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Road Trip between Music Cities: Tennessee’s Natchez Trace

May 24, 2022October 17, 2017 by Kristin Henning

A National Scenic Byway, Natchez Trace follows the footpaths and trails of Native Americans and early explorers, traders, and settlers. A Tennessee road trip between music cities of Nashville and Memphis.

Categories History Travel, North America, United States Tags National Park

Thoughts on Driving the Southern California Desert

February 27, 2023April 18, 2016 by Tom Bartel
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Driving through Southern California, including roadside attractions, oddball art and museums, and popular mid-century Palm Springs architecture.

Categories National Parks, North America, United States Tags California, desert, Driving, Mazda, National Park

Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park

December 22, 2019September 14, 2014 by Tom Bartel
National Parks

We spent 11 hours in the Mesa Verde National Park, including driving over 100 miles (160 km) within the park to see many of the cliff dwellings. We went back … Read more

Categories National Parks, North America, Photo of the Day, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, United States Tags colorado, dailyphoto, National Park

Haleakala Volcano Crater, Maui, Hawaii

November 26, 2018September 2, 2013 by Tom Bartel
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The crater at the Haleakala Volcano National Park on Maui was not made by an eruption, but by the constant erosion of the wind and rain in the time since … Read more

Categories National Parks, North America, Photo of the Day, United States Tags dailyphoto, Hawaii, National Park

The Grand Tetons from the Idaho Side

November 26, 2018January 27, 2013 by Tom Bartel

We visited the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone in the early fall of 2008. We day hiked every day, splitting our time between the National Park on the Wyoming side, and … Read more

Categories National Parks, North America, Photo of the Day, United States Tags National Park

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