Tucked between three different states at the meeting point of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, Harpers Ferry is one place where nature and history come together. With a four day Labor Day weekend in 2022, we made this our first stop on a quick, West Virginia roadtrip. Recognized as a National Historic Park by the […]
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Welcome to the Pine Barrens! Often referred to as the Pine Lands, this area of New Jersey is massive. Stretching across seven different counties, the Pine Barrens cover a total of 1.1 million acres. Tucked away in the northeastern section in Bayville, you’ll find Double Trouble State Park. There’s quite a long history at Double
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I think it’s fair to assume that everyone has a place they constantly drive past but never actually visit. Cheesequake State Park in Matawan, NJ is that place for us. Right off of exit 120 on the Garden State Parkway, we finally made time to actually spend an afternoon at Cheesequake. Let’s just say we
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If you ever find yourself in the Watchung, NJ area, Washington Rock State Park is a quick and worthwhile stop. Located just off Route 22, it’s an easy pit stop to make in central Jersey. As one of the oldest state parks in New Jersey, it also played a very important role in American history.
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Do you have that one place you can return to over and over again and never get tired of? For us, that’s Glacier National Park. After two trips and a lifetime of memories, it still feels like we haven’t even scratched the surface of this jawdropping place. Each visit was a completely different experience. One
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Back in June of 2023, we decided to go on a month long, work-from-home road trip through the southwest, starting in Tucson, Arizona. On this trip, we visited four states and nine national parks and Saguaro National Park was our first stop. A little background on how we made this trip work: we only took
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In April 2021, just a week before Anna and I met, I visited Shenandoah for the first time with my brother and a couple of friends. On our way home, we stopped for lunch somewhere in Virginia and started talking about national parks such as how many there are and what it would be like
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