Tag: USA

Most Popular US National Park – Surprised?

I know you can google it but why don’t you guess?  Of the 59 US National Parks, which one is the most popular based on number of annual visitors? My guess was Yellowstone National Park.  Established in 1872 and considered to be the world’s… Continue Reading “Most Popular US National Park – Surprised?”

Great American Road Trip – the long way home

So this is it.  Come along for the final installment of a four part series on our Great American Road Trip. After 21 days on the road we were just past the half way point of our epic journey across the USA which started… Continue Reading “Great American Road Trip – the long way home”

Great American Road Trip – Kentucky and the Blue Ridge Parkway

After nearly 2 weeks on the road we had reached a low point on our cross country journey.  310 feet underground to be exact. We were in Kentucky on the historic tour of Mammoth  Cave, the longest cave system known in the world, with… Continue Reading “Great American Road Trip – Kentucky and the Blue Ridge Parkway”

The Great American Road Trip – and Kansas

I’m resting on the shore, absorbing the heavy rays of August sun, watching a tall, elegant bird, peering into the water’s edge.  There’s a thick, summer stillness and almost imperceptible sound rising from the ripples caused by fish and the insects skirting over the… Continue Reading “The Great American Road Trip – and Kansas”

Hooray for Road Trips!

Okay, so off I go in a new direction.  Figuratively and literally. And it’s all about the classic American road trip. Yes, we’ve done a few.  In all four corners of this great country of ours.  And across the middle too.  And that is… Continue Reading “Hooray for Road Trips!”