All the national parks in a year!
(You can view the full album here) I know what you’re thinking. You stopped at Yosemite in between Texas and Florida? Well yes but there are three reasons. First, I had to get my car smogged in California. Second, Texas was a fucking mess at this point. Third, the firefalls! Also I was lucky enough …
(You can view the full album here) Big Bend is also basically just normal mountains. There is no cave or anything. Again it’s kind of unusual to have mountains in this area so that’s cool. Also it’s very pretty to look at, but again not really anything unique or special aside from the nice scenery. …
(You can view the full album here) I really don’t understand why this is a national park. It’s just some normal mountains with hiking. It’s kind of weird to have mountains in this area so maybe that’s why. There are a lot of caves. Carlsbad Cavern is technically inside the Guadalupe Mountains and there are …
(View the full album here) Carlsbad Caverns is an amazing place, just like all the national parks are. I was excited to learn that they take masks and social distancing very seriously. Everyone must have masks on everywhere in the park, even outside or down in the cave. Very cool and practical dedication to safety. …
(View the full album here) Taos was an adventure. This was easily one of the things I was most excited to see in person on this trip. We had planned to stay at Cebolla Mesa campground. Everything I’ve read said that the roads should be fine, but unfortunately that was not correct. I had to …
(View the full album here) We stopped in Albuquerque for several reasons. First because It’s an extremely long way from The Painted Desert to Taos. Second because we needed to shower and do laundry. Third because they have the best rated place for the famous Puerca Adovada which everyone online seems to agree is the …
(View the full album here) The painted desert is really amazing. It stretches on as far as you can see. Most of the photos I’ve seen of it in the past were EXTREMELY stylized, but it really is very beautiful to see all the bright colors exposed by eons of erosion. This is the Painted …
(View the full album here) This is a really cool place. I first learned about this in my early astronomy classes. Naturally I had to stop by since it was on the way to the next destination. It’s basically just a big meteor crater that you can tour and explore. Then take selfies with the …
(View the full photo album) We set up camp at Long Jim Loop which is a huge, free, two-week BLM camping area in Tusayan just a few minutes from the park. We only had an hour or two until dark so we decided to finally play with the new Oculus Quest 2. This is a …