If you’re looking to visit a famous National Park, see rare creatures in their natural habitats, and get engaged at the top of a Glacier, you’ve come to the right blog post.
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Red rocks, canyons as far as the eye can see, howling winds, black ice, and more! The second leg of our trip to southern Utah ranks up there with some of our favorite road trips, to date. We’d be hard pressed to find any span of two days quite as cold as this, so pack your beanies and winter coats. It’s time for a little M+J adventure, high desert winter-style…
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One night in early February, James was driving along the highway when he texted Molly that he knew exactly what he wanted to do to celebrate his birthday. “I want to go to Southern Utah. Let’s knock off another five or six national parks in one weekend.” And with that kind of confidence (bordering on audacity), we set aside a four day weekend and crushed it all. Even the weather forecast of low thirties and twenties throughout the entirety of Utah and northern Arizona couldn’t stop us from making it happen.
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Are you ready for the ultimate national park-adox? Death Valley brought us back to life!
We took a much needed retreat to the hottest, lowest place in North America over the last weekend of February (‘22) and came away with a whole different perspective on one of the country’s most often overlooked national parks. This was our first trip to a national park of the year, and now that James is back to his fully capable ambulating we were finally able to get out on the trails a bit, too. Late winter/early spring is an ideal time to go to the Valley, as you’ll be able to avoid the 1. heat and 2. crowds, but you’ll also have a chance to 3. see the flowers in full bloom before the deathly heat comes to fry them in their place.
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This may be hard to believe, but our second date was an overnight scamper to the nearby, towering mountains and forests of Sequoia National Park. As far as dating is concerned, we set a pretty high bar for ourselves with this one. But why not head to the woods to up the ante from date number one? When you’re both in love with getting away to bathe in the forests, and it just so happens to be a short (for us) three and a half hour drive from our meetup spot at the Wal-Mart in Santa Maria, there’s almost no better way to find out how the other person adapts to sleeping in the back of a Subaru. When the car camping just so happens to be set in one of the world’s most picturesque locations in the world, that’s an entirely different set of circumstances, of course. So let’s get into that part of the date.
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If you’re like us and are just a short drive away from the Indio Valley area, you have the perfect opportunity on your hands to experience the majesty of Joshua Tree in a quick 18 hours. Here’s how we did it…
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Wondering why you’ve never been to the crown jewel of the Pacific Northwest? Curious what a “Puget Sound” even is? Contemplating how it’s even possible that North Cascades National Park is on the list for top 5 least visited National Parks of the last year? You’ve found your perfect guide, so look no further!
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