angel Trail hiking trip. We’re looking forward to some well-needed relaxation and to visit some of our favorite spots again. The South Rim of the Grand Canyon has a reputation of being one of the more …
Instagram Best Stories This Week It seams that you haven't connected with your Instagram account France Planning a Midwest National Park Road Trip Great National Park Drives, Ranger Programs, Travel Notes, Trip Planning In just a few weeks we’ll be starting out on another #parkchasing adventure. This time we’re embarking on a Midwest national park …
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 on Danielle …
After leaving the developed campground and commercial development of Crater Lake National Park, we headed south on our Oregon Road Trip to Oregon Caves National Monument. Deep in the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon Caves National Monument marks our 66th unit on our #parkchasing quest. With stops already at Wind Cave National Park and Jewel Cave National Monument in …
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So many people have told us that booking an African safari is top on their travel bucket list since our February 2019 trip. Who doesn’t dream of long sunny days in a Jeep and up-close encounters with lions and elephants? But one thing we also have heard is how stressful booking an African safari is (and how it’s getting in the way of those BIG vacation dreams!)If that sounds like you, then you’ve come to the right place. Today we’re sharing our “Ultimate Guide to Booking an African Safari” to help get those planning juices flowing towards the trip of a lifetime.We want to share our experience booking two different types of safaris in South Africa and the list of questions we asked to make sure we got the exact safari experience we were looking for.So. Let’s get started.
On most evenings at our base camp in St. Paul, in between trip planning and meal prep you’ll find at least one of us, phone in hand, scrolling through national park Instagram accounts. Instagram is our favorite place to catch up on national park news, research the places we’re going next, and catch those ‘virtual-vacations’ …
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Today we’re posting the second profile in our “Park Chasers Profiles” series. Each Q & A interview features the story of a national park traveler (check out our first post with the National Parks Patch Lady, Sandra Ramos. Whether you are visiting your first park or your 400th, we hope the travel tips help inspire …
