The city of Oaxaca de Juarez, or simply Oaxaca, is the largest city and the capital of the Mexican state that holds the same name and designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The “de Juarez” was added in 1872, to honor the local, Benito Juarez, who became president of Mexico and held office for […]
Month: November 2021
Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota
Wind Cave National Park is near the town of Hot Springs, South Dakota. The National Park is home to two different worlds. Above ground is the largest thriving natural mixed grass prairie in the US. Below ground is the world’s seventh longest cave. It’s the third longest cave in the US. At the time of […]
Day Hike Grotto and Palisade Falls Montana
I combined the hike of Grotto Falls Trail with Palisade Falls Trail. About an hour drive south of Bozeman, it made for an excellent 3.5-mile afternoon hike. The Grotto Falls Trail is a heavily trafficked 2.4-mile, out and back trail that features wild flowers and a waterfall. Grotto Falls is an easy hike that is […]
Big Sky, MT: The 2nd Largest US Ski Resort
Big Sky Resort is in Big Sky, Montana, 72 kilometers (45 miles) south of Bozeman on highway 191. It’s another 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of West Yellowstone. The resort is in the northern Rocky Mountains. This creates unique conditions that provide more than 400 inches of snow annually. Big Sky opened in 1973, by […]
A Colonial Charm in Puebla, Mexico
Puebla, Mexico is the largest city and the capital, of the state that has a colonial charm and the same name, Puebla. During colonial times the city was known as Puebla de Los Angeles (Puebla city of Angles) and is still referenced as such today. In 1987 Puebla was named a UNESCO World Heritage site. […]
The U.S. Crown Jewel: Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park is the crown jewel of the National Park system! It’s actually the first ever International Peace Park, around the globe, sharing its borders with Waterton National Park. Half of the park is located across the northern US border, in Canada. Glacier National has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site and a […]
Longs Peak: A Mountaineering Introduction
Longs Peak is a relentless class 3 fourteener climb. Featured in Rocky Mountain National Park, northwest of Boulder, Colorado. It is the perfect introduction to mountaineering. Longs Peak was the most tenacious mountain that I’ve summited. This mountain is relentless, and it keeps coming through the entire climb. Longs Peak soars over Rocky Mountain […]
Triple Tree Trail Outside Bozeman, Montana
Triple Tree Trail is about 10 minutes south of Bozeman, Montana. This is a heavily trafficked, out and back, trail. A trail featuring various wildflowers, sweeping views of the Gallatin Valley, and wildlife. Getting here can be difficult if you don’t have a car, as no public transportation services the area. Instead, if you have […]
Craters of the Moon National Monument
Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve is in Idaho’s front range desert. Roughly 3.5 hours southeast of Boise and only 5.5 to 6 hours west of Big Sky, Montana. Scientists and astronauts, study what the surface of the moon is like at Craters. In fact, many of the earliest American Astronauts learned geology […]
A Suburban Jungle: Mexico City
Mexico City is a suburban jungle and the capital of Mexico. It’s a massive sprawling metropolitan area. The city overflows the valley it sits in, The Valley of Mexico. This city is the largest in Central America and the most populous in North America. It’s the second largest metropolitan area in the Western Hemisphere. Only […]