While I love traveling by train, especially in Europe, some destinations are best explored by car. Driving gives you more freedom to stop in all the cute little towns and historic sites that might have limited public transportation connections. It also means you don’t have to worry so much about departure times or hauling your […]
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How to Spend One Day in Grand Teton National Park
Most visitors to Wyoming make a beeline for Yellowstone National Park, the state’s star attraction. But Grand Teton National park is just 10 miles south of Yellowstone and should not be overlooked. If you fly into Jackson Hole airport, you will actually land within the park’s boundaries. The descent past the Teton mountain range will […]
3 Days in Yellowstone – An Amazing Adventure
Yellowstone is the USA’s first national park and arguably its best. The 2.2 million acre park sits on top of a volcano, resulting in an extremely varied geothermal landscape. Although the last major eruption was over 600,000 years ago, the volcano is still very active. The pressure and heat that build up underground are released […]
Carmel to Big Sur: A Stunning California Road Trip
Carmel-by-the-Sea is one of the most enchanting towns in all of California. Its candy-colored cottages look like they’ve been lifted from the pages of a European fairytale! As the name suggests, Carmel-by-the-Sea hugs the California coast with a perfect crescent of white sand beach. The area is so captivating you might never want to leave. […]
8 Places You Must See in the Berkshires
The Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts are considered one of the premier leaf peeping destinations in the United States. Every October, the trees put on a dazzling display of fall foliage to the delight of camera-wielding tourists like myself. But what else is there to do in the Berkshires besides look at the leaves? Plenty! […]