National Parks

Jeff and Cindy in Mammoth Cave on the Frozen Niagara tour.

Mammoth Cave National Park October 11 – 14, 2024

We left Gun Creek Campground in Whittington, Illinois Friday morning, October 11th, and drove 227 miles to the Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky for a short, three-night stay. This campground has no hookups at all, so we would be living on water from our fresh water tank and fully charged “house” and device batteries. […]

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Kanaskat-Palmer State Park in Ravensdale, WA August 16 – 23, 2024

On Friday morning, August 16, 2024 we packed up, left Fort Stevens State Park and drove 4 1/2 hours (I know the Google map in the photo album shows 3 1/2 but trust me, it was 4 1/2) to Kanaskat-Palmer State Park in Ravensdale, Washington. We arrived around 4 pm and got set up at

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Ken’s Lake Campground in Moab, Utah May 22 – June 1, 2024 (Part Five)

Driving and Hiking Through Arches National Park Thursday, May 30, 2024 we returned to Arches National Park with our second timed entry at 7 am. We wanted to come back to get Dashcam video of the drive through the park and there were hikes we were too tired to do during our first visit. We

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The Wandering Wetheringtons at Canyonlands National Park on May 28, 2024.

Ken’s Lake Campground in Moab, Utah May 22 – June 1, 2024 (Part Four)

Tuesday May 28, 2024 we were up at 5 am and out the door at 6 am to drive to Canyonlands National Park. As I mentioned in our first post for this location, Canyonlands National Park was just to the west of our campground. If we could have entered at the canyon wall next to

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The Wandering Wetheringtons at Arches National Park.

Ken’s Lake Campground in Moab, Utah May 22 – June 1, 2024 (Part Two)

Thursday morning, May 23, 2024 we were up early, had a good breakfast and were out the door of Nomad at 6:30 am for our visit to Arches National Park. From April 1st until October 31st, the flow of visitors is SO heavy that the National Park Service has instituted Timed Entry requirements during that

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Approaching a tunnel in Zion National Park.

Dashcam Video of Our Drive Through Zion National Park

Here is our dashcam video of our drive through Zion National Park on May 19, 2024. This video is a little over 23 minutes long and captures our drive through the East Entrance to the start of the shuttle bus only route and back to the East Entrance. If you do not want to watch

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Screenshot of Dashcam Video from Bryce Canyon National Park.

Dashcam Video of Our Drive Through Bryce Canyon National Park

Here’s our YouTube Channel dashcam video of our drive through Bryce Canyon National Park on May 18, 2024 that we posted about here. I took 40 minutes of footage and edited it down/sped it up to a little over 7 minutes. If that is still too long to watch all the way through, be sure

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White Mountain Trading Post in Mount Carmel, Utah May 14 – 21, 2024 (Part Four)

You can read Part One here, Part Two here and Part Three here. After we left Bryce Canyon National Park around 11:30 am Saturday morning, we headed back to our campsite. On the way, we stopped at a rock shop so Cindy could see if there were any crystals she would like. I waited in

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White Mountain Trading Post in Mount Carmel, Utah May 14 – 21, 2024 (Part Three)

You can read Part One here and Part Two here. Friday was a day of errands. I drove 17 miles to Kanab and did laundry, bought a few groceries and ran Voyager through a much-needed car wash while Cindy cleaned Nomad. Bryce Canyon National Park Saturday morning, May 18th, we were up and out the

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Cindy and Jeff in front of The Court of Patriarchs in Zion National Forest

White Mountain Trading Post in Mount Carmel, Utah May 14 – 21, 2024 (Part Two)

Thursday morning, May 16, 2024 we were up and out the door at 6:15 am to drive to the Eastern entrance of Zion National Park. In the semi-darkness before the sun was up, we saw a coyote run across the road in front of us on the drive. No sign of a roadrunner. Zion National

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