TRIP DATES: November 13-15, 2020 LOCATION: San Bernardino Mountains, CA (Crestline/ Lake Arrowhead) CAMP: Thousand Pines via Campspot HIKES: Deep Creek Hot Spring, Heart Rock, & Pinnacles National Take a Hike Day: Best Hikes Near Lake Arrowhead There are 60k+ trails in the National Trail System and with the convenience of a cabin near Lake …
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This blog post combines two separate half-day trips, but if you start in the morning, you can pack all this into one full day or a leisurely weekend trip! I pass Valley of Fire State Park, an hour north of Las Vegas, in Nevada on EVERY Southwest road trip from SoCal and always told myself …
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Winter is the best time to visit. Here are 5 family-friendly things to do in Death Valley National Park, 1 high-altitude hike, and a free camping site nearby.
After 14 months of applying, I finally got lucky and won a permit to visit The Wave. To give you a quick background, “the wave” is officially known as North Coyote Buttes and is part of Paria Canyon/ Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness. It’s one of the most coveted permits and hardest to get because they only …
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I spent about 2 weeks exploring Patagonia which is the minimum amount of time recommended to me. I went at the end of the summer season and had amazing, almost perfect, weather! The weather is can be unpredictable there so you want to make sure to leave some extra days in case things don’t go as …
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There’s so many things to do in St. George outside of Zion National Park. Explore Sand Hollow State Park for stand up paddle-boarding and sand dunes, Gunlock State Park and Quail Creek State Park for a lake day, and Snow Canyon State Park for some light hiking and a small slot canyon.
Last Thanksgiving, I took a week-long road trip to explore Arizona and discovered there’s much more variety than just the desert. They have canyons, red rocks, mountains, turquoise blue-green colored streams, milky blue colored rivers, arches, waterfalls, and so much more! Some days, we drove a lot and saw very little, but every day was …
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