Your palms sweat as you scoot across a narrow ledge carved into the side of a sheer cliff. Clenching a wooden railing, you look up and see there’s yet another […]
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Month: May 2015
Independence Rock State Historic Site in Wyoming
Once one of the most important landmarks for early settlers traveling along the Oregon, Mormon, and California Trails, Independence Rock is a massive granite rock rising 130 feet high, 1,900 […]
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Top 10 California State Parks to Visit
California is full of a diverse range of stunning landscapes that make up the state park system. From beaches and ancient forests to mountains and lakes, there’s tons to explore […]
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Cedar Breaks National Monument
An assemblage of orange and white canyons, spires, and columns, contrasted with heavily forested ridgelines form a natural amphitheater that spans nearly three miles wide and ascends depths of more […]
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Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Magnificent red rock cliffs overlook wide canyons where rivers of trees run along the ground in beautiful green clusters, and mysterious ruins stand tucked into alcoves at the base of […]
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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument in New Mexico
Heavy ash clouds nearly black out the midday sky over northern New Mexico. Rocks, mostly composed of pumice and tuff, drop from the sky as small particles of ash slowly […]
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Craters of the Moon National Monument
Once visited by Apollo astronauts for training purposes, Craters of the Moon National Monument is a large area in central Idaho encompassing over 1,100 square miles of lava fields and […]
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Bison Gores Teenager at Yellowstone National Park
I feel like Yellowstone National Park has been in the news more than any other national park recently with some pretty crazy stories. Last year there was the rumored exodus […]
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Pinnacles National Park in California
Charred spires and fins stand in rows along hilltops, their crevices filled with giant boulders and tall spouts of green vegetation. Hundreds of feet above, and against the backdrop of […]
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The Painted Hills at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
The Painted Hills at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument are one of the few places on earth where even the brightest colors of a rainbow are in perfect harmony […]
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