by Sam on Feb 19, 2012 | 1 Comment
Our next stop on our North American Road Trip was for wildlife watching in Custer State Park, South Dakota. We took the 18 mile Wildlife Loop Road that winds it way through the prairie hills hoping to see an abundance of wildlife. There is a herd of 1300 bison in this park, and funnily enough [...]
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by Sam on Feb 16, 2012 | 3 Comments
There is an abundance of opportunities for hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park with a staggering 355 miles of hiking trails! The park ranges in elevations from 7,500 to over 12,000 feet; there are plenty of easy hiking trails, plus many strenuous hikes where you need to know your stuff and if you’re not in the best [...]
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by Sam on Feb 13, 2012 | No Comments
Arriving in the picturesque town of Grand Lake just outside of Rocky Mountain National Park we made a quick stop to walk the streets. We bought some Salt Water Taffy and browsed a few gift shops but soon felt the need to explore the outdoors and search for some wildlife. We drove to East Inlet [...]
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by Sam on Feb 10, 2012 | 9 Comments
The idea of going white water rafting had come up at the very start of our road trip, I’d been white water rafting in Austria but Renee had never tried it before so was keen to do so. However it wasn’t until some extremely hot days in Utah (Mountain biking Gooseberry Mesa comes to mind) [...]
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by Sam on Feb 07, 2012 | No Comments
Aspen Town Our first significant stop in Colorado was the beautiful little touristy town of Aspen. Dumb & Dumber comes to mind when I think of Aspen, check out the video below if you need a recap. An interesting fact about Aspen is that its recognised as having the most expensive real-estate in the US with [...]
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by Sam on Feb 04, 2012 | No Comments
Finally we left Utah where we’d had such a great time, particularly in the national parks. We were excited to be moving on however with the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado to look forward to as well as Badlands in South Dakota. Leaving Utah we noticed the temperature lower and we actually had a [...]
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by Sam on Feb 01, 2012 | 4 Comments
Moab is quite simply north eastern Utah’s adventure town! For a long time Moab has been synonymous with mountain biking and other outdoor adventure activities. For some it’s nestled in the middle of nowhere. But it’s not, it’s nested between two of North America’s most famous national parks and among Utah’s amazing canyon terrain. A [...]
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by Sam on Jan 29, 2012 | 6 Comments
For Love of the Land One of the aspects of driving through Utah we really enjoyed was the ease in which we found unique and free camp-sites. On my guest post/interview on Captain and Clark’s website I named Utah one of my highlights from all the time I’ve spent travelling for this very reason. I’ve [...]
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by Sam on Jan 26, 2012 | 6 Comments
To visit Arches National Park was one of my primary motives for doing a road trip across America. I remember doing numerous image searches for different places in America and the photographs taken at Arches National Park blew me away; unique, stunning, I had to go. This photo taken by Dan Ballard is just one [...]
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by Renee on Jan 23, 2012 | 2 Comments
Renee Gordon writes about our visit to Dead Horse Point State Park Dead Horse Point State Park is located near the Island in the Sky entrance to Canyonlands National Park. This park has a dramatic overlook that in my opinion provides the best perspective of the Island in the Sky section of Canyonlands. The park [...]
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