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Rocky Mountain National Park

Rocky Mountain National Park

Meet Rocky Mt Rangers Videos Secrets of a National Park Video Left Boulder by way of Canyon Road giving us an opportunity for a short hike to Boulder Falls.  Then drove up through Estes Park to the Fall River Visitor’s Center which was closed but the restaurant...

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Petrified Forest & Painted Desert

Petrified Forest & Painted Desert

See Park Video We left Flagstaff and traveled I-40 along a stretch that was more or less the path of the old Route 66. We got off the highway to visit the Petrified Forest National Park. Wow! It was awesome being in the presence of beautiful rocks that were trees 255...

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Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon

See Park Video See Grand Canyon in Depth It felt good to get out of the traffic and head out of town. We enjoyed seeing Hoover Dam but this time we didn't take the tour. We arrived at Grand Canyon in the middle of the afternoon and headed for the Visitor's Center to...

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Death Valley

Death Valley

See Park Video Ranger Talk #1 Ranger Talk #2 After early morning Mass in Bishop CA we headed south on US-395 to Death Valley National Park. We're awfully glad we did this in October and not in the middle of summer. Not only were we hot but the car's radiator got...

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Yosemite – Day Two

Yosemite – Day Two

National Park Video It was an absolutely beautiful autumn Saturday in Yosemite. We thought it was crowded but staff talked about how quiet the park was. We enjoyed the scenery, a walk to the Lower Yosemite Falls - dry this time of year, and watching some deer enjoy...

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Yosemite – Day One

Yosemite – Day One

Today we visited Yosemite. It had been one of the highlights of our Honeymoon. Just as we had done 35 years ago, we rode the tram tour of the Mariposa Grove of sequoias. Among our favorites in the grove is The Faithful Couple, two trees of about the same age that have...

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Kings Canyon

Kings Canyon

See Park Video On the way into Kings Canyon National Park we stopped at Grant's Grove and visited the General Grant tree as well as many other giant sequoias. The General Grant is the third largest tree in the world but it is the largest in diameter at 40.5 feet! Then...

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Sequoia National Park

Sequoia National Park

Secrets of a Nat Park Video Said good bye to the Pacific Ocean this morning then began driving east through California's green and gold hills. Saw all sorts of agriculture: lots of vineyards, cattle operations, cotton fields, lemon groves, peaches, walnuts, and lots...

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The Redwoods

The Redwoods

Driving down US 101 we were awed by the Coastal Redwoods. These giant trees boggle the mind. We stopped to see one known just as Big Tree. It is 304 feet tall, 21.5 feet in diameter, and 1500 years old. We hiked in Stout's Grove, visited a tree hollowed by fire that...

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Crater Lake

Crater Lake

See Park Video It's blue. It's incredibly blue. It's unbelievably blue. Crater Lake formed about 6700 years ago, within human memory, when a great volcano erupted so forcibly that it emptied it's magma chamber then collapsed upon itself leaving a great empty crater....

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nüCamp Owners Emeritus

nüCamp Owners Emeritus

After sixteen glorious years traveling in a series of teardrop campers we’re graduating to the next adventure. Thank you to Joe Mullet and all the nüCamp team for making our dreams come true and for making üCamp25 at Atwood Park the best yet!

Totally Enchanting Medina

Totally Enchanting Medina

It’s been an amazing Spring and Summer as we’ve fallen under an enchantment spell in our new hometown of Medina, Ohio, causing us to neglect our usual blog posting activities.

Cozumel & Grand Cayman

Cozumel & Grand Cayman

Aboard the Norwegian Jewel we’ve made stops in Cozumel, Mexico and Georgetown, Grand Cayman to explore beyond our previous experiences here. Soon we’ll be making our way to ports we’ve not yet explored in the Southern Caribbean.