A Walk Down the National Mall
We take a stroll down the National Mall in Washington DC, visiting various monuments.
Download Free: The Official Guide to America’s National Parks
I captured this photograph while driving in Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park and thought I would share this with you in honor of National Parks Week 2011. I have also included for you a free downloadable copy of The Official Guide to America’s National Parks, published by the National Park Foundation. Click to download [...]
Top 10 Ways to Celebrate National Parks Week 2011
This weekend begins National Park Week! Here’s this from the National Park Foundation: The National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks, is teaming up with the National Park Service to celebrate National Park Week 2011 April 16 – 24. Beginning this Saturday, people everywhere are invited to experience America’s nearly 400 national [...]
Friday Photo – The Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon – I must confess, when I first stood at the edge of the Grand Canyon, I was so taken with the beauty of the place that a tear found its way down my cheek. I shot this particular photograph towards the very end of the day, and the light was seemingly changing [...]
We Visit Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, California
Alcatraz Island ~ San Francisco, California – San Francisco is one of our favorite towns, but it was only during our last trip that we finally made the trip across the channel to Alcatraz Island. Alcatraz Island is now part of the National Park Service, and you get to the island via Alcatraz Cruises, a [...]
Arizona’s Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
About an hour southeast of Phoenix, adjacent to the town of Coolidge, Arizona, lies the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Presumed to have been built around 1350, Casa Grande is one of the largest prehistoric structures ever built in North America, and its purpose remains a mystery. “Archeologists have discovered evidence that the ancient Sonoran Desert people who built the [...]
Yellowstone Sets Visitation Record For June
Very early in the year, I was talking to a senior park ranger in Yosemite National Park regarding a potential Roaming Boomers visit. His polite, but very quick answer was, “Dave, even if you were the New York Times Travel Editor, we are so busy, we simply couldn’t accommodate you.” He went on to say [...]
Arizona’s Tumacacori National Historical Park
Phoenix Day Trip – today we made a day trip to Tubac, and also visited nearby Tumacacori National Historical Park. Tubac is a popular Arizona destination because of its quaint, beautiful setting with 10,000 foot mountain views in the background, and its reputation for having a large collection of unique artist boutiques. But that is [...]
Coming Soon: Our National Parks
This is a photograph that I shot one beautiful morning in California’s Yosemite National Park. We absolutely love our National Parks, and intend to showcase a great many of them here in our website. As is the case with our “destinations” section, we don’t want to simply rehash old memories for you. We would much [...]
