Tag: National Park

National Park Week: Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park is one of the most popular National Parks. At least it seems that way if you ever try to reserve a campsite less than six months ahead of time. Because of its popularity, I had to include a photo of Yosemite in our National Park Week celebration.
The park was once the stomping ground of John Muir, one of the champions of wilderness preservation, back when the National Park idea was just getting started. It ranges from the Hetch Hetchy area to the north and Sequoia trees to the south, encompasing gorgeous mountains, rivers, waterfalls and fields in between.
This photo captures the iconic Half Dome of Yosemite National Park the morning after a surprise spring snowstorm.  At least, my family was surprised by it, we hadn’t packed any coats. As you can see the area is beautiful, no matter what the weather may be.
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National Park Week: Yellowstone National Park

For the second installment in our National Park Week photo celebration, I thought I’d post one of the most unique photos of Yellowstone National Park I’ve ever seen. This photo is a close up of the Grand Prismatic Spring near Old Faithful. The bright colors in this hot spring are truly amazing. I’ve never seen water so blue apart from the beaches in Hawaii.

Without a doubt, Yellowstone National Park is an amazing place.  The first of the National Parks, Yellowstone boasts a wide variety of attractions. Whether you’re interested in geysers, waterfalls, hot springs, rivers, wildlife or volcanic beauty, Yellowstone has you covered. I could live there full time and not see all there is to see. I hope you enjoy!

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Caves week: Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park

This post went live originally on August 28, 2012. I thought it’d be a good one to re-post for my Cave Exploration Week.

Our Mountain Family went to the middle of nowhere Nevada for a little camp out. Great Basin National Park is very remote but has some impressive parts to it. My favorite was a tour of Lehman caves, an underground adventure with stalactites, stalagmites and even cave bacon. Big E was a little reluctant in the cave and little g was a little vocal. Maybe she liked to hear her echo but she loved to baby talk, especially when the tour guide was talking.
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