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Capture the Color 2013 #CTC13

My blogger friend Traveling Ted nominated me for Capture the Color 2013, a sort of chain blogging event. The deal is to post pictures with one of five colors – blue, green, red, white, and yellow – and write a little something about each. I decided to limit my photos and blurbs to travels I’ve […]

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Hiking to Ouzel Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park

I started hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park early in the morning with a friend. Our goal was to make Ouzel Falls from the Wild Basin trailhead. That was easily doable, considering it was only three miles away with an easy elevation gain of under 900 feet. We set a much more difficult secondary goal, […]

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Five Things to See in Yellowstone National Park

There are a lot of things to see in Yellowstone National Park. That’s why I recently wrote about them, when I discussed what to do on both the north and south loop roads in the park. But if you don’t have time to do all that, if you can only spend a short while exploring […]

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Hawaii’s Glowing Volcano

The glowing red and orange of Halema’uma’u Crater in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park at night.

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The Most Beautiful Road Trip

The drive through Capitol Reef National Park from Utah’s Natural Bridges National Monument to Bryce Canyon and on to Zion National Park is one of the most beautiful road trips int he world.

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Driving Yellowstone’s South Loop

The north loop, which I wrote about last week, certainly has a lot of great things to see in Yellowstone National Park. But if you only have one day, then the south loop is where you want to spend it. If you have two days, which should be the bare minimum to see the park, […]

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