The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited park in the NPS system, and for good reason too! The Smokies have no entrance fee and there are tons of roads for scenic drives with gorgeous stops and lookouts along the way. This makes the national park accessible for people of all ages and…
The Rio Grande is one of the focal points in Big Bend National Park. In fact, the river forms the border between the United States and Mexico and is what gives Texas its unique shape. The bend in the Rio Grande is actually where Big Bend National Park gets its name from! Texas on the…
Big Bend National Park offers a variety of landscapes to hike. Mountains, rivers, and even desert hikes are abundant here. While it’s easy to get caught up in the stunning vistas the mountains provide or the canyons that can be seen from miles away, many of the desert hikes get easily over looked. To get…
Santa Elena Canyon is one of the most iconic natural features in Big Bend National Park. It’s one thing you surely don’t want to miss if you pay Big Bend a visit! The canyon walls soar 1,500 feet above the Rio Grande making this a view visitors won’t soon forget. Table of Contents This post…
Grapevine Hills Trail, also known as Balanced Rock in Big Bend National Park is my favorite desert hike in the entire park! It’s a short and sweet family-friendly hike that kids and adults of all ages will love. Most of the hike is relatively flat with a short rock scramble at the last section of…
Looking for the best hikes Big Bend National Parks has to offer? Look no further than the South Rim! It’s grueling, inspiring, and breath-taking all at the same time. This hike sort of straddles the border between day hike and backpacking trail at 12.6 miles. In fact, there are several backcountry campsites along the trail…
Big Bend National Park offers some of the best hiking! With deserts, mountains, canyons and forests, there are a variety of hiking options to choose from. The Chisos Basin, located centrally in the park, has some of the best hiking in the park (in my opinion). If you’re planning to do lots of exploring in…
Since 2020 is coming to a close, we wanted to look back at this years adventures – good and bad. If you missed Part 1, check it out here to get up to speed. We’re going to just jump right back in where we left off. June 6, we made our way back to Indiana,…
2020 has definitely been one for the books for many reasons! For us, the end of this year marks our first year of traveling full-time in our fifth wheel. We moved out of our apartment and into our RV during the summer of 2019. We stayed stationary those first several months as we adjusted and…
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the nation’s most visited national park. The park is home to a diverse group of plants and animals, boasts over 800 miles of hiking trails, 2,900 miles of streams, and more than 90 historic structures preserved by the park. The Smokies really have something for everyone to do from…