I didn't intend for this to be such a domestically focused travel year. It just worked out that way. Thanks in part to my expertise in the Southern region, many trips I took were close to home. But I also vowed to see more of my own country this year, which was accomplished during a trip out west … [Read more...] about The Beauty of America’s National Parks
Jackson Hole
Where We Slept on the National Parks Road Trip
The two-week trip my sister Sammi and I took around Wyoming and Colorado was fast paced, almost staying in a new destination every night, and involved equal parts camping and hotels. This was my ideal situation as was Sammi's. She provided the tent and necessary gear, doing that part of the … [Read more...] about Where We Slept on the National Parks Road Trip
Planning a Trip to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons National Parks
Generations of travelers from far and wide have made their way to the northwestern corner of Wyoming for over 100 years. Perhaps the most well known of our National Parks System, Yellowstone and Grand Tetons national parks are only a few hours apart, making them easily bundled together into one … [Read more...] about Planning a Trip to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons National Parks
Photo Friday: Mormon Row, Grand Tetons, Wyoming
Like many parts of the West, the area now known as the Grand Tetons were settled by followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the late 1800s. They started homesteads in what became Jackson, Wyoming with plenty of room for their large families. Community was important to … [Read more...] about Photo Friday: Mormon Row, Grand Tetons, Wyoming
A City Girl’s Weekend in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
The first stop on my sister and I's national park road trip was Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I had no idea what to expect, but my sister spent two weeks in the town in 2010, the same year that I took a similar trip that would change my life. She stayed with childhood friends of my grandmother's who … [Read more...] about A City Girl’s Weekend in Jackson Hole, Wyoming