breakwater in victoria, bc: a free walk with cruise ship views
Today I’m on the Breakwater in Victoria, British Columbia, and I’m about to see something I’ve never seen before: a real cruise ship, up close. What Is the Breakwater in…
Best Hotels to Visit near Acadia National Park
Best hotels near Acadia National Park are all in and around Bar Harbor, because the park has no hotels or lodges of its own. The visitor center sits at Hulls…
How to Plan your Trip to Acadia National Park
Getting to Acadia national park is simpler than most travelers expect, and the journey can be made by road or by air. Many travelers love to travel but planning the…
Best Time to Visit Acadia National Park
The best time to visit Acadia National Park runs from September through early October, once the summer crowds thin out but before winter closures start shutting down trails and roads.…
Camping at Olympic National Park
Camping at Olympic National Park spans fourteen developed campgrounds spread across three completely different landscapes, and the honest answer to where you should stay depends entirely on which version of…
Best Hotels Near Olympic National Park
Best hotels near Olympic National Park split into two very different categories, and the split matters more here than in most parks, because Olympic is really three landscapes stitched into…
Death Valley campground, tents, picnic tables, desert mountains.
Camping at Death Valley National Park
Camping at Death Valley National Park works nothing like camping in a forested park with shade and a lake nearby, and the rules here reflect that. Furnace Creek Campground is…
Death Valley hiking, Golden Canyon trail, hiker with backpack.
Best Hikes in Death Valley National Park
Best hikes in Death Valley National Park do not follow the usual national park pattern of a well-marked trailhead and a groomed path. Most routes here run cross-country, up washes,…
Death Valley National Park packing list
Death Valley National Park – Packing List
A Death Valley National Park packing list comes down to one adjustment most first-time visitors get wrong. This is a desert, not a furnace around the clock, and the packing…