On the drive from Yellowstone to Crater Lake, before you hit the onion country of eastern Oregon, is a little visited National Monument and Preserve called Craters of the Moon. It's almost as startling as driving up on the Grand Canyon, you're just cruising through Idaho and all of a sudden you're surrounded by lava …
Can you paint with all the colors of the caldera? Not pictured: Old Faithful West Thumb Geyser Upper Geyser Basin Fountain Paint Pots Midway Geyser Basin Mammoth Hot Springs
Maybe you're going to be in Yellowstone on a weekend, and you find yourself overwhelmed by the number of people in jeans taking all the parking spots and swarming all over the geysers or getting out of their cars when they see a bison. There are plenty of places where you can put in a …
October 3rd 2020 was supposed to be the date of our wedding, followed by a big international honeymoon trip but then, you know....global pandemic. It gave us the opportunity to embark on a more local and socially distant trip, which was amazing. We got a (contactless) van rental the weekend of our wedding so we …
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...And Big Bend National Park Important Big Bend Tip: When you're driving this close to the Mexico-U.S. border, you will be stopped multiple times at border patrol checkpoints. They will ask if everyone in the car is a U.S. citizen. If the answer is yes they will wave you on, if the answer is no, …
Driving to Milford Sound is an experience in itself, a hair-raising winding road along cliffs with stunning views. Being there in the off season we only had to worry about our own driving which was great, because in the busy season when that road is packed with cars and lots of drivers maybe not used …
Catalina State Park made me want to live in Tucson. It was beautiful, and in the morning I drove 3 minutes to a Starbucks for breakfast. I ran into people on the trails who were just taking their dogs for a walk because they live 5 minutes away. This was also my favorite photography of …
My summer 2018 road trip was my last road trip with Adventure Prius I. The 2005 Prius with more than 240,000 miles on it had a good life, and it was time to pass it on to my cousin. My cousins live in Seattle, which opened up new road trip opportunities for me. Usually when …
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