We headed about an hour and a half away to visit the New River Gorge Bridge. It was built in 1977 and, at one time, was the longest arch bridge in the world. Today, it is the second largest arch bridge in the world. Pretty neat, right? Our first stop was the New River … [Read more…]
Visiting the Big Trees Today we took a trip to Calaveras Big Trees State Park in Arnold, California. This was another location to mark off of the bucket list. For years I have wanted to see ‘the big trees’. Before visiting California and the Redwood National Park I did not know the difference between Redwoods … [Read more…]
Today we spent the day at Yosemite National Park. I’m knocking the places I have always wanted to visit off of my list. We enjoyed walking around and taking in the sites. The girls, of coarse, signed up for the Junior Ranger Program, and began working on their booklets. One of my favorite things here … [Read more…]
Today we visited Hurricane Ridge, a part of Olympic National Park. The girls previously received badges at HOH Rainforest, another part of Olympic National Park, but decided to fill out another booklet (it was the same) to get an additional badge at Hurricane Ridge. We didn’t spend too much time hiking here, but we did … [Read more…]
A beautiful view at Montezuma Well. We finished our day by stopping by another National Monument. We saw more ancient cliff dwelling and we gazed upon the mystery of Montezuma well. The water here has too much carbon dioxide for fish to survive. Only a few organisms can live in this water. Where … [Read more…]
Today we spent the day at Saguaro National Park If you have any fascination or curiosity about the Saguaro Cactus then the Saguaro National Park is the place to go. I really had a lot of fun visiting here. We learned a lot about the Saguaro- like it takes about 75 years for it to … [Read more…]
Our Visit to Montezuma Castle National Monument One of my favorite things to do while traveling is to visit the National Parks an Monuments. Today we visited Montezuma Castle. The main attraction is a 5-story structure that with 45 rooms built into the side of a cliff. Early American settlers mistakenly thought that it was … [Read more…]
On a beautiful, clear day we had the chance to drive Coolidge, AZ and visit the Casa Grande Ruins, a National Monument. This is the first time we have been able to visit a National Park (or monument since driving west. It took us about an hour and a half to get there. We packed … [Read more…]