I don’t have a whole lot to say about Elk Island National Park after only spending half a day there on a trip to Edmonton. I did feel like I saw a lot of what this park had to offer and what made it special, however. Not to say it’s lacking in any sort of …
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Sometimes I really don’t feel like making the hour-long plus trip into the mountains to hike and soak up some nature. It’s a good thing then that Calgary and its immediate surrounding area are jam-packed with world-class city parks. Glenbow Ranch is one of them, located a cool 20-minute drive from my front door to …
What better way to spend Canada Day than to explore a park that distinctly looks nothing like what one might imagine when thinking “Canada”? Horseshoe Canyon is a desert-like delight in the middle of the Canadian prairie. It is considered part of the “Bad Lands” here in Alberta, a canyon that has been carved out …
The weather was relatively warm (as in not freezing), the sun was starting to sink, and I hadn’t really exercised much in the week since I moved to Calgary. What a perfect time to take a stroll in the park and maybe catch a beautiful sunset, this city seems to have a lot of those. …
It has been a while since I last visited Mount Rainier. About 4 years to be exact. But it has left a lasting impression that I’ll hopefully never forget. Rainier feels like the epicenter of a world of alpine beauty in Washington State. In every which way from this spot there seemed to be some …
Arches National Park is one of those parks that I feel everyone knows about or at least has elements that your average person will recognize. Whether it’s from reading Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire or from the massive amounts of images of it that circulate around social media. The latter of which would seriously bother Edward …
I arrived at the Grand Canyon late at night through a brightly moonlit forest to hopefully catch a legendary sunrise in the morning. It was cold, as the massive canyon sits at a surprisingly high altitude and it was nearing the end of November, after all. After a frosty and mostly restless sleep in my …
Great Basin is the least visited national park in the United States. This is of no surprise to anyone who has visited, being located in seemingly the middle of nowhere in northern Nevada, far from any of the few big cities within the state. It being a place where I was trying to seek peace …
Joshua Tree National Park seemed like a must-visit on my drive through the Southwest, and it didn’t disappoint. It gave me a true taste of what I envisioned the Mojave Deserts of Southern California to be like. Driving over the hills surrounding the park and into the forests of Joshua trees was truly unique. I …