NationalParks

Our last major stop of the trip was at Cuyahoga Valley National Park. We didn't have the longest visit here, but we walked a portion of the Towpath Trail, …

Since we were still ahead of schedule, we could fit in another NPS site for me, finishing off the Ohio parks. Scott had already been to Perry's Victory and …

River Raisin NBP

Leaving Pittsburg, we only had James Garfield NHS and several counties on our list to accomplish today. Honestly, I thought it would be kind of a boring day, …

Baseball?!?! Yes, we had an interesting day - and this cover photo wasn't even from the town in which we saw the baseball game :) We started the day out at …

This was definitely a NPS-focused trip so I can mark off a bunch of NPS units, and this day was a three-fer. Friendship Hill NHS and Fort Necessity Nat'l …

I'm really not the biggest fan of ancient native mounds. So, I was less than thrilled about having to visit Hopewell Culture NHP. Don't get me wrong, there is …

After Wilbur and Orville Wright proved to the world that flight was possible in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, they returned to Dayton to improve their airplane …

We had to cancel/postpone our planned Canadian Rockies trip due to some unexpected medical issues for Scott that precluded him from going to elevation for …

After spending a Morning in Yellowstone National Park, we drove the outer look through Grand Tetons National Park in the afternoon.

Since we revamped our trip to spend an unexpected night with our friends in West Yellowstone, we further revamped our trip to spend the next night in Driggs, …

This Juneteenth Trip also allowed me to mark off another National Park Unit - Number 382 / 433! First we stopped at the two primary overlooks - the Snake River …

Our last stop of the trip before I had to fly home was Frances Perkins NM. Frances was the Secretary of Labor under FDR and was the first woman in a …

After spending the night with our friend in NY, we headed on to Connecticut. Not only did we mark off our last remaining county in CT, but we also did a short …

On our way to see a friend in NY, we stopped by Steamtown NHS-my 379th NPS unit. Man, if you’re a train lover, this place is for you. Lots of steam trains and …

This was our first stop on my birthday to mark off my 378th NPS unit. Hopewell Furnace is a well-preserved charcoal-fired iron furnace so important to the US …

Visited the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School today. Thousands of Native American children were forced to go to school in these Boarding Schools, where …

The first stop today was 3 sites associated with Brown v. Board of Education NHS sites. I never thought about this issue in states like Delaware and …