Day Three – May 29, 2021 9:38 Mountain Time Started the day at 4:00 AM today to beat the permit system in Rocky Mountain National Park. A lot was done today including: hiking to Nymph Lake, Dream Lake, Emerald Lake, Bear Lake, Alberta Falls, and then driving to Moraine Park to capture more images of …
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Day Two – May 28, 2021: 9:28 PM Mountain Time Today was packed. We couldn’t get into Rocky Mountain National Park, so we started the day by topping out on Mount Olympus. We bushwhacked most of the way up, sporadically getting back on trail. We started at 7:45 AM and reached the summit around 9:45 …
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Road Trip 2021 Introduction What up Road Trip Warriors!? I just got back from a road trip I went on with my brother, Alex, and my best friend, Tom. The plan is to post a day-by-day on the events of the trip as noted in a journal I kept. The trip took place from May …
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Lunch and Shopping in Bar Harbor, Thunder-hole (again), Cadillac Mountain, and Bass Harbor Lighthouse What up Road Trip Warriors!? I wanted to follow up with what I did on my second day spent in Acadia National Park. I spent about three hours shopping and walking around Bar Harbor, went back to Thunder-Hole, drove to the …
Ten Hours in Acadia National Park! What up Road Trip Warriors!? I wanted to share what you can experience while spending a day at one of the most scenic locations in Maine, Acadia National Park. The park offers rocky cliffs, stunning beaches, daring hikes, and is located about fifteen minutes away from Bar Harbor! Here …
Finally Made it Home I took a couple days off from posting anything because I was traveling home for the past two days. Both travel days were BRUTAL. Rapid City, South Dakota to Saratoga, Springs New York is not a scenic drive. It is a lot of farms, back by Chicago, Illinois, more farms, by …
The Badlands and Back to Wall Drug!! I finally hit my fourth and final national park is just eleven days…and it did not come without a painful hour-and-a-half drive either. The reason it was painful (for those that are curious) was that I had to drive on the worst gravel I had ever been on …
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Black Hills National Forest, Black Elk Peak, and Wall Drug!! I want to preface this post by stating that South Dakota is so underrated! It has so many great attractions besides Mount Rushmore (which I skipped seeing because I don’t feel it is worth it). The Black Hills, Rapid City, Hill City, Badlands National Park, …
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Yellowstone –> Rapid City, South Dakota I left Yellowstone around 11:00AM this morning and started my trek back east. My goal of the day was to stop and see Devils Tower National Monument and then find a place to crash for a few nights in Rapid City, South Dakota. I managed to make check both …
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Grand Teton National Park!! I have been longing to see Teton Mountain Range for at least two years now. I even have a tattoo based off of the range on my left arm. When I planned this trip, I made sure that I would see these magnificent, jagged peaks. I drove 2.5 hours from West …
