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Planning the perfect RV trip to Yellowstone National Park

When traversing the wild and wonderful bison filled world of Yellowstone National Park you may be overwhelmed especially in the planning stages of your trip. If you are journeying to the wildlands of Montana and Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park like we did in a 35 foot RV, you may be exceptionally overwhelmed when planning such a big endeavor and driving 1,000 miles into an unknown wilderness. Let me offer some well-researched advice on how to have an amazing RV outdoor adventure filled vacation.

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South Dakota’s Black Elk Peak: My First Mountain Adventure

The first thing I learned at Black Elk Peak was to never wear the wrong socks to a mountain hike. Its worse than bringing a knife to a gunfight. It’s like bringing a toy sword to a gunfight. Inappropriate and painful.

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Family Adventure at Carlsbad Caverns National Park

I must warn you; this post contains a little bit of sarcasm and light-hearted humor. Sometimes on family trips in the middle of the desert and deep underground adventures come from within and after the fact. We all suffered a little bit and ribbed each other a little bit but left with a memory we’ll

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Death Valley Misconceptions

The words “Death Valley” used to create in my mind images of barren land littered with nothing but a few cow skulls. While the area does have spots where you see little more than dry earth cracked from the scorching sun, that isn’t even close to all there is. Now when I think of Death

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